Growing up on a farm in Ohio, I learned a lot… but there was one vital realm of wisdom that I never came close to in my youth: Money.
What I knew of money was how to make the most of free food, when to hunt for lost pennies under floor mats in the car, that heat during winter is a luxury. When the money lessons you’re exposed to early on are set in a land of scarcity and lacking, the idea of a higher level of operation—one of progress, abundance, and even wealth—is simply unimaginable.
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