[GBA]

Sometime during his first week on Phoenix radio, back when KFYI was 910 AM, I think.

For some reason, I'm always surrounded by those known as "liberals", family, friends, work, school, always dating liberal women...you name it. Seems like no matter where I go, I'm "in country" and surrounded.

And then, one day on my way to ASU, I tune in to Rush on KFYI after seeing him on their billboard by I-10 near Sky Harbor.

He was a major sanity save for me at the time. Been listening ever since.

[chiller]

Dittos GBA....I believe he hit Phoenix in '89. When I was downsized a few years later, Rush convinced me and thousands of others to pursue our passion because we were capable of much more than we thought.

I took the plunge and am forever indebted.

In the years of traveling and establishing our business, I would time my brief sales calls for the top of each hour. I'd arrive at about :54, and usually be done by :06, having hardly missed a word. I suppose that makes me a fanatic. I'd imagine I'm in the 1st percentile of hours listened.

He was right. Find something you love and you'll probably do it better than anyone else. Starting small is no impediment. Growth happens when you can handle it. Long hours don't seem long, nor do they seem like work. Just passing along my lessons from the fuzzball in hopes it helps someone else.