This is America and "You Can't Hustle the Hustler."

Speaking to a lot of business owners and entrepreneurs the past few weeks. The common sense is that we're all scared and afraid of the unknown. There were a few signs of hope but these signs are not significant enough for us to keep our head up. I watched a doom prophecy show the other night on the History Channel and they were all saying that Americans were doomed because we're too comfortable with our way of life and we can't conform. 

I don't believe in that. That's an answer that an elitist would say. This is America people, land of opportunity. As long as we have the opportunity to make a solution, America will be great. Elitists say that we're doomed to our own failures in oil. Guess what in the 1800s there was an oil scare. The difference was that the oil was actually whale oil. Obviously we moved to our modern means of energy but in America we will "Hustle" our way to a solution to make life better. America was built by immigrants who had a dream. Did the second richest man in history Andrew Carnagie build his wealth by going to Harvard? No he did not. Did Domino's Pizza start with an economic business plan with a golden parachute? I highly doubt that since they started by paying $500 for a pizza store name DominNick's. Did Thomas Edison go to MIT or CalTech to become the greatest inventor of all time? The answer is no. They were hustlers in the finest definition of the word.

Hustler: –noun

1. an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.

 

My point is this. In America we can't get too comfortable because there are people hustling to make a better life for themselves and their family.  Solutions are being developed every day to make life better and that is the reason why I believe America will succeed. I still believe that if you can go to any country in the world there would be many people coming into our country in lieu of their own just because you can have an opportunity. That is the reason why my Grandmother, Mother, and Father came here. To give my brother an opportunity to become successful, but we know it doesn't guarantee it.