At 18, the wildest, most impossible goal I could imagine was becoming a professional cheerleader.
So I did it.
I Started in Sports Stadiums, Not Corporate
I didn't start my career in corporate. I started my career in sports stadiums. Eventually, I made my way onto reality TV. And from there, I somehow landed in the marketing agency world.
Got tired of marketing and moved into real estate. THEN I became a yoga and CPG entrepreneur. And after that failed, I went back to marketing. Failed again. And FINALLY succeeded as a creator.
MY PATH MAKES ZERO SENSE ON PAPER.
You Don't Need a Traditional Background
You don't need a traditional background to be credible. You don't need anyone's permission to go after massive goals. And your resume does not need to be perfectly linear.
Every twist, every pivot, every failure along the way taught me something I couldn't have learned on a straight path. The marketing world gave me strategy. Real estate taught me sales. The failed yoga business showed me what happens when you show up consistently for something you believe in, even when nobody else does.
The Weird Chapters Are Part of the Story
Here's the thing. The chapters that look strangest on paper often become the ones that define you. Professional cheerleader to reality TV to marketing to real estate to yoga entrepreneur to creator. That's not a broken path. That's a full one.
Every role I took taught me something about people, about showing up, about what happens when you stop waiting for permission and just go after what you want. And now I'm an author, writing about career cheat codes I had to learn the hard way.
Stop Waiting for Your Resume to Make Sense
Your path doesn't need to be linear to be legitimate. The weird detours, the failed businesses, the random chapters that seem unrelated. They're all building something you can't see yet.
The people who actually make it aren't the ones with the cleanest resumes. They're the ones who kept going anyway.
What's the weirdest, most non-traditional chapter of your career?