Ivan Balabanov

I mean, I would be talking on the phone with them and they're like, so how is everything? You should start looking for a job. Like, Jesus Christ. Like, come on.

I mean, I would be talking on the phone with them and they're like, so how is everything? You should start looking for a job. Like, Jesus Christ. Like, come on.

And so then what you started, you decided to just open a business or, or I started, I started, um, I mean, that's a huge, that's, that's how scary was that?

And so then what you started, you decided to just open a business or, or I started, I started, um, I mean, that's a huge, that's, that's how scary was that?

But it's crazy how it works. Either something have to really disrupt the path that you were thinking that you were going on to force you to change or you really have to be so like just committed and believing that that is the path to where you go all in. Because there's so many people in that kind of crack the door open. Okay, I'm going to be a dog trainer and very quickly get scared.

But it's crazy how it works. Either something have to really disrupt the path that you were thinking that you were going on to force you to change or you really have to be so like just committed and believing that that is the path to where you go all in. Because there's so many people in that kind of crack the door open. Okay, I'm going to be a dog trainer and very quickly get scared.

And I mean, for many different reasons, I guess, you know, it's kind of... On the surface, it looks like, oh, yeah, anybody. If you have a dog, I'm now a dog trainer. But to really become a dog trainer, there's a lot of things. And that's another thing for Europe, when people are, and I know I have so many European friends, it just sounds so bad like this, but it's true, at least I think.

And I mean, for many different reasons, I guess, you know, it's kind of... On the surface, it looks like, oh, yeah, anybody. If you have a dog, I'm now a dog trainer. But to really become a dog trainer, there's a lot of things. And that's another thing for Europe, when people are, and I know I have so many European friends, it just sounds so bad like this, but it's true, at least I think.

they would rather have a very solid average job to some big company being Porsche or Bosch or whatever, you know? And they start there and they're going to get the pension there and it's okay. And the fear of trying and failing, it's incredibly powerful in there. To work here, it's almost like if you don't try and you haven't failed, what are you doing? What's your life?

they would rather have a very solid average job to some big company being Porsche or Bosch or whatever, you know? And they start there and they're going to get the pension there and it's okay. And the fear of trying and failing, it's incredibly powerful in there. To work here, it's almost like if you don't try and you haven't failed, what are you doing? What's your life?

You should be experimenting. You should be trying something, right?

You should be experimenting. You should be trying something, right?

But that's the thing. Is it safer, really? Not for your soul. It's very crazy. I know when you work for yourself and you get a phone call, I want my dog trained. chances are 99.999% that you will say, of course, no matter how busy you are. Like no matter what, you're, yes. And then I'm going to figure it out how it's going to happen.

But that's the thing. Is it safer, really? Not for your soul. It's very crazy. I know when you work for yourself and you get a phone call, I want my dog trained. chances are 99.999% that you will say, of course, no matter how busy you are. Like no matter what, you're, yes. And then I'm going to figure it out how it's going to happen.

But saying no to a client when you work for yourself, it's not easy. At least for me, it never was.

But saying no to a client when you work for yourself, it's not easy. At least for me, it never was.

So let's let's go backwards. Let's start from where you are right now, because you have a really solid business going right now and you just expand it. And let's go back and

So let's let's go backwards. Let's start from where you are right now, because you have a really solid business going right now and you just expand it. And let's go back and

And that's kind of your people skills probably, you know, because having to have 20 something people to work for you, that's also... It's tough.

And that's kind of your people skills probably, you know, because having to have 20 something people to work for you, that's also... It's tough.