Pretty rough day yesterday, really putting a damper in an otherwise solid month. Came down with flu like symptoms on Monday, and ended up going 0/4 on calls yesterday. Have a couple follow ups set, but didn’t seem very promising. On top of that, I jacked up my shoulder snowboarding last weekend, and im pretty much in constant pain and can’t move it lol. Hoping there’s no fracture, but it feels very likely.
While my closing % has been great on this offer, I had a convo with the owner this month about how it might not make sense to keep me on the team with the current lead flow. Im the only closer on the offer right now, and with him paying a base as well that’s basically 2X for him with rhe currency difference, things haven’t been the most profitable. Giving it our best shot this month, but may be looking for another offer here again soon.
Really need to do some thinking on what my next move will be. I am 1000% percent confident in my skill set, the ability to sell, and coach a team on how to sell, building out funnels, but im not sure I want to enter the coaching space. I have a strong preference to be more into product sales, tech, or something other then coaching services. Would even consider a low skill- labor based business like tree removal, snow, landscaping, painting etc.
I really dislike being an employee. I’ve known this about myself my whole life. The control, less money, less freedom, and more then anything I hate having a constant pressure to perform and “always be on”. That alone has drastically reduced my overall life quality, and im not sure the financial trade off is worth it. When you own the business, you remove yourself, being sick, not having a good day, or any self imposed limitations from being your main financial constraint.
Step 1, is going to be to DECIDE which direction and what type of business I will start.
From there, I need to find some type of job that covers my expenses, that I don’t hate doing while I work on my own business.
Another big decision ive made this week, is I’ll be going sober for the foreseeable future. While I mainly keep drinking and going out to the weekend, it has a negative effect on every area of my life.
Relationship, my health and fitness, my finances, and it feels nearly impossible to get ahead while alcohol or drugs remain in my life.
I love to have a good time, and it’s not a forever thing, but until I build more leverage and start moving ahead, I’ll be cutting it out, along with friends that aren’t working on moving their life forward.
The hardest part for me is my family dynamic. We are all really close, especially my younger siblings, and love to go out and party together. However with them being younger and in there early 20s, were just at different points of our life, and I need to get things handled and under control before my life slips away.
That will be a challenging change, but I feel like getting my shit together and setting the example for them is the right thing to do. On top of that, I want to be able to do epic, fun shit together when we’re older, and in order to do that, I need to sacrifice a few years of fun now.
Did a micro loop of paragon today to hopefully speed up the healing process, but aside from that I will be washing out through Saturday.