I acquired a very strong work ethic from my parents,both of whom lived through the Great Depression.The y couldn't understand people who didn't work regularly.I took my parents'work ethic in to my first job at Wilmington Ford near my hometown when I was 16. One day,carrying an armful of things around a corner,I almost bumped into our new general manager,startled,I dropped them all.He fired me on the spot. Desperate,I wrote a letter to Henry Ford ll and told him what happened.I said that we were a loyal Ford family and that when I was old enough,I was going to buy Mustang.Eventually the owner of the dealership called."I don't know who you know in Detroit,he said,"but if you want your job back,you got it.”I acquired a very strong work ethic from my parents, both of whom lived through the Great Depression. The y couldn’t understand people who didn’t work regularly. I took my parents’ work ethic in to my first job at Wilmington Ford near my hometown when I was 16. One day, carrying an armful of things around a corner, I almost bumped into our new general manager, startled, I dropped them all. He fired me on the spot. Desperate, I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened. I said that we were a loyal Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy Mustang. Eventually the owner of the dealership called. “I don’t know who you know in Detroit,” he said, “but if you want your job back, you got it