Immigrant = work ethic
I found the story insightful because it is true that your parents have a tremendous influence on you. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell highlights the success stories of immigrants, where the children ended up very successful because of the parents’ work ethic. Similarly, my mom also started as a housekeeper. She had grown up in a low-income family forced to immigrate from Poland to Germany during World War II. Her family lost everything because the Germans stole all her family’s farms and land in the country. Today, even in her late fifties, she is the most motivated and positive person I know. Her energy was transferred to me as well.
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. Back Bay Books: New York, 2011.
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