Taking a Lateral Step to Move Forward

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WES SOLO EPISODE – THE HAMSTER WHEEL

On this episode of Shaping Success with Wes Tankersley, Wes talks about how being stuck in the comfort zone and monotony of life is like a hamster running on a hamster wheel. He runs and runs but never goes anywhere. 

Wes talks about how his parents’ idea of success is graduating High School and going to college.  Their key to success is making good money, having good health insurance, and getting good retirement.  These are the core things needed in life. Wes says at La Schwalb Tire Company he made good money, had health insurance, and good retirement benefits, but he didn’t like it. It wasn’t fulfilling for him. People’s mindset is do what you need to do to survive.  He points out that the more money that’s made, the more that is spent. At this point money is made to get things wanted and not necessarily needed.  At his job now as a salesman, it is up to him to make more money as he’s on 100 commission. He is in the process of building a house. He needs to make more money to get the things he wants. He feels like now he is on

 that hamster wheel. 

The key to success for Wes is to take a lateral step off the hamster wheel and move forward. Wes achieved success through sports. His football coach taught him many ways to be a man. One football play is called “The T” and it involves the offensive tackle, Wes’s position on the team, to step back, turn left, then step to the side, then go around the center. It’s more involved, but it can work. Once the lateral step is taken, it is important to move forward. This shows there is more than one way to solve a problem.

When he was at La Schwalb, he had knee problems to the point that if he continued to work there, his quality of life would suffer. He ended up going to college and graduated with 3.8 GPA. When he was teacher, he continued his steps to building success by getting his Masters and graduating with a 3.95 GPA. 

Wes’s key to success and happiness is podcasting. Through podcasting, he can help people which is very therapeutic for him. He has met many great people through this podcast.  To continue his success maker mentality, he revamped his podcast to include more solo episodes, so people can get to know him. He will still do interviews.  His podcast is about everyone and not just him.  Teacher is the title he believes fits him the best. He wants to help and teach people to be successfu

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