297 | From Pandemic Layoff to $100k+ | A Salesforce Success Story |Anita Smith and Bradley Rice

<h3 id="h-what-you-ll-get-out-of-today-s-show">What You'll Get Out Of Today's Show</h3> <ul id="block-117f9425-bb44-4549-86ae-696b04e48827" class= "block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected rich-text" tabindex="0" role="group" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="false" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: List" data-block= "117f9425-bb44-4549-86ae-696b04e48827" data-type="core/list" data-title="List"> <li>If you are willing to look outside your comfort zone, grab good information, and take action on it, you can change your life in a matter of weeks or months.</li> <li>One of the hardest-hit industries during the pandemic has been hospitality. Working in that industry, Anita was looking down a long dark tunnel before stumbling upon the FI community.</li> <li>When Anita found ChooseFI in August, she jumped right in, taking action and interacting with Brad through the FI Weekly and submitting her frugal wins of the week.</li> <li>By listening to the podcast, Anita heard about Jonathan starting up the Talent Stacker podcast and the program he put together with Bradley Rice on Salesforce career development. Anita gave it a shot and her results blew Jonathan and Bradley's mind.</li> <li>The results Anita has had are not an outlier. It's what others are also seeing every single week.</li> <li>Back in the spring of 2019, Bradley was on the show to talk about Salesforce and living a life by design. After Bradley discussed earning $200K a year working 15-20 hours a week, the listening audience really responded.</li> <li>Based on that interest, a Salesforce group was started for the community and people began landing Salesforce jobs. In just two years, the group grew to 5,000 members learning from each other.</li> <li>A year ago, Anita was working as a revenue manager for a hotel connected to a convention center. At that time, the pandemic was accelerating and group after group began canceling their events. As a result, she was furloughed in March.</li> <li>Understanding that ho