343# Working For Your Real Purpose - Tony Whatley
This episode is all about following your real purpose in life with the mindset, habits, and discipline required for you to exceed your goals in 2019. Are you ready? When Tony turned 40, he began to question his real purpose in life. He is a mentor, entreprenuer, engineer and car fanatic. In his own words... The four labels above describe my passions. I enjoy teaching, and I never stop learning. The world of entrepreneurship started for me as a child, purely as a method to earn extra money. My creativity and problem-solving skill are what led to my engineering career. Some of you may like cars, but I’m fanatical about them. I build cars, race them, and collect them. I’ve held a fascinating career in oil and gas since I was 18. Having started from the field, I later began working my way through engineering design roles, and then into Project Management. I’ve worked overseas in Europe, as well as in Africa. I enjoy the innovation, challenge, and complexity of managing $100MM+ large-scale projects. I thrive in these leadership roles. Alongside my oil career, I became an expert at creating part-time “side-hustle” businesses. I’ve started a couple businesses that generated incredible income, with minimal time requirements. I’ve managed them in only 1-2 hours per day. I’ve created both 6-figure and 7-figure online businesses. The latter one generated multiple six-figures of yearly income, far more than my oil career at the time. In 2007, at age 34, I became a millionaire when I sold that company. All of this was accomplished in my spare time.