There’s an old saying in The Bahamas where I grew up, “Every tub has to stand on its own bottom.”

I quickly learned that, and by the time I reached age 18, I had my apartment and a job paying the bills. Before I got my “real” first job as a cashier at KFC, I remember meeting a lady by the name of Mrs. Davenport. She owned a company in Freeport called Columbus Realty. I went in to ask for a job, but she explained that her company was small and not...