When I was roughly 12, I was shoveling snow for my mom and she told me what it meant to have a strong work ethic. She said it was part of being Catholic. At th

When I was roughly 12, I was shoveling snow for my mom and she told me what it meant to have a strong work ethic. She said it was part of being Catholic. At the time, that was important to me, so the having a strong work ethic became part of what I wanted to be. It really stuck. It wasn't entrepreneurial; just about taking pride in doing things well.