132: How the Enneagram Helped Me Make My First Million Dollars

Chances are, if you listen to me, you’re someone who’s ambitious, wants to change up what they’re doing, has a passion project...⁣<br />⁣<br />In short, there’s probably something in your life that’s not going how you want it to.⁣<br />⁣<br />Listen now⁣<br />⁣<br />⁣<br />8 years ago today I ventured into an accidental career.⁣<br />⁣<br />A short 6 months earlier, I did my hail mary pass to God while on a plane to see my dad before he passed. At the time, I was working a corporate job I was very good at, but hated.⁣<br />⁣<br />I made a decent living, and it was hard to walk away from that salary—especially as a sole provider for my children.⁣<br />⁣<br />But I knew I wanted something more. And my dad’s 12-day cancer diagnosis made me reevaluate some shit in my life. ⁣<br />⁣<br />I was mad that I had put myself in a situation where I was reliant on someone else.⁣<br />⁣<br />I wanted to be in a position that if anything came up that I needed to handle, I could drop everything and go.⁣<br />⁣<br />While in corporate America, I was filled with bitterness and rage. And then my dad passed away suddenly. Ultimately, I walked away from that corporate job to get help and checked myself into rehab, and it was in rehab that I was introduced to the Enneagram.⁣<br />⁣<br />⁣<br />Quotes:⁣<br />:35⁣<br />I know if you listen to me, there’s something that’s not going in your life the way that you want it to.⁣<br />⁣<br />2:17⁣<br />Looking back I can see where the fear was for me, but that’s also where the Hail Mary pass to God came.⁣<br />⁣<br />5:22⁣<br />In rehab, I was introduced to the Enneagram.⁣<br />⁣<br />7:01⁣<br />I’m an Enneagram 8, they’re [my kids] are a 2 and a 7, and just using that framework the little bit I knew at the time made a huge difference. ⁣<br />⁣<br />9:35⁣<br />I knew that I was going to have to communicate effectively with every person I talked to—I’d have to speak to what was in it for them in every conversation and mean it from the bottom of my heart.⁣<br />⁣<br />11:50⁣<br />Those first 6 m