Becoming a author is not something I would have ever dreamed of doing just a few years ago. But like they tell you in welding school "You never know where a career in welding will lead too" it just happened. Five years ago I could barely write two sentences in an hour and now here come the books. As a career welder who loves business you learn to adapt and do what needs to be done. My background is very odd and it starts with I never finished high school. Since I am a hands-on type of guy I never had a need for a formal education or cared anything about it. Growing up in a working class family and when I say working class, I mean my father was a general contractor/custom home builder who always had you working after class. I learned at a early age a lot about the construction industry and what it took to keep a business like that running. During the down times when business was slow I picked up welding and one thing lead to another. Before I knew it I was in the right places at the right times and I became a Wall St trader for a while. Soon after that I was a Real Estate Broker flipping homes during the real estate boom.But in the end, I always end up welding and it is what I enjoy the most. Welding has become my business and that is what I do.