Reinventing Brad: From Prison to Property Care

What if the life you’re living right now isn’t the life you’re stuck with? That’s what I kept coming back to during this conversation with Brad Noel Selski. Brad’s story is about addiction, prison, relapse, loss, depression, getting healthy, starting a business, and ultimately figuring out who he wanted to become. It’s a pretty incredible story, but what stuck with me most wasn’t the prison or the addiction. It was the reinvention. Because sometimes we get comfortable. We convince ourselves that this is just how things are. We waste time thinking about what we should have done differently instead of doing something about where we are now. Brad had plenty of reasons to stay stuck. Instead, little by little, he started making different decisions. And that’s really what this podcast is about. You don't need to have your entire life figured out before you start moving in a different direction. Sometimes you just need to do something. In this episode, we talk about: - Brad's rough childhood in Saskatchewan and how trying to fit in as a teen led to drug use and eventually full-blown addiction - The difference between using drugs recreationally versus using them to escape, and how addiction escalated into armed robberies and prison - What it was like walking into a penitentiary for the first time, and the wake-up call prison became for him - Getting clean in prison, only to face relapse, second chances, and the reality that rebuilding a life rarely happens in a straight line - Losing his best friend to an overdose, and the years of isolation and depression that followed his move to BC - The moment Brad realized he was wasting his second chance, and how getting serious about his health became the turning point - Building his landscaping and property-care business from nothing, and why you don't need a complicated plan to just start - Why figuring out what works for you (instead of copying someone else's path) matters more than optimizing everything - Why you can't force someone else to change, and how Brad went from "careless and reckless" to simply happy - Learning to enjoy the process instead of constantly feeling like you should be doing more **Connect with me on social media:** Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeffSMcCallum/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffsmccallum