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Acquiring Minds

Turning $25k into a $3.2m Exit in Under 4 Years

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And then we got to create that work life balance, if there is such a thing. But, you know, some people believe in that.

I mean, I, I don't. I feel if you want to be a high achiever, you want, you know, you've got big goals, I don't think you can have a work life balance. At least I haven't figured that out.

Well, you're pretty balanced now. Couple million bucks in the bank and.

Doing, doing podcast interviews. No, I know, but, you know, there's also the, there's the seasons way of thinking about one's career where you work at a sprint for a number of years to some sort of benefit and then maybe take a break for a couple years before you go, go into your next thing. So it's, it's more like a sine wave than it is a constant, constant grind.

Yeah, I don't think I'll ever stop. I was just kind of, you know, joking. My wife, when this was all going down, kept telling her I was going to be retired.

She said, you're not going to be retired. You can't. She knows me. She's like, you're not going to be able to stop.

Yeah. You and many people listening, Corey and me. Why didn't your dad being a trade dad scare you off from being in the trades? The way you described that it scared off people in our generation.

Yeah, that's a good question. I'm not, no if. I don't know if I 100 know the answer to that. But you know, my dad was always a very hard worker.

One of the hardest working people I know. Like just an insane work ethic which thank God I inherited, you know, very admirable. And you know, we always, you know, we always.

He always provided. We always had what we needed. I mean we never got rich. But I'm not 100% sure what I, I just knew I wasn't built for college was part of it.

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