The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman

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The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman
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He thought he’d make millions of dollars selling solar panels door-to-door. The reality was much darker.

But the bodybuilder only wanted to strike up a friendly conversation, during which he asked Colvin what he did for a living. At that point in August 2023, Colvin was about to begin his freshman year at Niagara University, a small Catholic school near his hometown of Niagara Falls, New York. But he was lukewarm on college; he wanted to devote himself to becoming an entrepreneur like Grant Cardone or Alex Hormozi, two of his personal heroes.

I’m doing the trainings, I’m reading the books, I’m putting the hours in on the doors. In between doors I’m taking notes on what I did right and what I did wrong. So, yeah, I’m getting better every day. And I know as long as I continue to do this every day, I’m going to win. And for me, it’s less about the work and more about the work that’s being done to myself.

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