About 6 years ago I was a young leader in the Army and in charge of about 35 soldiers. I had very little oversight and lead by the seat of my pants. I would talk to several SMEs about each mission we needed to complete, and then made a decision. Pro, no lack of indecision. Con, lack of thought made me make stupid mistakes. FIX IT PLAN: I ask myself, what is the one thing that will move the needle the most? Okay, now go do that. I switched industries 2 years ago and learned how to sell in about 6 months, then I figured my skillset was better used under a better pay plan. So I found a new company to work for, then I started selecting bigger and bigger jobs and weeding out the smaller ones. My income went from 100k/yr to 60k/yr and now is much higher than 100k/yr simple because I was willing to move as needed. BLUF do what is obviously the thing you need to do to move the needle.

I started selling roofs in early 2023. I knew it was a good industry to get into, but had no idea just how much work and how much direct reward I would see within just 19 months of being in the industry. To date, the smallest roof I have sold was worth about $8,500, and the largest roof I sold is worth about $215,000. My personal company that's part of larger umbrella company has sold about $1.6m in revenue in its first year, and is looking to expand to about $2.5m in 2025.