In this episode, we speak with an amazing woman who has overcome obstacles and created a successful business with her husband in Virginia. Tanya Ison grew up in a low-income home and was used to people coming and going and doing drugs around her. She remembers a home life with her brother that wasn't suited for children and she doesn't recall many positive influences. As Tanya grew older, there was a gentleman from her church that began walking her to church and trying to be some light and positivity for her. This created a mindset that wanted more out of life. Tanya faced many hardships. However, she remembers one day, her father was taunting her mom while a gun was pointed at her. He told her to go ahead and pull the trigger...her life was worthless. At this point, Tanya decided to do something to get out of this. She decided that she wouldn't be a victim and wouldn't become like the people she had been around.

Tanya experienced much more adversity as she was raped and decided to keep the baby. She decided to push as hard as she needed to ensure that she and her baby would survive and be ok.

Tanya began searching for work as she got older and experienced several jobs where she excelled from listening and learning as much as she could about every position. She would master one position, move up, and get promoted as fast as she could.

Eventually, Tanya landed a job in an Accounts Payable department and began to show how bad she wanted to be the best. She showed up early, stayed late, did other jobs after her work was completed perfectly, and became a valuable asset to the company. She quickly found herself at the top of each job she took on until she was a financial analyst.

Simultaneously, Tanya's husband lost his job and they both heard about a couple at their church who was selling a business. This business was a non-medical transport business that was more than $13,000 in debt buying this, for Tanya, would mean leaving her career that she had worked so long to achieve. After much prayer and deliberation, Tanya and her husband made the decision to take the leap into the unknown.

After they purchased the business, they worked tirelessly to establish great systems and business practices that would ensure their success. In less than a year they paid off all of the debt and began making money. They purchased new vehicles and hired more employees.

This episode is a testament to the fact that any entrepreneur, business owner, career-minded person, or even someone that has no plans to venture out into entrepreneurship, can do it and succeed with the right mindset. In this episode we talk about Tanya's story, her success, what she did and currently does to better her mindset, and how others can achieve their version of success.
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