Joe Salsih

I'd already been a financial planner for 16 years.

I'd already done all the media stuff that I did for a long time for Ameriprise.

And I'm thinking, my kids are almost this old, but it was really fun.

The frustration was what I found out was two things.

I found out that

Number one, I didn't have the flexibility that I wanted as a teacher.

But the second thing, I can be a teacher without being in the teaching system.

And I think that's what a lot of people don't realize is that I can still teach.

You might be a better teacher outside the system.

Exactly.

You know what they taught me?

They taught me, and this is so sad because I love teachers and I have friends that are teachers, but you're teaching to tests.

You're teaching, you're fighting administration a lot.

And so at the same time, I was really bored because the classes were pretty easy.

And so I decided that what I do is start writing for friends of mine because I like to write.

And so I'd write scripts for my friends that were on TV like I was.

I would write blog posts and newsletters for my friends that were financial advisors.

And then I did the math and I was making as much money, Nathan, as first year teachers were making.

But I was doing it in shorts and a t-shirt and I was having a blast.

No, no, I never actually became a teacher.