[Nebraska]

Mac,

For me what motivates to grow my business is partially driven out of necessity; due to the fact I have six children and a wife that does not work outside of the home. The remainder of the drive (80%) is a passion for developing the business and watching it grow to the point where there is less and less dependence upon my role; rather a dependence upon the sum of the parts that make up the whole. All the while more than comfortably sustaining my family and our dreams. Acquisition of "stuff" is not the goal; rather reaching a point of complete self-sufficiency where the "money factor" is a secondary concern. I am no longer a "cog" in someone's wheel of wealth development....I am now that wheel. I chose lawn and landscape as means to get to that point simply because of my love of nature and the outdoors.

As far as this being a career??? For me the term implies the drudgery of working for someone else's wealth development with that ever elusive carrot hanging out in front. This is too much fun to be a "career".

Who says the financial reward has to be at the end of this "career"? It's possible to achieve it during the process.