Jeff Dudan

I'm a visionary and I'm letting you know that I'm telling you to call me that. But but, you know, like like our our job is to be on the cutting edge. Like what's you know, we're both in the genius network. Like what's happening six to 12 months from now that we need to make sure that we're ahead of.

Where was the inflection point where you were an operator of a garage door business And then in the next day or the next week, you were a business builder, a visionary, and an entrepreneur.

Where was the inflection point where you were an operator of a garage door business And then in the next day or the next week, you were a business builder, a visionary, and an entrepreneur.

Yeah. Best business question. Gun to your head, if you had to do twice as much in half the time, figure it out.

Yeah. Best business question. Gun to your head, if you had to do twice as much in half the time, figure it out.

Yeah, no, I was ready. I'd built the business for 25 years. I was 50. I knew that there was more to do, but like I couldn't I was not good enough to extract myself from the business. And plus, man, you have a business for 25 years. All my personal real estate was handled by my business office. I mean, everything was mine was really actually for as well as we did. It was a lifestyle business.

Yeah, no, I was ready. I'd built the business for 25 years. I was 50. I knew that there was more to do, but like I couldn't I was not good enough to extract myself from the business. And plus, man, you have a business for 25 years. All my personal real estate was handled by my business office. I mean, everything was mine was really actually for as well as we did. It was a lifestyle business.

I mean, I probably worked the minimum that I needed to build that company. I coached all my kids sports. I prioritized my family. I did all of that kind of stuff. And if I knew then what I knew now, it didn't have to be mutually exclusive. I could have built five times that business if I had the right attitude that I have right now.

I mean, I probably worked the minimum that I needed to build that company. I coached all my kids sports. I prioritized my family. I did all of that kind of stuff. And if I knew then what I knew now, it didn't have to be mutually exclusive. I could have built five times that business if I had the right attitude that I have right now.

and still not sacrificed any of the other stuff that I felt was important to me. But I didn't make a decision to sell the business until I got into something called YPO, Young Presidents. And then what I realized was everybody in YPO had sold the business. So I just hadn't been in the right rooms. Because I was, to your question, man, when I went to sell the business, like,

and still not sacrificed any of the other stuff that I felt was important to me. But I didn't make a decision to sell the business until I got into something called YPO, Young Presidents. And then what I realized was everybody in YPO had sold the business. So I just hadn't been in the right rooms. Because I was, to your question, man, when I went to sell the business, like,

It was a no-brainer, and I never thought twice about the decision, but that doesn't mean it wasn't hard to basically take my identity and strip it away from this business and then go into nothing. And I did fill it with a lot of business activity in which I learned some stuff, but I probably should have followed some advice and maybe taken six months sabbatical and but I took three days.

It was a no-brainer, and I never thought twice about the decision, but that doesn't mean it wasn't hard to basically take my identity and strip it away from this business and then go into nothing. And I did fill it with a lot of business activity in which I learned some stuff, but I probably should have followed some advice and maybe taken six months sabbatical and but I took three days.

Oh, I would have focused on – look, we franchised our business and we didn't hire one person that had experience franchising. We figured it all out. We went and got like the guidelines from the government and we wrote our own thing. I mean it's like we were so proud that we were doing it ourselves, which was the stupidest thing on the planet. So if I would have just got two or three –

Oh, I would have focused on – look, we franchised our business and we didn't hire one person that had experience franchising. We figured it all out. We went and got like the guidelines from the government and we wrote our own thing. I mean it's like we were so proud that we were doing it ourselves, which was the stupidest thing on the planet. So if I would have just got two or three –

Like your guy that came in here, if I would have if I would have been humble enough, smart enough to do that earlier, that everything would have been different. Now, I have no regrets. Like, you know, I'm a big I've come I'm big on this concept of body of work.

Like your guy that came in here, if I would have if I would have been humble enough, smart enough to do that earlier, that everything would have been different. Now, I have no regrets. Like, you know, I'm a big I've come I'm big on this concept of body of work.

OK, every action that we do every single day, every conversation we have, like it's either additive or subtractive to who we are in our body work. And at the end of the day, at the end of our life, like we got to be good with it. Like we we it's just this huge it's just this huge ledger of pluses and minuses. How do you spend your time? What do you do?

OK, every action that we do every single day, every conversation we have, like it's either additive or subtractive to who we are in our body work. And at the end of the day, at the end of our life, like we got to be good with it. Like we we it's just this huge it's just this huge ledger of pluses and minuses. How do you spend your time? What do you do?

And, you know, your body of work, you know, like like you're you mentioned it. You're very giving. You got you got home service freedom. You got your vertical track. You like you're like, hey, if you can execute on what I do, God bless you.