In 1991-1992, I was a graduate also of what many consider to be the worlds most demanding military trading thats the U.S. Army Specials Forces selection. I was only in the Army for four years and nine months. Quite frankly, being a trainer and having trainer mentality, I didnt exactly fit in with the Army culture, if you can imagine it. Trainers tend to be very independent. We tend to like to go our own way so try to fit that in the military. It didnt quite work. So we parted on amicable terms. It was an honorable discharge. Nevertheless, was something I am glad I went through but I am glad that God had other plans for my life.
In 1994-1995, I met my future wife. If any of you have ever wondered if there is such a thing as love at first sight, I am a living testament to that. The very second that I saw her; I knew she was going to be my wife and I would be with her for the rest of my life. Then about 1997, Sarah and I were partners at that point, Americas largest agent for what was then, AirTech Cellular. She handled a lot of the sales people and dealing with the different markets. She was instrumental in turning around several of those markets and making them very, very profitable where they just couldnt make it work otherwise.
We were doing business in, actually over twenty states. We had well over 400 employees, some agents, vendors. It was a very big operation. It was also during this time that I got introduced to trading. Heres how it happened. We were at a trade show and normally in a trade show, if you have ever done anything like that, you will pick up what you call a swag or this free stuff that is all over the table. If you are doing this trade show, you are going to have this stuff filling up your entire house. We didnt take it. We didnt take the free pens, free letter openers. For some reason, I was walking by this large trade show. I was walking by a table and grabbed a video off of this table without thinking about it. I looked at the cover. The cover seemed pretty compelling and I took it home.
