When my brother started his own business, I was very happy for him. He has worked hard most of his life for other people, and they were the ones to reap all the rewards. I was happy that he would now get the nice paychecks instead of someone else. He asked me a few months into the start of his company if I could come onboard and help. He trusted my business sense, plus he told me that there is a program called The Lifelong MBA that I could do online to familiarize myself more with modern business practices.

It had been nearly two decades since I had worked for anyone, so it would take a very special person to make me want to have a boss again. Since my kids have all left home, I did not have a lot that kept me tied there. I agreed to help …