I was the underdog, but I dreamed of success. I wasn't sure how l would get there. I picked up bottles and cans for salvage, sold used furniture in my apartment, set up a tutoring business, sold Kool-Aid on hot days all to make a little money to put myself through school. I guess I should have known that I was a budding entrepreneur with a knack to think outside the box all along.

Along the way, I was lucky to find a kind, superstar mentor that taught me a lot about connection, relationships, problem solving and the true meaning of sales. I bucked the rigid corporate format, found my own way of doing things. Little did I know that I was creating my own process that would be my ticket to success