Dylan VergaraFounder, The Serial Sales Community · Founder, TSSC

Marine who made $10K/mo in sales shares advice with other military members

23 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, a Marine who has built a $10,000‑per‑month sales business offers guidance to service members transitioning to civilian life. He emphasizes that veterans possess a built‑in advantage because military service instills strong accountability, resilience, and the ability to absorb setbacks without letting them derail the day. He advises newcomers to maintain the same personal accountability, show up consistently, and adopt the disciplined work ethic that served them in the armed forces. He also stresses the importance of seeking help, surrounding oneself with experienced, goal‑oriented peers, and learning from people who possess skills or knowledge the veteran lacks. By combining these habits—military‑honed mindset, relentless work ethic, and strategic networking—he argues veterans can excel in sales or any civilian career.

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If someone's watching this and they're coming out of service and like looking for something to sink their teeth into, what would you say to that person?
I would say that they have a huge advantage and mainly being just because if you've spent time in the military and you actually, I mean, if you, we call them shitbags. I mean, if you weren't a shitbag in the military, right, you held yourself accountable and you were a good soldier, a good Marine, good sailor, good airman, whatever. This is something that is easy. It's easy because it's the problems that you have are nothing near the problems that you had when you were in the military. So we're able to roll with the punches more. And take L's a lot easier and accept them than a normal individual that something happens and it can ruin their entire day. And, you know, being in the military, we had something wrong happening a couple hours, you know, it was just like, oh, I guess it's that kind of day. You know, it's a little bit easier for you to come into this space and do well as long as you can maintain your accountability for yourself, show up for yourself. And it just kind of works out. If you need help, ask for help, grab the right people, listen to the right people, surround yourself with people that are making this their career and they're serious about it. You always want to surround yourself with people and listen to people that have stuff that you don't have, stuff that you want, but that you don't have. If you listen to those types of people and surround yourself, I mean, you're going to come in here and you're going to do exceptionally well. It's based off of work ethic at the end of the day.