From Dishwasher to Sales Professional with Improved Communication and Leadership Skills

Speaker 0: Hi. My name is Ethan Humphrey. I am currently in, the Badger division, of Central Region. Yeah. Thanks for having me. So I'm actually currently I like to call it CU, so Cutco University. I do not currently I actually did this right out of high school. And then and I've decided I wanted to do business eventually. Like, I want I like the idea of running my own business. So I kinda got the opportunity of vector marketing to my doorstep, and I've kinda took off with it. But it's really helped me. I was a dishwasher before this, but the big thing that's helped me is communication skills and just people skills. I like talking with people, but definitely was a bit of an introvert, and it's really helped me get get more outgoing as well. Yeah. So they actually found me. I got a letter in the mail. And so I kinda I was like, okay. You know, $21 is what what they were advertising as well. I never, my big thing was, I think, with a lot of college students and high school students at the time would be like, well, you know, $21 is pretty good. I didn't know what base was, but I was looking forward to it. Yeah. And so I got it came to me. Great question. So for me, personally, I know it was my I talked to my mom. She was like, hey. You can try it out, but as long as you buy you don't have to like, I wouldn't do it if you have to buy something. So that was the really good thing and fortunate timing of doing it over Zoom because I didn't actually have to buy anything. And that was my big thing was, like, well, I'm just I got out of high school. I don't have any money right now. Otherwise, the only other negative thing was which is kinda funny, I actually got more positive reviews when I was talking to people at work. But my boss said they had cutco, and they were talking bad about it as well. And no one else really, no one else told me it was like I never heard it was a scam or anything, but besides my from my parents. Otherwise, you know, I I just did, hey. I'm gonna do it just to see what I can do with it. Okay. Awesome. Yeah. This one actually is recent. So I had I have two of them, but my most recent one, which is my best customer, I met them in I met them in Minnesota at an event. And I, I remember talking to them. I got their information. And then I remember I reached out to them, and we actually instead of doing it at the booth there, buying cutco at the booth, I actually was like, hey. You know, let's do a presentation because I remember the her husband was like, no. Not yet, which I thought was really funny. Called her. She no showed me. And then, actually, I think it was, like, three to four months later, I get a random text message from her saying, like, hey. Is this so and so? I'm like, yeah. Like you know? And this was during a push as well. But she, told me that she lost her phone in the ocean and eventually was going through a list and saw me, remembered me. And then eventually, she added she ended up buying what was it? It was a a complete set in a flatware and then an extra, set too. So she's been my biggest customer, and she's already working up towards a kitchen. But thing is I tell customers, it's like if, the big thing was, like, I tell my customers, like, you know, she waited to come she contacted me out of the blue and was ready to buy it and stuff. Otherwise, my other one would be just I remember a dishwasher, coworker's mom bought for me too, and she was my second biggest customer. Great question. Yeah. Mine was honestly the culture and definitely the people. So the thing that really stuck with me was, like, this isn't about a job of clocking in, clocking out. It's about, you know, locking in for your life before first is then clocking in for the rest of your life And just having the drive and also the community is the big thing. It's like everyone there's people that are successful, and there's always people that are open to you reaching out and helping you. And I never experienced that in school as much as I have in Vector. So it's truly like a family, and I don't think I'm ever gonna wanna leave sometimes as well. Yeah. That's a my biggest thing I would say is probably marketing myself, like, and selling myself to people. And then also extreme ownership as well is a big life lesson is that if you're determined to do something and and, also, it's like when something is your fault, you take responsibility for it and accountability. But when it's someone else's like, it affects someone else, it's your responsibility in a way. But it's really emotional regulation. It's something I'm still working on, but has I've grown as a person as well. I think that's the biggest thing is growing and learning about yourself too and how to bring that to other people. My biggest thing, honestly, would be you don't know until you try, and you can always learn something. In any job. But in Vector, you learn it, I would say, like, two to three times faster as well. But the big thing is, like, Vector is a place, I remember my division manager saying, this is the place where you wanna be if you don't know where what you wanna do or wanna be in life. And the skills you build here will honestly change your life and help you be become a better person, family member, like, just all around good human being as well. Yes. Absolutely.