Evaluating Your Career Choices with Chris Coleman

<p>In today’s episode, Chris Coleman shares his life story. He provides us with some insight into the factors that contributed to his success, and how faith is the glue that holds his life together.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Chris is a franchise consultant and owner of FranNet. His goal is to help individuals evaluate their career choices and determine whether self-employment is a viable option.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><strong>What’s your history, where did you start and where are you now? (01:55)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Chris says he grew up in an entrepreneurial household, where hard work and determination was key.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> <li>Hard work became part of his lifestyle at a very young age, but career-wise, the risk-taking only sunk in much later.</li> <li>He went through college and got a criminal justice degree; he was ready to enroll in the police academy. However, his brother approached him about an automotive startup company that was looking for people to start at the bottom and work their way up.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> <li>His plan was to do it for a year and see how it plays out. He learned a process called paintless dent repair and went on to fixing cars himself.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> <li>He did that for the first 13 years of his career, and only then decided to do something else.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>What was it about that time that pulled you in a different direction? (06:14)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Chris explains that the change was very necessary; he was in a very physically demanding job and he reached a point where he had three surgeries done on his right arm.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> <li>He tried working with his left arm, but it wasn’t working and it resulted in poor productivity. At the time, they had small children and he assured his wife that he would take care of finances if she wante