Matt Damon

Um, I, I, my big focus was, I don't know how long this is going to last and I need to pay off debt.

I need to get ahead.

I need to make sure that I set myself up for the future and it's addicting and it's just like you talk about.

And when you knock it out and you put it behind you, um, it, it really allows you to do a lot more investment type things like I've been able to do with real estate.

Um, but I would say the biggest thing is, is you don't have to have a college degree.

You got to have a work ethic.

And you need to make good choices, choices that will help you in the future, not punish you right now or punish you later.

So when I started my business and took a risk, I took just enough money to pay my bills and pay my mortgage and my car payment and all the normal stuff.

It certainly played into dropping out.

I realized I had a good gig coming out of high school.

I started at the very bottom at a restoration company at 16 years old, and I found it fascinating.

It seemed like the owners did really well, and I wanted to be in that position, and so I worked my way up to project manager, general manager, vice president, so on and so forth, and

I was doing really well, so I kind of told my mom, you know, I'm doing great.

I want to jump out.

And it was the greatest decision I ever made.

If I wouldn't have had that there, I may not have taken that risk, but it was a calculated risk for sure.

I love what I do, and it consumes a lot of my life.

My biggest struggle is making sure that I have a work-life balance because I got a lot of people that look up to me to lead this ship, and so I have to be good every day.

And so that's a good pressure that keeps me going, but I very much enjoy helping people, and I very much enjoy being able to

take care of the ones that support me and support this business.