"Example of not giving up"

Example of not giving upr
When I worked at a tire manufacturing plant, I had a friend who started a business selling clothes. He had worked at the tire plant for years. He contributed to his 401k and saved a percentage of his take-home pay to finance his future business.
For his privacy, I will refer to him as John. John hired a couple of his friends to run and manage his business while he stilled worked at the plant. He had saved a hundred thousand dollars for his business. With the money, he could rent the building and buy merchandise at wholesale prices. His goal was to work five more years to give his business time to grow.
Since his business was in its infancy, he worked extra hours just to make sure he had enough money to pay his employees. To encourage peak performance from his employees, he gave great incentives and commissions. They seemed very happy with the compensation plan.
Eight months later, he was out of business! I asked him what happened. He said that his employees sold the merchandise under the table and robbed him blind. With a look of sadness, he said, “I couldn’t pay the rent on the building, so I had to shut it down.”
Knowing it was his life savings, I modestly asked, “What are you going to do?” He said something that startled me. He said that he was going to relocate, borrow the money, and start over.
This time, he gazed at me with a serious look and said, “Man, this time I will hire only qualified people!” He went on to say, “I will also do a background check in order to know who’s in my business. I will handle my business like a business and not like a hobby.”
I asked him later, “Do you think hiring family and friends was a good idea?”
He said he would hire family and friends only if they were qualified and capable of handling the business. They would have to approach the business as a business. Most people would have given up.
I learned from this brother to never, ever give up.