Who Is Gabe Johansson Anyway?
If we went back to January 1st of 2019 and you asked me what I thought my life would be like today…
There’s no chance my answer would be anything close to my current reality.
Back then, I was single, unemployed, sleeping on a couch at my mom’s place, and decided to complain in my mom’s car that the prior year sucked (which it did), and was talking about some goals which you can actually watch here:
Fast forward to today, I’m married with 2 kids living in a house a thousand miles away from my hometown, driving a nice SUV we bought brand new a couple years ago.
How In The World Did This Happen?
It seems like quite the dramatic switch up from a mere 6 years ago as of writing this, and it is, so here’s what I did:
16 days after posting the video above, I landed a job selling cars.
That job had a base salary higher than nearly any job I had before, but also paid weekly commission on every sale, as well as multiple monthly bonus programs.
Less than 2 months later, I paid off my “massive amount of debt” which was about $5k (future me says lol), and got myself a 2017 Elantra with a manual transmission.
These two things boosted my confidence so high, along with hitting the stacked gym literally inside the dealership, that I decided to start dating.
No joke, I took delivery of my car on 3/23/2019 and 2 weeks later on 4/3/2019…
I met my wife.
The Moment I Knew It Was Real
Peep 3 things in that 3 video playlist:
- My confidence is insanely higher than the January video
- In the beginning of the second video, we showed the welcome card from the resort which said “The Johansson Family” (wholesome foreshadowing)
- I still wear the same $70 watch daily and didn’t blow thousands on a Rolex… yet… lol
The Craziest Thing About All Of This
Even though we moved in together about a month after that vacation, got married 17 months after that, had our 2 girls (maybe more kids down the road), moved from New England to the Midwest, and now got a house rental…
I’m still struggling with the same problem I was facing in January of 2019, which is…
Finding a career that actually supports my future vision.
The only difference now is I’m playing on a higher level, because I’ve turned down 4 job offers in the last 2 months that I would have loved to have back then, simply because they won’t give me the life I want.
And that brings me to the current purpose of this website.
What Can You Expect To See On Gabe Johansson dot com?
I’m documenting my way through life, the lessons I learned, and the experiences I have, all in the hopes that I can help inspire even just one person improve their life.
I’ll be talking about getting into and building a sales career, growing a content based business, debt and credit, family, dog training, chess, guitar, and a whole bunch of other stuff I’m into.
Because even though I had very little hope all those years ago…
I was still able to dramatically improve my life due to the fact that I never gave up.
And I never will.
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Let’s make it happen!
Talk soon,
-Gabe