Chase McGee

My life has been shaped by people who have been generous enough with their time and knowledge to help me along my journey. For the past ~18 months, I’ve been mentored by @ineffable111, and he has fundamentally changed my life—and the life of my future family. Here’s the story: It was the heat of summer, and I was selling alarm systems door to door for Brinks Home Security. The work was tough — 12-hour days in 100-degree heat, facing countless rejections in hopes of hearing just one yes. One day, I saw a tweet from Evan saying he was looking for someone to mentor. I had no idea who he was — and I only saw the post because of a retweet from @ZubyMusic. Most of the time, if something seems too good to be true, it is. But something about this tweet struck me as genuine, so I wrote a message, proofread it (probably 10x), and sent it. I was surprised to hear back, but I was very glad I did. I had never interacted with an entrepreneur at his level, so I was just excited for the opportunity to speak with him, even once, and hopefully find a direction to run in. I went to a Starbucks before knocking doors one day to talk to Evan on Zoom. He listened attentively to my crazy dreams, desires, and what I wanted out of life. Fast forward to today—Evan has helped me start and grow my own company to a full-time staff of six, serve clients across the U.S., and build a business that will take care of me and my future family (by taking care of others and their families, which is awesome). He has shown me what it means to be an entrepreneur, how to manage the emotional volatility and stress that comes with it, believed in me when I was doubting myself, been there for me in the midst of personal challenges, and become one of the few people on this planet I consider to be a true friend. I’ve learned that the journey is treacherous, the nights are long, the mornings are early, and the tomorrows are unknown. But what is living if not to see how it turns out? Evan has shown me that the only limitations in life are the ones you put on yourself, and that success is best measured by the impact you have in the lives of others. Mentorship, at the core, compounds impact. My hope is to continue what Evan started, and to find others to help in the way he has helped me. While I don’t feel ready yet to take on the responsibility of someone else’s success, I do want to start sharing what I’m learning in hopes that it helps others on their journey.

One of the most important lessons I have learned from @ineffable111 is that once he decides to make a move, there is no possibility in his mind that the move won’t work out. Success must come to fruition in the mind before it personifies itself in reality.

Focus Digital helps support close to 250 people (rough math here) between our team members, clients, and their families. I think about this often, as it means I have a responsibility to do everything I can to ensure we succeed for them. I refuse to let them down.

I wouldn’t trade my door to door experience for anything. I learned how to sell, keep my composure, adapt to different prospects and their varying wants, needs, and desires, and how to work hard even when I didn’t feel like it. I’ve realized how many life lessons were present. Many days I would knock for 10 hours to then make 2-3 sales in the last 2 hours of the day. Sometimes you just have to put enough effort in for the law of averages to start working to your advantage. It was not necessarily the smoothest talkers who sold the most, it was the people who could manage their emotional state to approach each opportunity with the same optimism and energy on every door as they did on their first door. All it took to turn a day around was one more door.