Cooper, Tom & Connie
"The things you give up in order to be in this profession come back to you multiplied," Tom Cooper explains.
He goes on to say, "As an illustration, "Tennis was something Connie enjoyed doing in college, but she placed it on the backburner to focus on growing our firm.
We've given her the freedom to spend as much time as she wants with our children, Brittany and Brad, on our private basketball court.''
There was a time in Tom and Connie's lives when life was not as sunny and carefree as it is now. When Tom started his job, he quickly discovered that office politics often had a greater impact on his or her future than the individual's performance.
Tom was promoted to a senior position within two years after joining an international pharmaceutical business, and he soon rose to the top of the company's production rankings.
When Tom and Connie got married, Tom's supervisor learned that Tom was also running a marketing business. This was only three months after Tom and Connie had been married. He issued an ultimatum to Tom, saying, "Give up your business or you'll be fired." Tom made the decision to continue with his firm, despite the fact that he had just 300 PV.
"I was quite worried that someone could have such a significant impact on my livelihood," Tom explains further. That was the straw that broke the camel's back: "Having someone else in control of my career instead of me was the straw that broke the camel's back."
The pair had been making a comfortable living thanks to Tom's job up until that point.
Now that her husband has lost his job, she has a new mortgage to pay off, and she has lost Tom's work car, Connie has taken on the role of breadwinner. Connie had majored in medical social work in college, but finding a solid job in her profession was out of the question without an advanced degree. So she decided to go back to school.
Instead, she accepted a position selling coffee to corporations. "I was so self-conscious that I didn't even like selling Girl Scout cookies when I was a kid," Connie remembers. When I left for work to sell coffee, I would go in my car and drive somewhere where I would cry, and then I would begin knocking on people's doors.
Tom was able to get another job selling hospital supplies within a few months of his first. Connie left the coffee business at that moment and went to work at a bank to supplement her income.
In her words, "it was something I enjoyed doing that gave me the mental freedom and time to concentrate on growing our firm."
When Connie became pregnant with their first child, she decided to leave her position at the bank. Tom resigned from his position shortly after.
Because to this, the Coopers have been completely free since 1984. The fact that neither Brad nor Brittany have ever known a parent who had to leave them to go to work is the most crucial thing to note.
The six rolling acres of oak, dogwood, and holly trees that surround their country home, "Holly Hill," are watered by a creek that meanders through the woods.
They particularly appreciate their in-ground pool and tennis court, which they can use together as a family.
Connie sums up their thoughts regarding Tom's pivotal termination many years ago by saying, "If we knew how to reach Tom's ex-boss, we would send him a thank you message!"
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