On today’s show, we interview Ben Steenkamp from the University of Connecticut. He was one of our successful branch managers back in 2017 and 2018 running a $75,000 business and making about  $16,000 in his first year in our program and about $25,000 in his second year. Today, Ben works as an account executive at Oracle NetSuite.   In this episode, Ben is going to talk about the importance and the power of taking control of your own destiny and how being part of YEAA helped him get a full-time position at a successful company like Oracle.   You will find out a little bit about Ben’s background and origin story, how he heard about our program and what made him decide to join it.   Ben will talk about his results in the program and some of the most important key takeaways he got out of this experience.   He will share some of the challenges he had to overcome and how those helped him grow and he will also reveal the most important key to his success at Student Painters.   You will find out what the Oracle job interview process was like for Ben and how he related it back to Student Painters.   Ben will also talk about what he does at Oracle and how he applies some of the lessons he learned in our program. He will also share his plans for the future and so much more.   Listen now and enjoy another insightful conversation with one of our successful young leaders!  What You Will Learn In This Show: How Ben heard about our program and what made him decide to join Some of the key takeaways that Ben got out of his experience in our program Some of the challenges Ben had to overcome and how those helped him grow The most important key to Ben’s success  How the Oracle job interview process was like for Ben and how he related it back to Student Painters?  And so much more…     Resources: YEAA Website Leaders Across America