What Skills Do You Have?
I was thinking about some money challenges a friend of mine is having.
He's an Indian guy, studying in the states.
He said that is he is running out of money.
I remember when I was in Germany in 2001 ($10,000 in credit card debt at the time), and had NO money...
I had a plane ticket home, but that wouldn't happen for eight more weeks.
I was ashamed to ask my parents for (more) help, because they were helping me dig my way out of the credit card debt. I had lied to them for 6 months before I went to Germany to try to cover up my mistakes, and didn't want to have to ask for more help.
But I barely had enough money to buy something to eat.
However, 3 days before I left for Germany, I had just gotten certified in massage therapy.
So I went to a few massage therapists, and with my limited German language skills, found one who had a massage chair I could borrow.
But she needed some collateral, something of value to know that she would get her massage chair back.
So I gave her my passport.
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