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I’m Still Here, Still Taking Calls

Some of you have noticed that my Rentboy listing is no longer ‘on.’ I’m still here in Vegas and I’m still taking calls.

I started working a new day job in marketing back in April. I was doing so well at it that by the end of May they offered me a Sales position. At first I turned it down, but then I saw one of the sales rep’s paychecks and that was that; I wanted in!

It has taken much longer then I expected to get up and running in my new Sales role. Management all went on Vacation in July and left no one in the office to train me (What am I? Invisible?). Never the less, August was spent intensively on getting me up to speed and last week I started closing Deals. I have a feeling that by the end of September I’m going to be an unstoppable machiene. My boss thinks so too.

There are 3 sales reps in the office. 1st Sales Rep gets to pick through the leads first, 2nd Sales Rep gets the leftovers and the 3rd Sales Rep is just lucky to be there. Thats me, I’m the 3rd Sales Rep. I have to do my own marketing and book my own appointments. Fortunately I have all the company’s marketing resources at my fingertips, and because all the leads I created through my marketing position went to the 1st and 2nd Sales Reps, those leads will now be going to me.

So now you know whats going on with me.

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D’oh!

I was being a good little steward with my money, keeping my check book balanced, then I got lazy. I stopped putting my earnings in the bank and it was back to the big white envelope. Yesterday I got a Bank of America alert on my iPhone… I was overdrafted! Over two months of living like an adult and I blew it. I felt shame. I was doing so well that I forgot to keep up with the actions that made it that way. The overdraft amount: -$197. Wow!

So now it’s back to the basics. Day one of my awesome new Journey again. An old timer once told me that “Square One Sucks!” But it doesn’t have to suck for long… right?

It’s 5am Vegas time and I’ve had a good nights sleep. Lots to get done today including all of my laundry, cleaning the kitchen, the gym, work on my friend’s website, grocery shopping, my day job (which starts at 3pm) and hopefully an appointment tonight. I deposited all my money in the bank and have a decent balance to start with. I have to penny pinch because of some big events coming in June including a bachelor party for one of my friends from High School where I said I would pay for a table at ‘Sapphire’ for 5 people and a trip to Florida lined up in July. I also want to get back to Ohio for a few weeks sometime this summer, that will be expensive too.

So now its time to get to work. Lets see how well this day goes.

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Been a while… hasn’t it

I’ve been busy and I’ve been lazy, that is the reason why I haven’t posted in my blog for a while. I met up with someone who called me specifically because of this blog. “Finally, someone wants me for my brain…” (haha) is what I was thinking when I got there. We’re educated people too, you know.

I started this blog 3 months ago because I sucked at managing my life. I had no discipline and it was no where more obvious then with my finances where I was averaging 5 overdraft fees per month in my bank account. Since I started this blog the average number of overdrafts is 0.

My life is going well now. I feel some promise for my future. I still need good guidance and a game plan, but for now I know that I’m in a good ’starting position’ to make things happen. I am also starting a new job on Monday, which I am excited about, and I have an old friend who has moved to Vegas that I am happy to have here with me.

Wish I had more to say, but I’m drawing a blank. Don’t be afraid to call me when you’re in Vegas. Lets have lots of fun!

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My Purpose

Today I got a chance to watch the NCAA Championship game with a guy new to the business and I found myself in a position I’ve never been in before. We were at his place and he asked me for some advice. I have no problem giving advice to new guys, but what I found different about this time was that I no longer had anyone to go to for advice.

When I started a few years back I was the new Cute Guy. I was so lost and no idea how to manage in this business. I would make a large chunk of money in one night and by the time I got home the money was gone. I needed guidance and before long I met some older Guys who could help me: Greg, Tyler, Casey, Aaron and Chris. They were Role Models and anytime I needed help, or most importantly just someone to be with in this business of loneliness, I could rely on them to always be there. They were like my big brothers who were always looking out for me. Now they are all gone. They have moved on to bigger things (and they knew they hit the age limit and weren’t going to work for less money).  I actually miss Aaron the most because he was my best friend in this business.

During my meditation today I focused on the time I spent with the new guy today and a feeling and Vision came into my head accompanied with a popping noise. The vision was of me walking down the hall of my High School during the last week of Classes my Senior Year. The feeling was warm and I felt so accomplished and confident. It occurred to me with that vision that it is time to graduate. I don’t want to be in this business to the bitter end of despair. Its time to leave while I still Love it.

I have to be the Role Model now as well. I was always the kid who needed guidance, but now the tables have turned, I have to be the person with their shit together and live my life as an example for others to follow. The thought of that gives me the same feeling I had walking down the hallway my Senior Year; and what a feeling it is.

More Deets to Follow, but for now know this: My Purpose is to be the Role Model.

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March Mad-Awesomeness!

My Goal for the month of March was to ‘Have No Goals and Enjoy Myself.’ Well, it turns out that this was the best month I’ve ever had in a long time. I started this blog a month and a half ago because my life had become a series of Train Wrecks after Train Wrecks. Today I am up to date on all my bills (except the College Loan, I am still 4 months away from being current and am working with them on that), haven’t had an over draft penalty since February, My body is sexier then ever, I have cash in my bank account and every morning I wake up happy. I am happy I took the time to enjoy myself now because the busy Season has started. I’ve learned some things, too; and this blog entry may not be so much for my fans as it is for my fellow brothers in the business, but if you are reading this

#1- “It’s My Life Now. I Have to Live It For Myself” This was a piece of advice given to me last year and I didn’t start taking it to heart until this month. I can’t live my life the way others want me to live it, it has to be the way I want to live it or else I will always be depressed. What a concept! It was 3am, I was coming home from a job and I was mad at myself for staying up too late. I was supposed to make an early phone call to my mom in the morning and I knew that wasn’t going to happen. My mom still wants me to be a Lawyer or a Teacher because of my impressive communication skills. I have no intention of being either of those. That is when I pulled that awesome piece of advice from the file cabinet in my head and when I called her at 2 in the afternoon I told her that I was out until 3 in the morning and didn’t get to bed till 4. That was That.

#2- “If I Don’t Like Doing It, Then I Don’t Do It; Or At Least I Ask For More.” I am not an upseller and pride myself on not being one. But, there is a specific service that I completely dread doing and I usually do it anyways because I am not an upseller. Not anymore. I was speaking with young guy we recently added to the site and him and I were discussing all the crazy things clients ask us to do. He flat out said that he has to ask for more money when it comes to a few specific services. I was always afraid of upselling because I didn’t want to get bad reviews because of it. But, that one service I dread doing could easily be eliminated from the client’s list of needed services if I asked for more money to do it. Sure enough, I started asking for an extra $100 (in a kind and gentle way) and I either did not have to provide the service or I made an extra $100. It’s been a winning scenario.

#3- “Just Look at Previous Months.” Somehow every month, with the exclusion of February, I have pulled through and made substantial financial gains. I never seem to realize that and always think I am behind the ball when Im getting no phone calls. The gains, though, have come in mini-spurts of business that I thought followed no regular pattern. Well, after looking back, I realized that there was a pattern that follows no direct schedule, but rather a form of orderly financial chaos that stretches for 2 months and at the conclusion of a 2 month period, if I save my pennies properly, I end up with a large profit at the end. Its hard to put into words, but here’s an example: This first week of this month I received 3 jobs and 1 agency call; the following week I received only 1 job, 1 Overnight that unfortunately turned into a 5 hour and no agency calls; On week 3 I received 8 jobs (yea… thats a lot) and no agency calls; Last week I received no agency calls and no jobs until the weekend where I received 2 jobs and 1 bad agency call. This week I have no jobs, but a possible overnight on Friday. When looking back, in the long run that is an average of 4 jobs a week. Most calls I get are for over an hour, or they tip properly. So when I put that into prospective, there was a lot of money there. I just got to keep my hands off the cash and it will all be fine.