couple hours south of me...

Last year people were telling me to hire an assistant to relieve the back load of work and help manage my daily to-do list.

I am glad to report that first, this year is even busier than the last making my commissions and paycheck increase at least 45% this year from last years 32% increase from 2013 and secondly, I have hired an assistant that my company is paying 100% of her salary and bonuses!!! I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. PBJ

I've worked 22 straight days visiting properties all over Virginia, Maryland, DC and West Virginia and I'm pooped! Also been in early everyday to train my new assistant.

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You're lucky to be in an industry with skyrocketing business. I'm always scrapping looking for work. Wish I had your problem.

You gotta get out of the horseshoe business! :D

What do you sell?

I work selling a unique service to the property management industry and all commercial property owners. I've been working with this company since July 2011.

I would rather not get more specific for a variety of reasons-nothing personal

Glad you're taking in the cash man.

Last year we had 2 guys working through the winter with us. One quit in March one in April. Right when fieldwork needed to be done. I probably worked the most hours in a quarter in my entire life. Hell of it all? Both dad and my revenues were remarkably lower. (Mostly due to lower commodity prices). So we worked out asses off for less money.

No worries. Since getting into sales I've noticed almost all of them are very particular about saying where they work or what they do our even where they're currently located in the world. It's odd to me, but I definitely wouldn't ask you to put your employer on the Internet. Heh.

same here


...but grats, scho!

I've been stuck doing that and much worse in previous startup companies.

I took a 90% paycut once to work at a startup that after two years when down the shitter and all the stock I had was only good for starting a fire!

At another company during the dotcom bubble, I was worth $12-16 million on paper with 685,000 shares of stock as the third employee of a company that grew to 135 employees and 5 offices in less than 3 years.

I know financial pain! :eek:

When you work for yourself it is a grind 24/7 but I would rather have a country where you have a chance to improve yourself than one of those wuss countriesn.

Right now. I have 2 kids, work 60 hours a week, go to college with midterms approaching, and I'm getting ready to move in a month. Never been so busy and time is ****ing flying.

In 2008 I was in the first year as a business owner in an industry with a high failure rate. I also had a new baby, was remodeling a house, had 2-3 part time jobs to keep things going and was written into a local position that was a huge pain in the ass. Multiple times a friend who lived across the street from my office asked if I ever went home because many times I was there until 2-3am and back by 6.

That year and a half stretch probably took years off of my life but has proven that hard work pays off. I now have a team of people's doing what I was doing with exponential growth each year.

It gets better if you prioritize and put your efforts into things that deserve it.

At the same time I began donating my professional time to locally beneficial projects and grants. Between 200-300 hrs of professional services donated. Not long ago there was a single opportunity for a payday in my field and they didn't give me a shot at it. It turns out I anticipate a lot less time wasted in the future. D

Focus your time and effort where it will benefit you and yours.

Right now I'm taking 14 hours this semester (including Organic II), teaching two courses, just went through the application process for Pharmacy school (got accepted, yay), and my daughter has physical therapy four times per week. Earlier this semester, her PT appointments were three hours a day, but now we've scaled down to 90 minutes.

My wife works weekend nights (fortunately each set of grandparents take them once a month or so), so when that happens, I've got twin three-year-olds all weekend.

I'm on Spring Break this weekend, so I've got that going for me.

I remember those organic days.

I was a double major for sone dumb ****ing reason, and got my bachelor's in chemistry and microbiology and a minor in molecular biology. Sure don't miss those days.

I'd say my busiest days were the dental school years that had us taking a combined 100 hours in 4 semesters.

I was nearly on suicide watch