I always thought I’d do whatever it took to make my business succeed.
- But the pandemic allowed me to so prove that thought.
For years, I spent countless hours inside the zone controlled HVAC of a corporate office. I was really good at my job but I was making other people rich, not me. That sort of was an epiphany really. It started the wheels in motion for me to do what I do but for me. Launching that business 6 years ago was a seminal moment in my life for sure. But the pandemic certainly challenged the wisdom of leaving that zone controlled HVAC and steady corporate paycheck to be my own boss. My team of about a dozen people had no trouble transitioning to working remotely. I mean no trouble at all with any of us working from our own air conditioning. However, I wasn’t flying so it was tough to get to my customers. I’m the one who does the deals and is hands on with the client most of the time. So I had to figure out how to get to those who needed us and it wasn’t happening from the air conditioning of my house. So I cranked up the HVAC cooling that summer and hit the road for what ended up being a few months the first time out. That wasn’t great with my girlfriend but she checked the thermostat setting in my house and I flew her to wherever I was every other weekend. But mostly, I was in the wonderful, quality heating and air of the hotels along the interstate. Hands down consistently the best heating and cooling I’ve ever experienced which was a wonderful surprise.