Secret Millionaire...

My family run a business and like many other Indians around the country, it is a corner shop. However it is a corner shop in the one the most...how do I put it nicely, ok one of the most Jeremy Kyle villages in the UK, where we get a whole variety of interesting customers - some who have actually been on the show.


We get so many stories from these characters, that the drama in my small but eventful village really does rival Eastenders, however their was one customer, who picks up the parcels from our shop daily, whose story was really inspiring. He is in his fifties and when I asked about his current job, he said he only does it for something to do as he is a workaholic but he doesn't need the money and could easily retire. He went on tell me how he spent fifteen years in the motor trade buying and selling cars but by the age of 34 he realised he wasn't making enough money for a decent lifestyle and that he wanted to make a change to a career where he could support his wife and two daughters and give them a lot more then he had been doing.


So he decided to get into wealth management, he took two years to do all the exams and qualify while still working and then got a job in London in a small firm, where he put in the hard graft to build himself up. Then finally all his hard work paid off and he landed a job in Canary Wharf dealing with some mega clients including some top footballers. He went on to work in this position for ten years, which  he states was the most stressful and hardest time of his life. However he is glad he made that choice when he was 34, as now he is semi retired, his daughters have trust funds, his wife goes on four holidays a year and he has holiday homes in Italy, France and Spain.


It just goes to show that how hard work, determination, setting your mind to something and taking a risk does pay off. For me I am really glad I met him as he has helped me in my search, his story has showed me that I can make something of myself, as their is a lifetime of choices for me out there, I just have to do my research and pick the right path for me and then go for it full steam ahead...you don't have to make it in your twenties, everyone get their time to shine, their golden period as I call it.


When I asked this man if he was a millionaire, the words 'yes I am' didn't come out of my mouth but his smile and the cheeky wink told me that he was and as he walked out the shop door I realised I had just met a secret millionaire...