As I look forward to where I am headed next professionally I am also looking back on the past to see which skills from my prior careers transferred to my new ones. I notice that many skills build atop one another as we go through life. For example I'll just say that my first career before law enforcement was playing high school football, where I learned hard work and determination. That hard work and determination, once I got into law enforcement, led me to become one of the top graduates of my academy class. Also led me to positions on elite units within our agency. Those positions developed confidence, strengthened determination, independent thinking, teamwork, and attention to detail. When I left law enforcement, those skills helped me realize an entirely different world, the business world, in which if you'd asked me five years ago, I'd say that I had no chance of being successful as a business person. What's the one skill from your old career (W-2, military, law enforcement) that you didn't realize would carry over?

All right people, it's Friday. What'd you get done this week? What did you accomplish in your business? Was your goal on Monday? Did you accomplish that task? Me, I have the first few lessons content built, but not recorded. That was an ambitious goal that I will not meet this week. I will have those lessons in the classroom for you all though!

Keep your eyes on the classroom this week. I'm building out the first course in there right now. Not polished. Not perfect. Just real stuff that actually moves the needle for guys like us who are building something with their hands and trying to figure out the business side at the same time. You'll see it come together in real time. That's the point. I'm not going to disappear for six months and drop a finished product. You're here early. You get to watch it get built, give input, and shape what this thing becomes. I'll go first. My one thing this week: build out the first module of the course. Four lessons. Written, recorded, and posted in the classroom by Sunday. That's the bar. You'll see it show up in there. Now your turn. What is one thing you need to get done this week to move the needle toward wherever you're headed? Not five things. One. Drop it below and let's hold each other to it.

When I was running my business full time, I didn't work Mondays. That was the rule. Not "I try not to work Mondays." I didn't work Mondays. Period. That one decision changed everything. I had a day to handle the house, run errands, be a human being. My week started on Tuesday and I was sharper because of it. But here's the thing. Setting the boundary was the easy part. Holding it was the real test. Because the phone still rings on Monday. The texts still come in. And every single one of them feels urgent. So I have a question for you. Be honest. When was the last time you had a day off and didn't check your work phone? Not even once. No judgment. I already know what most of you are going to pick. I just want you to see it in writing.

Please join me in welcoming 3 new members to the group! @Brandon Foster Foster is running a septic pumping company in NE and building his Law Enforcement Training business on the side. @Cyndy Gartner Gartner is a long-time realtor in Colorado and I've had the pleasure of being her handyman for a couple of years. @Bethany Blankenheim any Blankenheim is my wife and a Licensed Therapist in Colorado who runs a small to mid-size practice. She is also an instructor at Front Range Community College in Westminster, Colorado. Please welcome them in. New folks, what brought you here and what's the one thing you're hoping to figure out?