Originally Posted by Shap

Hey Jigga!

Long time no talk old friend. How?ve you been?

That?s a great question. It?s not easy. I think it?s different for everyone. Some people have huge aspirations and goals and they keep gunning for them. I remember often going to dinner with someone or golfing with someone and at the end of it thinking wow what?s wrong with me I don?t want it as bad as that guy does. I don?t think there is anything wrong with that. You just have to know what your expectations and goals are and work accordingly.

I will say this towards the end it was definitely a struggle of mine and played a role in how easy it was to let go. A few years earlier we had been approached to sell and at that time I wasn?t ready. I just felt there was too much I hadn?t tried, too much I hadn?t done with the business to sell. I still had fire. I wanted more and i still had the fire. Fast forward to when we did sell and we were about to have a 2nd child, we were dealing with major banking problems that would force us to completely change our company structure, I was dealing with some staffing issues. My energy was so low. I didn?t want to deal with the crappy parts of running a business anymore. The fire wasn?t burning as strong as it needed to be.

I?ve dealt with both. One beauty of having staff is being able to step back sometimes and rely heavily on them so you can get re-charged and fired up for more.

This industry is a grind and it can definitely take it?s toll.