dawn_kiebawls
Lawncare and Landscaping enthusiast
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Hey neighbors, TL;DR
I own and operate a successful Lawn and Landscape business locally but lately have been feeling like I'm not living up to my potential, or expectations...A bit of background - I come from a family where both parents have Masters degrees and all 4 of my siblings have Bachelors degrees or higher. I, on the other hand graduated from the School of Hard Knox: Bachelors of Substance Abuse with a Minor in Disappointment. I dropped out of High School because in my Sophomore year I realized I was making close to double my teachers salary by mowing lawns on the weekends but I was also fighting a crippling drug addiction. I was making really good money when I dropped out but feel like my choices have cost me everything. My family has loved me through the throughs of addictions and into the success of my business but I still, and always will, feel like the the black sheep of the family.
Anyway - I've finally grinded hard enough to the point where I can be remote enough and pursue a degree in Turfgrass Management without losing a reasonable amount of my customers (focusing on my most and selling my least profitable customers). I'm just not sure if it's worth it to even get the degree at this point. Like I said, I make good money and all of my lawns look awesome. My lawns are awesome and I want to monopolize my market so I think I'm going to go for it. I'm just curious if anyone has any thoughts. Admittedly, my weakest point is actual business practices so I don't know if I'm making a huge error or not.
I'm just looking for opinions; trying to bounce the thought off of some more educated and more well versed people than I. thanks for any all input. Cheers!
I own and operate a successful Lawn and Landscape business locally but lately have been feeling like I'm not living up to my potential, or expectations...A bit of background - I come from a family where both parents have Masters degrees and all 4 of my siblings have Bachelors degrees or higher. I, on the other hand graduated from the School of Hard Knox: Bachelors of Substance Abuse with a Minor in Disappointment. I dropped out of High School because in my Sophomore year I realized I was making close to double my teachers salary by mowing lawns on the weekends but I was also fighting a crippling drug addiction. I was making really good money when I dropped out but feel like my choices have cost me everything. My family has loved me through the throughs of addictions and into the success of my business but I still, and always will, feel like the the black sheep of the family.
Anyway - I've finally grinded hard enough to the point where I can be remote enough and pursue a degree in Turfgrass Management without losing a reasonable amount of my customers (focusing on my most and selling my least profitable customers). I'm just not sure if it's worth it to even get the degree at this point. Like I said, I make good money and all of my lawns look awesome. My lawns are awesome and I want to monopolize my market so I think I'm going to go for it. I'm just curious if anyone has any thoughts. Admittedly, my weakest point is actual business practices so I don't know if I'm making a huge error or not.
I'm just looking for opinions; trying to bounce the thought off of some more educated and more well versed people than I. thanks for any all input. Cheers!