Justin Colby

Being a manager and a leader at the same time is really hard.

It is.

And so if you are a leader, just based on our conversation now, I think you're more of a leader than a manager.

And don't try to trick yourself into managing when you're not.

I've made that mistake.

Yeah, I was going to manage and I just sucked at it because I'm more of the leader.

I go show you how to do it.

I'll be the first running down the mountain like Marcus Aurelius, right?

I will lead the troops.

Bro, if you need me to show you how to swing the damn sword, I'm out.

Yeah.

And, and that's, you know, you guys are a very impressive business.

I think, uh, people are the hardest part of our business.

And then if you can lean into smaller, a lot of times it's better because it's more profitable.

Yeah.

Bigger is not always better because it's ego driven.

Yep.

There'd be my two cents, but, and you didn't ask for it.

So it was unsolicited.

Talk to us about what you're doing today and then how you see this 2026 year going, right?