If I Had To Do It All Over Again, I Would Still Work As A Janitor At Chick-fil-A: You Can’t Teach Work Ethic
Why Humility and Hard Work Still Pay the Biggest Dividends
If I had to do it all over again, I would still work as a janitor at Chick-fil-A and clean bathrooms after customers. You can’t teach work ethic. Either you have it, or you don’t. Inspiration might spark a fire for a moment, but sustained work ethic? That’s a whole different ball game.
Minimum Wage, Maximum Lessons
For about two years, I worked in retail — two stores at the same time. On top of that, I clocked hours in fast food. Every one of those jobs paid minimum wage. I was trading time for money at an insanely low rate (by American standards).
I wasn’t thrilled about cleaning toilets after strangers, but I still executed the job with precision every single time. I didn’t miss a spot. I was determined to make that bathroom shine because even then I understood — how you do the small things sets the tone for how you’ll handle the big things.
Why I Would Do It Again
At first glance, working for $7.25 an hour looks like a waste of time. But for me, it was the opposite. It humbled me. It proved to me what I was willing to do to hit the next milestone.
I not only scrubbed bathrooms, I cleaned windows and homes in my father’s side business. That taught me early that no legitimate work was off-limits. If the work was honest and it helped me fund my goals, I was all in.
Raising the Standard
Back then, I had a personal benchmark to one day get paid by the minute ($60 an hour). Then one day my political science professor casually told the class he made $75 an hour. That stuck with me.
I realized every new standard raised the ceiling on what I believed was possible. The more you can earn per hour, the faster you compress the timeline to financial freedom. But that only clicks if you understand the grind that got you there.
From Working Hard to Money Working Harder
The end goal isn’t just to work harder — it’s to eventually make your money work harder than you ever could. Think of it like having an army of soldiers out on the battlefield, fighting for your financial independence while you sleep.
But here’s the catch: you don’t get there if you skip the early lessons. If I had to do it all over again, I’d still work as a janitor at Chick-fil-A. Because that season of my life taught me there are no excuses.
You can start at ground zero and build from there. When you show the universe you’re willing to put in the work, it will return the favor by giving you opportunities to work not just harder, but smarter. And that’s when the most rewarding outcomes show up.
Robert T. Kiyosaki worked jobs he didn’t love and went through multiple failed businesses before building his empire. Those experiences weren’t wasted — they were the foundation. The same principle applies to all of us: the grind teaches the lessons that success later demands.
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This article was originally published at destinyh.com
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