#SecretsSelfmadeBillionaire 0840 Dennis Washington from Polio Kid to Richest Billionaire in Montana

Dennis Washington was hospitalized for 6 months for polio as a kid. To make matter worse, his parents separated. Shuttling between boarding school and relatives, he worked in construction and was independent at age 14. After high school, he worked as a crane operator in Alaska. Coming back to Montana, he started his own highway construction firm in 1964 with 3 employees and a bulldozer. In 1986, be bought the copper mine in Butte Montana. In next 40 years, he would build an empire that spans from US to Canada to Russia and China. In 2018, there was a collision between his mega yacht and a fishing boat and one fisherman died. His 3 secrets of success: 1 avoid bad deals, cause it takes 3 times to get out than a good deal 2. rely on your instinct and 3 love what you are doing in order to develop the smart expertise.