Jacqueline Elliott bought a four-bedroom house with a pool and investment properties early in her car business career to prove herself among older male coworkers. The debt forced her to work harder, and she got rapid promotions in less than two years.
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All the people that worked there were older men. I was the woman that they would always, like, look at me and hear him talking shit. And I remember just passing by and say, hey, good morning. Pretend like I didn't hear anything. Sometimes, like, that noise starts getting to you. So what happens? I did the stupidest thing in the world. I went and I bought the freaking four bedroom house. Expensive house with the pool. I never missed a payment. I was always there. And every time the noise got louder, like, I would go. And then I got an investment property. Then I got this. I started getting into debt at a very young age. So it forced me to keep working hard and hard and hard. I just kept excelling in the car business. And they just kept promoting me and promoting me and promoting me. I met Andy, and he had been a used car sales manager for over 10 years in the same position. And I was like, dude, what are you doing? I've been in the car business for freaking less than two years. And I've been promoted like five different times. Like, what's wrong with you?