From Convict to CEO - A Journey of Transformation with Weldon Long
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What is Weldon Long's transformative life story?
Listen, I went through a lot of years of my life in those prison years blaming the judges, the prosecutors, the ex-wife. Then one day it hit me like if all those things are the reason my life sucks, then all those things got to change for my life to get better. And that's probably not going to happen. But if I'm the problem, then I can change that, right? I have control over my thoughts and my behaviors. So that was kind of a watershed kind of turning point for me.
Welcome to the Home Service Expert, where each week, Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs and experts in various fields like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership to find out what's really behind their success in business. Now, your host. the home service millionaire, Tommy Mello.
Before we get started, I wanted to share two important things with you. First, I want you to implement what you learned today. To do that, you'll have to take a lot of notes, but I also want you to fully concentrate on the interview. So I asked the team to take notes for you. Just text notes, N-O-T-E-S to 888-526-1299. That's 888-526-1299.
and you'll receive a link to download the notes from today's episode. Also, if you haven't got your copy of my newest book, Elevate, please go check it out. I'll share with you how I attracted and developed a winning team that helped me build a $200 million company in 22 states. Just go to elevateandwin.com forward slash podcast to get your copy. Now let's go back into the interview. All right, guys, welcome back to the Home Service Expert. Today, I've got someone that's I've been supposed to have been on this podcast for the last – since I started it. Weldon Long, he is – he's a guy I've been following for a long time. He's a sales expert. I'm really into sales. As you guys know, I'm really into marketing. I think marketing builds the business.
Sales grows it really, really fast. And if I had to argue what's more important, it would be hard, but I think marketing, making the phone ring off the hook, but marketing. I've seen companies like Tom Howard with two good guys sell for $80 million. So what do you think? Sales are very, very important. You're based in Colorado, the CEO of Weldon Log Organization, founder. You've got a pretty big resume, peak home performance, author of The Upside of Fear and The Power of Consistency, Consistency Selling. You've got a pretty crazy story. Yeah. And I'm excited you're doing this. I'll let you kick us off and just tell us. A little bit about you've knocked doors. You've inspired people. You just got done with a keynote at a financial institution, LPL Financial. Yep.
You spent some time in prison. Yep. Everything. So why don't you tell us where you've been, where you're at today, and where you're going.
Well, first of all, let me say how happy I am to be here. I was telling Ashley, your executive assistant, that of the young bucks coming up, like you're the brand. You know, you got the old guys like me, the Drew Camerons, the Joe Calloway. You know, we're all fading, right? And you got this new group of energetic, talented, super dynamic people. And I've been following you, too, for a bit. And I'm really pleased to be here. I'm really proud and inspired by the work that you're doing. You're a badass. And I think that's really cool. I also want to say this. I agree with you. As much as I'm into sales, I always say nothing happens until something gets sold. Nothing gets sold until somebody sets a lead. And that is kind of the priority for me.
My story, you kind of outlined, I was a ninth grade high school dropout, started running the streets, pulled a gun on a guy in 1987, got sentenced to prison the first time for 10 years at 23 years old, and did about four and a half years in Colorado, at the state system in Colorado. After four and a half years, the parole board and their infinite wisdom thought I was rehabilitated, and they kicked me out in the street. So I get out. I'm 27 years old. Still a ninth grade high school dropout. No experience, no education. Now I'm a convicted felon, right? Not a real impressive track record. Made it to about 18 months.
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