Scratch Beginnings Case Study

The first thing that stood out to me in this section of Scratch Beginnings is how well Adam bargained for his car purchase. The way he is careful and smart about his car buying shows how much his street smarts have developed. Adam’s first choice for a car, a silver pickup truck, was priced $100 below his goal price. He soon found out why after a test drive that he talked his way into getting. Being patient in this instance saved Adam the headache and regret he would have likely had if he were to have jumped on the intriguing offer, making this the best decision he has made yet. Instead of the silver car, he settles on a black GMC Sierra pickup truck. The only issue was that it was priced at $1,500, $500 more than he was willing to pay. The
The cost of living with Mickey takes a chunk out of his paycheck, but at the same time it seems like it is outweighed by the benefits. The benefits include privacy, comfortable living conditions, and not having to be out before sunrise. Perhaps these better conditions make his days more productive as well, and still will enable Adam to reach his goal. That being the case, I think that this decision is more of a luxury than anything but is not exactly what I would call a bad decision. Really the main downside to this is that he could have saved this money to buy his own apartment since that having a furnished apartment is one of the three parts of his goal. For the emotional aspect of moving out of the homeless shelter, leaving when he did only helped moving out easier for him. It was clearly hard for Adam to do this as he explained on page 141, but good choice in this aspect because sticking around in the homeless shelter where he was generally comfortable was a red flag for the path to his goal. Even though he knew the people there, he also knew that eventually he would have to leave to reach his goal of the American Dream. I don't know if this was any motivation for his decision, but at least on a subconscious level this helped