Meanwhile, Matt Ebert is over here fixing wrecked cars and building a $3 billion business doing it. I sat down with Matt, the founder of Crash Champions, and his story doesn't start with a big idea or a business plan. It starts with a teenager who wrecked his car and couldn't afford to lose it. So, he figured out how to fix it. That one decision turned into a trade. That trade turned into a career. And that career turned into a $3 billion company with 650 locations and thousands of employees.

Along the way, he made just about every mistake you can make—bad ideas, risky bets, and more than a few moments where things could've gone sideways in a hurry. But he kept going. We talk about that journey but also about something bigger—why so many good jobs are overlooked, what "AI-proof" work actually looks like, and why the ability to stick with something might matter more than being good at it in the beginning.

Matt may not be a "polished" storyteller, and he's the first to admit he didn't have any special talent early on. What he did have was a willingness to work, learn, and keep showing up. And in a world that's getting more complicated by the minute, there's something refreshingly simple about that.