[09] Owning a Business July 12, 2014

Rocio has come to PC TECH from Cusco, Peru and was thinking for a while about her own tour business.  She shares her ideas with us.  (Her ESL teacher has checked her spelling, grammar, and punctuation and has offered corrections with light editing):

When we have dreams, our spirit, our mind, will start building a project.  Sometimes it is not easy to accomplish your dreams when you work for others.

When I was young, I had many dreams, but my main dream was to buy a big [piece of] land in the countryside to do a “spirit center” for older people and for volunteers, and my other dream was to travel around the world.

My skill was in art.  I was a good painter and a good designer.  At that time, I was thinking of studying architecture, but my father disagreed.  He told me that if I studied art of architecture, I would be a poor person and will not accomplish my dreams.  I was very confused, but my dreams remained in my mind.

Finally, I decided to assemble tours to accomplish my dreams.  For this reason, I started my own travel agency, but it wasn’t easy.  I am  working a lot of hours a day and the responsibility is very hard, but I travel around the world.  Now, I am thinking about my future.

Why not?  No, I don’t want to own a business because I don’t have management skills.  I’m very happy working for others.  Every month I receive my salary and I have vacation for one month each year.  Umm!  Sometimes I can travel in my country or I can travel outside.

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