Hello All,
My name is Nick Banik, and currently I'm in Portland, OR, USA. I am living here right now, but last year I traveled around the United States in an RV with my wife, 3 kids, and dog. I have read The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted , and I'm currently listening to the Unscripted audiobook again.
I lived in Portland for over 10 years before we went on the road and I worked at 3 different digital marketing agencies before going off on my own. Basically, at the 3rd agency I worked at, I stayed for over 5 years and worked my way up from a paid media strategist to the VP of paid media and had a pretty large team to manage. I also got my international MBA during all this. I F*cking hated it, and I was in the slow lane without realizing it and without knowing what to do next. Sure, I was getting more money each year and working my way up, but I was non-stop grinding, barely getting time off, and it was impeding on my personal and family life.
I ended up convincing the other co-founders to let me go remote and work from an RV as I traveled. After just 2 months of that, I was done. I won't go into all the details, but a bunch of changes happened to the agency and I was unable to do much about it besides try to roll with the onslaught of punches. I made mistakes there and throughout my life just like MJ did and I learned a lot, but I decided to create my own agency/consultancy that would be just myself and eventually a couple more employees.
It was really intense adjusting to living and traveling full-time in the RV, raising a family, and starting my business, but it worked out. I listened to lots of audiobooks on business and I found TMF and Unscripted . I was still grinding too much and trying to break old habits when I read them, and I immediately changed the way I worked. Now, my business is flourishing, I'm working on my newer second venture, and I feel like I'm just getting started on my endeavors.
I'm super happy, and I'm excited to meet all of you and have great discussions!
My name is Nick Banik, and currently I'm in Portland, OR, USA. I am living here right now, but last year I traveled around the United States in an RV with my wife, 3 kids, and dog. I have read The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted , and I'm currently listening to the Unscripted audiobook again.
I lived in Portland for over 10 years before we went on the road and I worked at 3 different digital marketing agencies before going off on my own. Basically, at the 3rd agency I worked at, I stayed for over 5 years and worked my way up from a paid media strategist to the VP of paid media and had a pretty large team to manage. I also got my international MBA during all this. I F*cking hated it, and I was in the slow lane without realizing it and without knowing what to do next. Sure, I was getting more money each year and working my way up, but I was non-stop grinding, barely getting time off, and it was impeding on my personal and family life.
I ended up convincing the other co-founders to let me go remote and work from an RV as I traveled. After just 2 months of that, I was done. I won't go into all the details, but a bunch of changes happened to the agency and I was unable to do much about it besides try to roll with the onslaught of punches. I made mistakes there and throughout my life just like MJ did and I learned a lot, but I decided to create my own agency/consultancy that would be just myself and eventually a couple more employees.
It was really intense adjusting to living and traveling full-time in the RV, raising a family, and starting my business, but it worked out. I listened to lots of audiobooks on business and I found TMF and Unscripted . I was still grinding too much and trying to break old habits when I read them, and I immediately changed the way I worked. Now, my business is flourishing, I'm working on my newer second venture, and I feel like I'm just getting started on my endeavors.
I'm super happy, and I'm excited to meet all of you and have great discussions!
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