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I'll give a brief history on myself so maybe someone can tell me if I've got a chance or not. In the mid 2000's I started a lawn care, snow removal, and firewood sales business. I did ok and survived but it didn't take me very long to realize I had way too much competition and that my competition was composed mainly of people who didn't pay taxes or insurance so I wasn't landing the work as much as them since I was trying to be legit. In 2012 I went to work as a salesman for a small local business selling mainly construction related items. I had no experience in this field but they needed someone and I was also ready for a change. Turns out I had a decent knack for it. I was able to negotiate pricing as well as expand product lines. Without raising prices profits went up due to the higher volume and better buying. I felt great about what I was doing. Now the issue I'm having is its been about since years since a raise. My job performance review is based solely on my sales numbers while that's only about 60% of what I actually do. I do a lot of warehousing, cleaning, shipping, etc. So even though I do well with my sales for how much time I spend in the office I'm not happy with that being the only thing taken into consideration when its time for evaluation. At this point in time my main goal is to start small selling products in my spare time and once I get to where I am doing $50K profit yearly I could jump fulltime with it. This weekend I realized how pathetic I was when my wife and I were looking at new cars for her so she could have reliable transportation to get to work. A loaded Ford Focus was out of our current comfort zone. That was kind of rock bottom for my self esteem. I really knew I was in a losing situation when I couldn't afford a lower end auto.
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