Leaving Wall Street to Buy a $1m Manufacturing Business

But so, but learning that and taking those licks. Gosh. I mean, you're, you're. Oh, you're. You're going to be thankful for it.

Those, as you say on your podcast all the time, those fetal moments, those, Those are what make a person.

Well, I mean, it's just I, yeah, I talked about all the things that we've done that accomplished and mistakes I made, but personally it's been great because, I mean, I just. First of all, you had to. In order to be that owner operator, you have to learn to be a leader.

And that's, you know, as much as you think you have that until you put yourself in that position where everything is dependent on you and everyone looks to you and you know, especially if it's a company like, you know, you could have that within a division, but it's still difficult to actually, basically to really feel that you have to. You have to learn tactics and people management and decision…

I grew immensely. I became so much more emotionally intelligent. It was, you know, things. And on Wall street, it's okay to have, have a, A fiery temper.

You know, maybe not as much now, but back in the day, I mean, when I, When I was working on trading floors. Oh my gosh. The, The. The energy. So there it was just. But now, you know, you have to, you have to keep your calm.

You have to be smart. You have to basically approach things with a. A certain. Not a certain equilibrium that basically allows you to.

Equanimity would be the meditation word.

Yes, exactly. Yes. I love that. Being a yoga guy, I love that. Is that, is that, is that when you basically think that you are not. Your, Your thoughts are not distracting you, they're actually helping you and your emotions are not distracting you there.

So, So I become a More effective communicator. My. Not only in the workforce, but at home and with friends and family. What else?

I mean, the relationship you, you mentioned in your document, having appreciation and gratitude. Good, good old gratitude. You know, that one of the most powerful emotions that we can, that we can invoke in ourselves.