Would it be possible for me to make money with my passion for classic Cadillacs?

DAN!

I have LITERALLY been getting cold chills from your response for about 5 minutes.

First, when you needed to dig yourself out of a whole you didn’t take the easy way. You took the punch to the face, got up, and battled right back. What an example you’ve set. I interact with Kevin frequently, and am striking up a friendship with Ashley, too. The example you have set seems to shine through your children. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!

Second, when you were down, you didn’t stay down. You didn’t look around and say, “Someone else has to deal with this.” You knew you could use the skills you possessed, selling, interpersonal, etc, and applied those to a product that would benefit others. And you were very successful while doing that.

Third, and this is where the REAL cold chills hit, when you saw a FATAL flaw in the product you were selling, you TURNED IN YOUR NOTICE AND STOPPED SELLING IT, even though you were making SIX FIGURES!!! You didn’t look at the “safety” and “security” that the money and the position brought you, you looked inside yourself and said, “This isn’t right. I don’t agree with what’s going on. I’m done.” and you moved on!

HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!! I give you MOUNTAINS of credit for initiating my journey from being a MISERABLE employee to being an OVER EXCITED FREE AGENT, but this story has made me like you even more!

So glad I get to shake your hand at the Speak it Forward Boot Camp in October!

~Ivan

On a side note, I left a job in 2010 when asked to perform some accounting I could not agree with. I was making decent money and I know the company had plans for promotions for me (I was actually going to get a $10k raise the following Monday).

But knowing the facts of the situation and interpreting the guidance for it, there was NO WAY I could make the adjustment.

So I turned in my notice and walked away. I was scared to death. No job lined up. No prospects on the horizon. But I have been raised to do the right thing, no matter the consequences, b/c one day I’ll be held accountable for my actions by my God. So I did.

And I kept thinking through the whole experience, when Alexander is a teenager (my son who was then 1), I can honestly and proudly tell him I made the “right” decision, even though there were SIGNIFICANT consequences. And I hope and pray that he’ll do the same.

Looks like you did the same. THAT’S AWESOME!