Why is business like this I'm only 17?

So I’m 17 and I just started to get into the car business BUT unlike most people my family has a background in this my dad at one point my dad was one of the top wholesale car dealers in Canada. (where I live) he worked from coast to coast to make life for the rest of the family very easy. But now I have started in the business and because of my last name every where I go people know me because of my last name and almost every conversation starts with “are you Lens son” (Len is my dads name). Right now I just fell like I have the world on my shoulders in this business, and what ever I do and what ever I look at I have to make a lot of money on. I’m only 17 and still in high school, the only reason I started so early is so I wouldn’t have to work at wal-mart like half of my friends and do something I can slowly build into a career. should I feel like this or do you think it is just really getting to me and I should forget about it and just continue with it?

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It’s normal to feel like you’re being crushed when you start out in business :) Luckily (well, unluckily in many ways) my dad’s business didn’t survive past when I was 17, at least his previous one. He has a new one now, and I still help out as much as I can, I have my own businesses to run though and we have very different approaches to things.

If you’re 17, you should still finish school AND go to college (it’s a decent back up plan) while you work on the business…it’s a lot more work, but, you’ll be twice as far ahead of the folks you are competing with if you do so.

Good luck.

Why is business like this I'm only 17?

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