Hi Michael and everybody,

*I apologize in advance if this post sounds like I'm bragging. In a way I guess I am.*

My family (Mom, Dad, brother, me) came to the wonderful US of A from Poland 21 years ago, just 4 days shy of my 1st birthday...and just a few months before Marshall Law was instituted in Poland. Weren't we lucky?

Anyway...

We had 2 suitcases and $400.

My father was a well educated man who studied mechanical engineering in Poland.

He took a minimum wage factory job in the US because it's all he could get.

My mother had a Masters Degree in Chemistry (some specialization of it) and she stayed home to take care of me and my brother until I was 7. Then she got a MINIMUM WAGE job working as a chemist (in her specialized field...I, unfortunately, don't know exactly what it is.)

Today...
My dad works as a Senior Designer at General Motors. My mother works at a small environmental laboratory...no longer at minimum wage.

We now (yes, I still live with my parents!) live in a beautiful new house bigger (almost 3,000 square feet) than anything either of my parents probably ever thought they'd have.

It's already been mentioned, but the reason many immigrants make it is because they work one step at a time. There's no rush to be successful. They just want to live better than the day before and they'll do anything and everything in their power to get there.

No, my parents aren't millionaires and probably never will be. But how did they go from $400 net worth (essentially) to owning a new house, new cars, and not being in debt? Baby steps. Simple as that really.

They knew what they wanted and did what they could to get there.

Karol





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