Citizen in Denmark - Ny i Danmark

“I thought about it for anumber of years beforedeciding to become selfemployed.I thought it mightbe a problem that Danesweren’t used to seeing animmigrant as a self-employedmason. But that hasn’t beenthe case. Customers arehappy as long as you are goodat your job and do the bestyou can. My work brings meinto close contact with a lotof people, so I’ve discoveredthat Danes are just as differentas everyone else.I now have twoemployeesEMPLOYMENTNow I have two employees, aDane and a Vietnamese, andI enjoy being an employer.My advice is: be yourself.Many immigrants are scaredof failure; there’s no need.There’s room for us.”Mansur Sheik emigratedfrom Somalia to Denmark in1993. He trained as a masonand is now self-employed.109