After 16 years of learning this business from the inside out, I cashed in my 401k and never looked back. I’m not kidding when I say inside out. I started working at the counter of a big supply house. What I didn’t realize…
Sitting in a classroom was never my idea of a good time, but neither was being poor. I signed up for trade school as fast as I could and got to work even faster. Air conditioning and heating in Texas made the choice…
Passion Matters. Dad was an accountant. Since before I could remember, my family encouraged me to go to college. I tried it, but it just wasn’t my thing. I wasn’t in love with the idea of sitting behind a desk and crunching numbers….
In 2013, I had some big decisions to make. My first daughter was on the way, and bills were piling up. A friend offered me an opportunity to work as his assistant, and I said yes before he could finish his sentence. I always…
Seeing Dad run his own business gave me the courage to go out on my own. Like most kids who knew they weren’t cut out for office work, I enrolled in trade school and learned what I could about the HVAC business in a classroom….
40 years ago, my grandfather left the job of a lifetime working for General Electric. He packed up the family and moved everyone to Texas in search of something better. The move did more than raise a few eyebrows. My grandmother thought he…
Sometimes plans change. Since as far back as I can remember, I wanted to be an electrical engineer. It sounded mysterious, interesting, and high paying. Back then, if you asked me what I was gonna be when I grew up, it was the…
Doing what you love isn’t work. I got my first break in 2010 when a big chain hired me as a helper. The hard work and long hours weren’t a surprise, but I wasn’t ready for what happened next. Something clicked. I always…
When the markets crashed in 2008, I had a big problem on my hands. At the time, I wasn’t sure of much, but I was sure of one thing: I needed to work hard, or I might not survive. An apartment complex hired…
One day, my boss asked me to fix the air conditioner, and I couldn’t figure it out. After a few days of trying and getting nowhere, he lost his confidence in me and called in an expert. That expert happened to be my…