Getting Ahead - Some May Try To Stop You

When I worked for a well known furniture retailer in Massachusetts, the owners were always discouraging their employees from advancing in their lives. Whether that advancement included activities within the company or not, it was usually looked down upon. For instance, the company was owned by two people, one of them came from a wealthy family out of Missouri and the other was from a working class family from Montana. The working class guy wanted to take some Management Courses to get some formal training, and the wealthy gentleman made him feel like an idiot for the thought. Even though, we call him Mr. Wealth, has a masters degree and went to school for years, he still had to discourage anyone else from ahead.

For that reason, I have decided to actively pursue knowledge relevant to my field. Mr. Wealth isn't the only guy that should be allowed to get ahead in the world.