Shed Geek Podcast
Voices of Influence, Laughter, and Leadership in Sheds
Embrace the transformative journey with me, the Shed Gal, and Sambasador as we triple the inspiration with three episodes each week! This expansion isn't just about quantity; it's a gateway to exploring the vibrant tales and innovative visions within our beloved shed industry. From the inception of Shed Gal Megamarts to the heartening tales of resilience and humor that keep us thriving, I am here to share the narratives that uplift and enlighten our community. Join me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for an exploration that promises to connect us deeper with the remarkable individuals who are the backbone of our sector.
Perseverance and authenticity take center stage as we celebrate the individuals who make our industry extraordinary. Drawing parallels from prison ministry, we uncover the power of truly listening—that every story has the potential to inspire and transform. We'll converse about the dynamics of influence, leadership, and how we all influence others, sometimes without even trying. And let's not forget the lighter moments, like the donut truck encounter that brought unexpected joy, proving that sometimes the sweetest lessons come from the most surprising places.
Dive into the personal philosophies that shape us, from the significance of maintaining one's individuality to the unexpected introversion that many of us share. We'll reminisce about the past and dream about the future, sharing insights from long-standing industry members and fresh, inventive ideas that could change the way we think about our work. With a mixture of laughter, candid reflections, and shared passions, this episode isn't just about sheds—it's about the fabric of our experiences, woven into a narrative that celebrates every voice in our community.
For more information or to know more about the Shed Geek Podcast visit us at our website.
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube at the handle @shedgeekpodcast.
To be a guest on the Shed Geek Podcast visit our website and fill out the "Contact Us" form.
To suggest show topics or ask questions you want answered email us at info@shedgeek.com.
This episodes Sponsors:
Studio Sponsor: Union Grove Lumber
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Embrace the transformative journey with me, the Shed Gal, and Sambasador as we triple the inspiration with three episodes each week! This expansion isn't just about quantity; it's a gateway to exploring the vibrant tales and innovative visions within our beloved shed industry. From the inception of Shed Gal Megamarts to the heartening tales of resilience and humor that keep us thriving, I am here to share the narratives that uplift and enlighten our community. Join me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for an exploration that promises to connect us deeper with the remarkable individuals who are the backbone of our sector.
Perseverance and authenticity take center stage as we celebrate the individuals who make our industry extraordinary. Drawing parallels from prison ministry, we uncover the power of truly listening—that every story has the potential to inspire and transform. We'll converse about the dynamics of influence, leadership, and how we all influence others, sometimes without even trying. And let's not forget the lighter moments, like the donut truck encounter that brought unexpected joy, proving that sometimes the sweetest lessons come from the most surprising places.
Dive into the personal philosophies that shape us, from the significance of maintaining one's individuality to the unexpected introversion that many of us share. We'll reminisce about the past and dream about the future, sharing insights from long-standing industry members and fresh, inventive ideas that could change the way we think about our work. With a mixture of laughter, candid reflections, and shared passions, this episode isn't just about sheds—it's about the fabric of our experiences, woven into a narrative that celebrates every voice in our community.
For more information or to know more about the Shed Geek Podcast visit us at our website.
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube at the handle @shedgeekpodcast.
To be a guest on the Shed Geek Podcast visit our website and fill out the "Contact Us" form.
To suggest show topics or ask questions you want answered email us at info@shedgeek.com.
This episodes Sponsors:
Studio Sponsor: Union Grove Lumber
Digital Shed Builder
iFAB
CAL
Shed Suite
Indentigrow
Welcome back to another episode of the Shed Geek podcast and my, my, my, what an exciting, what an exciting episode. This is going to be really cool. So this is the launch. This is the official launch the podcast expansion to a Monday and a Friday show with some of the coolest people doing some of the coolest things in the coolest industry. How do you like that? I like it. Susan, better known as Shed Gal, that one guy sounded a little too excited.
SHED GAL:So tell me, Susan, what are we doing? Well, hello everybody. You know we've been talking for a while the three of us about expanding your podcast. We know your podcast is this huge benefit in the industry. People love it.
SHED GEEK:Wait a minute. Okay, one more, I'm just kidding.
SHED GAL:I'm just kidding, go ahead and, uh, you know, we've come together and and here we are, and this is our first time the three of us are speaking together, so I'm really glad to be here. Really excited for what's to come.
SHED GEEK:This is dropping the information that there will be a Monday show every week with yours truly the Shed Gal.
SHED GAL:That's right, so I am going to be hosting the Shed Geek podcast every Monday. I'm going to be hosting the Shed Geek podcast every Monday, very, very much looking forward to meeting even more people in the industry and learning myself more and hearing people's stories about what brought them here, where they're going, what they're doing, what works, what doesn't work, and I'm just thrilled to be here.
SHED GEEK:So you are doing? Let's talk a little bit about what you're doing. You have a heavy focus on carports, steel buildings, post frame. You tell it. I want to make sure I don't forget anything or add too many things.
SHED GAL:So our vision has dramatically grown over, uh, the last few months and uh, we're not doing super centers, folks, that name's taken we're gonna do megamarts, shed gal megamarts hey, and right back here and super centers.
SHED GAL:I don't think so that's so 30 days ago. No, no, there's some. There's some fantastic lots and stuff ideas out there, but what we're trying to do is bring together a lot of different sister products, uh, make it bigger, better, batter uh in a good way, and expand throughout the country. So, uh, two locations in the works right now. Number three is right here in my head I know where I want to go Just got to get some buy-in on that and we're going to expand as we go along.
SHED GAL:And Phoenix is going to be a little bit different from Greenville than will be different from Washington State or Michigan or that sort of thing. But the metal buildings we're going to have a ton of. We're not not four or five metal building displays, but numerous metal building displays, all different sizes, wide span. Uh, you know we're going to bring in sheds and we're going to bring in a lot of sheds. We're going to have play sets, uh, perhaps outdoor furniture, you know, you know all those items. Some special surprises will be coming, um, but we are going to um, do something that I don't I haven't seen myself. There may be some lots like it, um, but certainly not out, not out on the west coast and we're going to do, do something that uh kind of leading the industry, and it's the way I think the industry is going to go.
SHED GAL:I think that dealers are going to expand. It's not going to be the. You know, a realtor sells a shed or two a month. It's going to be professionals selling a whole bunch of sheds and metal buildings and carports. And so we'll see. We'll come back five years from now. We'll sit here, right here right here again and we'll see.
SHED GEEK:But I think we're going to all see big changes in the industry over the next few years. Well, and I'm super excited that as you go out and meet these people and you travel so much as it is, You're traveling all over the place. You're a where's Waldo, Where's the shed gal?
SHED GEEK:right, it's the new game coming out next month and you are you know, you're a diplomat, you're a conversationalist, you are a personality and you're able to bring that to the microphone and tell these people's stories on Monday as you expand and travel and brand farther. And you're going to be able to add value to those Monday shows on Monday as you expand and travel and and brand farther and and you're going to be able to add value to those Monday shows which, you know, the shed industry is not just the shed industry anymore. I mean it is, but it's not. There's all these the, the, the metal side, the square tubing, the post frame absolutely.
SHED GEEK:The barn, does I mean you name it. There's so many nuances to just being a shed dealer for some maybe not for all Right, but for many in the industry, so you're going to be able to talk to those people and tell their stories. And that's something we've wanted to do for a long time, and you just, I can't think of anybody better to go out and make those conversations happen.
SHED GAL:I appreciate it, I appreciate it, I love it. I mean, I, you know, today stopped by three different dealer lots, you know, found myself in South Carolina today, and that's what I do. It doesn't matter where I am what I'm doing. I mean, yesterday I was in Canada, you know, met a dealer and his son at the Shed Haulers Bash and I just happened to be in the neighborhood, and that's what I do. I am so intrigued by people's stories and I love this industry so much and it's the stories and the people I just can't wait to. I already travel around all over. I'm just going to ask some of you to be on my podcast.
SHED GEEK:There you go. Well, the people love you too. I mean, shed sales professionals, Shed haulers page, shed manufacturers. I see you comment and I see your positivity. I see that you're always promoting others. You know what I mean. You're always encouraging others. I think people see that and they appreciate that. And you have this whole brand of shed gal and who she is, and that's really awesome to kind of be able to bring an every Monday show to the industry and industries. Yes, absolutely.
SHED GAL:And what I. One of the things that's really cool is I mean, you're so good at what you do and I. It's not taking place of that. It's in addition to it that we're going to get to explore some little bit different things.
SAM BYLER:Absolutely.
SHED GAL:And we'll all have our different you know take of how we do the podcast or what questions we ask. But I guarantee you this it'll always be in. You know it's worth the price you paid for it. Yeah. Now you know it's going to be fun. I just want to get to know people and I am all about helping other people and it's just. It is literally who I am. You cannot fake this.
SHED GAL:Yeah, it just it's who I am, so I'm I'm super excited this is another way I can get out there and help people too they ask that all the time.
SHED GEEK:You know they, you know, hey, man, I tried to catch that episode. I don't catch them all, I don't. There's no expectation. We want to put out good content that's helpful, that's friendly, it's educational, it's entertaining. It makes your day a little bit better if you're a hauler, a builder, a salesperson, a supplier, whatever it is. It's a voice for the industry. That's what we're going for and it's nice to have two more voices helping in that endeavor. And I can think of none better than ShedGal on Monday.
SHED GEEK:So I'm super excited and I can't wait to become your number one fan and listen to every Monday.
SHED GAL:Awesome, I love it. Knuckles yes, that's right, I love that.
SHED GEEK:But, then wait a minute. There there's another, there's a third wheel here but wait, but wait, there's more so we found some other guy that's hardly known in the shed industry. Probably have heard of him once or twice.
SHED GAL:I I don't know if you message him.
SHED GEEK:If you message him on facebook messenger. He may return your message two to three years afterwards. We need some. We need some intro music.
SAM BYLER:We need some you're just not gonna let that go, are you?
SHED GEEK:come on in here. Who is that? Yeah, get like a little. Oh.
SHED GAL:Oh man, wait a minute, we should all Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce Sambassador.
SHED GEEK:Sambassador you guys want to welcome yeah.
SAM BYLER:I can't even follow that.
SHED GEEK:You ready? Let's try this again. I'm just you ready? Let's give a Sambassador again. Welcome, Sambassador, you ready. Let's give a Sambassador again. Welcome, Sambassador, you ready.
SHED GAL:Yeah. Welcome ladies and gentlemen, Sambassador. Is that more accurate? That's much better.
SAM BYLER:Much better. I'm just honored and excited to be here.
SHED GEEK:Dude, we're honored and excited. Are you kidding? You are the hey. Look, we have a friend on the podcast. He's gone.
SHED GAL:Thank you for not flicking that at me.
SHED GEEK:The official podcast mascot that was pretty good Podcast mascot. A stink bug, so accurate that was priceless.
SAM BYLER:You are the first person I called a shed liberty that's interesting because we throw that around pretty generous now it's it's good, it is.
SHED GEEK:Uh, I remember watching you on facebook and being like this guy's crazy, like I. I want to. I want to watch this guy because he's captivating. And I said it before, susan, and I'll say it again 220 shows plus something like that. Now I don't know where we're at three years in wow, most listened to episode, that's right, sam byler I have no idea why it was a late night in Texas.
SAM BYLER:I know that. Yeah, it was A very late night Very late night.
SHED GAL:But it was good. It's because you have good stuff to say and people want to listen.
SAM BYLER:So you guys mentioned a couple things I want to back up on. I know Shedgal's heart's in this and has been, and her positivity, just I mean, you can't help but get some of it. It just rubs off on you and uh what she said about what you do and uh, the integrity you carry on this show and the way you keep it real and I always like that line. I don't know if you even use this line much anymore. Um, hopefully this is not one of the trademark lines that we get in trouble for, oops, oops. The education through entertainment yeah, that has always been a big deal to me that we can be. I know guys that are out in the shops. They're building barns and they're listening. There's ladies and guys sitting in offices waiting for that next customer they're listening. There's guys driving trucks down the road with their load of barns they're listening. And the reason they all keep listening and the reason that you keep going up is because you've done a very well job at keeping education with entertainment.
SHED GEEK:I appreciate that, man. That's as high as a compliment as I could hope to get from.
SAM BYLER:Don't expect too many of them. Keep them coming. Keep them coming.
SHED GEEK:Did you say he was doing a good job? Come on.
SAM BYLER:The other reason I feel like I'm here is because I feel like the Lord's throwing shade on me.
SHED GEEK:I've heard this once today already. We've already heard this one time today. Let's make sure that record button's going here.
SHED GAL:Y'all want to pay attention right now because, this is going to get good.
SAM BYLER:Because I remember exactly where we were at on Interstate 77, northbound, leaving Marietta, ohio, when you told me that you want to do a podcast on the shed industry and you probably don't remember what I said because you probably blocked it out of your mind. But I looked at you and said you lost your mind, nobody's going to listen to it, and first of all, not me. And now I don't think it's anything but the grace of God that finds me in this chair to do the exact same thing, and it's a high honor to be here with the both of you two.
SHED GEEK:I can't appreciate your kind words enough and I think one I'd start one with. It's a testimony to just being resilient and protect your dreams. I think I told you earlier, I tell my wife listen, even if you feel led or you feel like this is really important to you, don't even let me discourage you, you know. Don't let anybody take that dream that you have and want to do it and you think well, a podcast on the shed industry and, to be honest with you, man, I've listened to years of podcasts and audio books and talk radio and even as a young guy I would watch Face the Nation, 12 years old. My mom's like what? What is he? You know?
SAM BYLER:I don't even know what that is yeah, so yeah. Political show on sunday mornings yeah, I have no idea, and it was like who could be interested in that.
SHED GEEK:But I, I, yeah, I know it's weird, you don't have to, I know, but I, I, just I, I, I find a lot of like. Um, Gary Vaynerchuk says success leaves clues, and I think a lot of other people leave those clues behind on their journey. There's a lot of failures, there's a lot of successes, but there's one thing that remains the same as they leave clues behind. And, uh, for me, I feel like that's what reading is, that's what education is. So we, we wanted to laugh and joke and cut up because one we believe, you know the lord has a sense of humor.
SAM BYLER:I've always looked at people recently yeah you're gonna have fun with that sound effect on your board aren't you ?
SHED GAL:Deanna can edit the sound in.
SAM BYLER:Shannon has no idea what he's just cut loose. There's going to be so many wah, wah, wahs going on.
SHED GEEK:I believe it's okay to laugh, man.
SHED GEEK:And I believe education is something that is near and dear to all three of our hearts, and not just mine. Susan is so like made such an impact on me already in I don't know if I want to use the I want to use the right word but the aggressiveness in which you pursue education for dealers and how important you feel that is and how under like uh, utilized it is currently Um, I know that this is what you've done with the hauler event and, and encouraging haulers to be there is to increase the communication by sitting around at a table and chatting with your collaborators and your competitors. You know your friends and your foes, but sort of you know. So I think education has been super important and and who's to say you can't educate, even if we compete?
SHED GAL:matter of fact, I learn more from my competitors exactly than anything yeah, and it inspires me to to do better.
SHED GEEK:so, Dude, I'm just really excited about this and maybe we did open up pandora's box here, but I gotta tell you I could not have picked two people that I'd rather be on this adventure with um that represent the industry, with or without a podcast. So now we're just doing it three wide, that's right.
SHED GAL:Well, thank you, I appreciate that too. I'm I feel you know it's right now. I'm literally having imposter syndrome. I'm just going to get real for a minute, like I'm like I'm not worthy of being here, not asking for any backup. I am so honored to be with both of you that I I I mean, I'm not a crier and I'm thinking of tearing up- I, literally I every time you think of crying punch Sam.
SHED GEEK:It'll make you feel better.
SHED GAL:It isn't that I don't know what I'm talking about or I don't truly want to help. It's not that it's like that. I'm not worthy and I am worthy.
SHED GEEK:I'm sitting here for a reason because of the work that I put in. That's right. But it is boy, Well, and you've protected your dream and vision and brand just the same you know we probably all could sit here and talk about the pitfalls and the downfalls and the struggles, and those are real and maybe you'll get a dose of some of that. But the reality is it's your resilience, it's your willingness to fall down seven times, get up eight.
SHED GEEK:It's your willingness to fall down seven times, get up eight. It's your willingness to have a passion for something Like be passionate about sheds. That sounds weird, but let's be honest, it's so much more.
SHED GAL:It is so much more. It's the families.
SHED GEEK:It's the careers, it's the testimonies, it's all of these things that you get to experience by being vulnerable, to put yourself out there and get on a microphone. And I have people you guys are going to hear it too. Oh, I don't have nothing to add. Oh, yeah, I would love to come on there, but I don't have nothing to say. Oh, man, you're probably going to be the most listened to guest. It's the guys who think they have nothing, the gals who think they have nothing to say, that. I typically get the phone calls on and they're like who is?
SHED GEEK:that that's great. I want to meet them. That's awesome. You have more. You're uniquely made, yep and and you will have a unique voice whenever you do sit down and put a mic to it. We don't script it, we keep it real. We sit down and have a conversation among friends. We talk about the industry, where it's going, how'd you get here, what's it doing? Where's it been?
SHED GAL:Yeah.
SHED GEEK:What can you do to help your fellow seller, your fellow hauler, your fellow manufacturer? You know you supply the industry. Hey, come on and talk about it. Oh my gosh. You know why not. We want to know about it, so come on and talk about it. Maybe, if we do a good job, we can poke you for some advertising. Yeah, yeah. So some some have done a good job and still don't want to advertise. But we might have to cut that out.
SHED GEEK:Huh, sam hasn't went to talk to him yet there you go, yeah, but you know, I I really feel like it's a cool space. It's a cool space, it's a nice space for everybody just to sit down and chat. And you know what, man, there's so much junk out there today. Junk out there today, junk out there today that it's a good, clean spot to have fun and talk about business, talk about faith, talk about family, and you know what.
SAM BYLER:If the conversation veers off in this direction or that direction, so be it. So you hit on something that's very important to me and was long before I don't know. This goes all the way back to when I did prison ministry for 25 years. The telling the story part of this podcast is what ultimately stands out to me the most, and we heard that in the episode we did today. You know, I've I've known this guy for years and you get on a podcast with him. You say, hey, you know, just tell me where you. You know what you said. Where'd you come from? What are you doing? Where are you going? That whole thing Now I want to do Cotton Eye Joe after wow, don't look at me like I'm crazy
SHED GAL:I can't wait. I can't wait to hear that podcast.
SAM BYLER:So but it's um. So when I was in prison ministry, the thing that I felt like set me apart and the thing I was good at was I listened. And when you go into a prison and there's 400 guys in there, nobody really listens to them. So if you take the time to sit down and listen to them and listen to what they're actually saying and I learned this a long time ago you don't listen to respond, you listen to learn to respond. You listen to learn um.
SAM BYLER:When you, when you do that and you do it with guys that are incarcerated, that are locked up for something, uh, and you listen to learn their story, they figure out that you care and it's, it's the. It's the same thing with people on the outside. It's the same thing with people in business, same thing with people I the outside. It's the same thing with people in business, same thing with people. I don't care where you go, if you listen to them and you want to hear their story. So I just got to where I got addicted to hearing people's story. I want to know what are they doing here.
SAM BYLER:Susan's story is one of those stories that grabs me. The reason she's so high on education was because that's what she was trained to do in another field and when she went to find a shed she couldn't find that and she'll bring that up all the time in her story that you know, I went to buy a shed and I couldn't even find anybody that knew what they were doing. Um, that that's not to say there's not guys out in this industry don't know what they're doing.
SAM BYLER:There's guys that really know what they're doing well, absolutely they're just not good at training other people how to do it. That's why I've always said that. You know, I see corporations all the time. They take their number one sales guy and they try to make them a sales manager. It doesn't work um most times. Guys it does. It can work occasionally, but most times guys that are really good at selling are not that good at training other people.
SHED GEEK:They want to keep selling there is the occasional one.
SAM BYLER:I could throw out about a half a dozen names of guys that I really respect that came from sales, that are really good sales managers and leaders. So I'm not trying to throw everybody under that bus, but it takes a different breed of person to do that and that it intrigues me Like I want to. I want to dig into people. If you follow me on Facebook, you'll figure that out real quick. I'm a people watcher. I love watching people. I don't want to get involved with them, um, but I what. What makes people tick yeah with them? Um, but I what? What makes people tick yeah? Um, and and to hear their story just gives you so many of those pieces to that.
SAM BYLER:and that's what we do, we get to, we get to hear their story, we get to pick them apart a little bit and through that you can learn from them and I look great.
SHED GEEK:I love the idea of being able to like give a voice to the industry, literally, like you know, for the, for the folks it's like, oh no, well, do I need a script? Hey, man, this industry is very forgiving. Like, you can show up in cowboy boots and blue jeans and you can pretty well fit in on just about any shed lot. Now some of them might say, well, we want you to dress a little nicer, and that's fine, nothing wrong with that. But typically speaking, they're so forgiving. We've done podcasts where we're at shed hauler events and there's tables slamming in the back and everything.
SHED GEEK:Baby's crying, you know what I mean. There's and people are just kind of understanding that, like you're not putting on the front and they appreciate that you are who you are. It's very simple and we've tried to display that on the podcast from from day one. Hey, this is a conversation with two uh, friends, or three friends or your whole team around a campfire. We don't treat it any different, we don't. You know, we keep it positive. You know we don't trash any, any companies.
SAM BYLER:Yeah, you know is that a warning to me? He was literally. He was like this yeah, because I know he's not talking to you I'm speechless, I'm speechless, you don't get me speechless too often.
SHED GEEK:I made sure to look away too, sam. I looked away, oh boy, but we do. You know like we wanted to be a voice of positivity and just you know, encouragement, and we know we get it. We hear all the stories already. We know bad things happen. We know that things happen. We know that disappointments in business happen, disagreements, um. That doesn't mean that we stop, doesn't mean we give up. It doesn't mean we carry on. I don't carry on. It doesn't mean we don't learn how to forgive. You know what I mean, like you.
SAM BYLER:And it doesn't mean we don't care.
SHED GEEK:We do Um but yeah you just sometimes you can't draw sides.
SAM BYLER:Yes, that's very true. That's been tough for me to learn. I've had a lot of comments on some of my posts recently about you know there's more than one side to this story. There's more than two sides Sometimes there's multiple sides and that's's all good and well, I get that, but sometimes you just you don't draw sides
SHED GEEK:Dylan said something to me recently. You guys know Dylan and I work with him closely in in marketing and he shout out?
SHED GAL:yes, absolutely that would be at Shed Geek Marketing, not Shed Gal Marketing, no, just a matter of time.
SHED GEEK:Is this a new rumor?
SAM BYLER:Are you starting something? Hey, we need to talk.
SHED GAL:I had that idea 30 days ago. It's just a slip of the tongue, sorry, inside joke.
SHED GEEK:Dylan said you know, you got to be careful not to let your offense become my offense.
SHED GAL:And I was like wow, that's pretty deep.
SHED GEEK:You've had a bad experience with somebody. I haven't had that experience. I'm not belittling your experience, I just haven't had it. You get the benefit of the doubt. Mark 6, verse 4, jesus said no man without honor is among his family and friends. His own brother didn't believe he was the Messiah, and if I'm misquoting the Bible, send me an email. I don't know. I'm just telling you, like you know, like you're not always going to be loved by everybody or believed by everybody, and that's okay, that's okay. We've all three experienced failure.
SAM BYLER:Oh, that is definitely okay, or I wouldn't be here?
SHED GAL:Yeah, well, and here's you. Know, guys, come on. If everybody loves someone, that person is not genuine, because it's impossible to please everybody. We just got to do the best that we can do.
SHED GEEK:So what are we going to do? What are you going to be talking about?
SAM BYLER:I wonder if we were going to get back to my day Friday, Because. Friday is to be talking about. I wondered when. Yeah, well, I wonder if we were going to get back to my day, Friday oh, because Friday is fun day, it's payday, it's the weekend and it's same day. If we didn't do anything else right, at least we got the day right that's right.
SHED GEEK:Well, what are you gonna be talking about? What do you well?
SAM BYLER:I'm obviously I'm not gonna get near as philosophical as you two are, or sometimes when I listen to shannon I'm like where'd he go? I don't even know where he's at right now I do that with your facebook post so we're even, that's all right, just put you what else we got here. There we go that fits. Uh, that's twice in one day. I That'll be edited out.
SHED GEEK:I'll tell you what, man. I love that whole deep philosophical stuff where you just really get in there and grind and some people are like, yep, I like to keep it very topical, it's not me.
SHED GAL:I'm moving on. I got to interrupt here. My husband the other day said did you know Sam got stabbed? Oh, that's right, all right. What happened? Oh, that's right, all right. What happened? Hey, if you want to know the details, you need to go follow him on MeWe, that's right, the story's on MeWe. So, but I had to tell him you really hadn't been injured.
SAM BYLER:You had not been injured it gets so bad that people even pick apart what I say and they misquote me on it. Of course, I didn't say I didn't get stabbed for any reason, for no reason, which I got quoted later as saying I said I got stabbed for no cause. There is a difference in no reason and no cause. Yep, no cause means that there was nothing. No, nothing was at the end of the stabbings. There was nothing there for any cause. The reason was I was trying to get my blood work done, exactly.
SHED GEEK:Oh, I'm just caught up in the gaze of your story here. Continue on, no.
SAM BYLER:I'm not going into my health story today We'll have to do an episode.
SHED GAL:That'll be hour three. Stay tuned. Yeah, I heard that.
SHED GEEK:But yeah, so there's sometimes there's good reason to be vague, sometimes there's not so good reason to be vague, but I do it anyway would you say that you on facebook I don't know how this word's gonna to go over, but we're going to say it anyway because we've got edit buttons. Would you say that you occasionally troll?
SAM BYLER:No, I never troll.
SHED GEEK:No.
SAM BYLER:No, I wonder. I've got a big bridge I live under.
SHED GEEK:But I feel like occasionally you will put something out there just to sort of test the water.
SHED GAL:Oh, that's different than trolling.
SHED GEEK:Yeah.
SHED GAL:Trolling is the people reading those posts?
SHED GEEK:It's become like. The connotations probably become a little negative. When you hear troll, it's like influencer. Somebody says, oh, you're an influencer. And conservatively, you're like no, most people that are conservative are like, no, I'm not influenced, I'm independent, I'm my own thinker. And it's like, oh, that's true, but I don't think they're saying that like influencers. And like somebody says, jump, you, say how high, because, like we all influence. I mean, why do we want? Why do we want referrals? Referrals are influence from your neighbors to say, yeah.
SHED GEEK:I bought a good shed here and that was good, so you should go there too, and you can trust me, because I'm your neighbor, you know it's not really fair to say. Well, they're an influencer, you know. I'm not Mr Beast, over here you have a good point there, right we all influence every day.
SAM BYLER:Let's just leave it that I live under a bridge pretty regularly.
SHED GEEK:But you are an influencer A philosophical one. I feel like you have a crowd. You have a crowd of followers Absolutely, and maybe you have a crowd of non-followers.
SAM BYLER:I don't know, they still seem to find my content.
SHED GEEK:Well, you know what Topless in two podcasts?
SAM BYLER:right, I guessers, I don't know they still seem to find my content well, you know what top listen to podcast, right, I guess? Um, I don't know, it's um. My, the people that actually know my family realize how much of an anomaly I am um the whole big on facebook, big personality on facebook thing. It's, it's not um that, you know. If you hear my kids talk about it, they're just like it's crazy, you know, it's like I want to address this, yeah, because, like we've obviously get my kids on one time oh yeah, they'll never do.
SHED GEEK:They'll roll their eyes right, like maybe they'll come on my podcast if somebody I can ask the questions.
SAM BYLER:You totally should. They're like dad's making an idiot out of himself on Facebook.
SHED GEEK:Well, I'll occasionally get somebody and I've seen this with you where they'll stand in line at a hauler event to shake your hand and they're appreciative for you and that's pretty awesome. Of course I make fun of you for it. But I've gotten the same treatment once or twice in the last year and my wife just rolls her eyes because she's like I wait, I've seen him lose all this charm. He's not that impressive, exactly Right, and I'm like no, if they only knew the difference is I've lost my charm on Facebook, so you don't have that.
SAM BYLER:It's like what you see is what you get. Yeah, um, the one thing that you know I, I get my fair share of hate mail and I don't focus on it, but it's funny to me and it does keep me honest a little bit, sure, um, like I, I do the gut checks. I'm not crazy enough to not do that, even though I am kind of crazy, but it's, it's important to me that I don't want to. I don't want to lead people somewhere they don't want to. I don't want to lead people somewhere they don't want to be. Um, I don't look where they want to go and lead them there. I go the direction I want to go. I got one of my best friends refers to me as a bulldozer and he means that in a good way, because he says I have a plow on the back when I go plowing. I don't plow in fields because I run over fences and stuff.
SAM BYLER:You'll figure that one out tomorrow because have you done personality tests yeah I've done hundreds of them and it's it's just does it come back consistent for you no it's all over the board.
SHED GEEK:I'm an introvert one time and then I'm an extrovert then I'm actually, then I'm a d then I'm an I, then I'm an s it's so mine always comes back as trailblazer, new idea, heavy visionary, really lacking on implementation, right systems and processes. I've had to work to improve those for me, because I can occasionally get you caught by a squirrel of an idea and be like oh, over here. Yep, Something shiny, that's neat. Let me think that through and then just really, really, really dive in for three or four days, Like you know. Um yeah.
SHED GEEK:I want to address something you said. You said introvert and a lot of people don't realize that the three of us have had this conversation off air.
SHED GAL:That would, and a lot of people don't realize that the three of us have had this conversation off air.
SHED GEEK:That would surprise a lot of people about how actually introverted all three of us are.
SHED GAL:You might see us as extroverted, but quietly.
SHED GEEK:We all have a heavy dose of introversion. When it boils down to it, I like a lot of alone time, whether it's reading, listening to music, listening to an audio book. But I like to have a certain amount of quiet that I just like, just relax from the world. But I think we're all three kind of that way.
SHED GAL:Yeah, we've talked about that before. I'm not sure that if I surveyed 100 people right now. If you'd like to call in, we'll take your, you know.
SAM BYLER:Oh, we're going to start doing that, we're going to do call-ins. Eventually we're getting there. Oh, I hope so. Oh, that would be so cool, wouldn't that be fun?
SHED GAL:Yeah no, I'd love that, but going back if you asked 100 people right now that know me. It's very unlikely that any of them would think that I am an introvert. But the fact of the matter is I am, I'm, I'm a very extroverted introvert, but. But, but it's interesting because I think people see I mean you with me, you said it, you get what you get with me.
SHED GAL:I this is just me right, wrong or indifferent, that's the way it is. But it's funny how we judge our insides by other people's outsides and people do that to us too. Oh yes, everything's perfect every no the.
SHED GAL:I know for the three of us we work our tails off. There's a lot of people in this industry and other industries that work their tails off, but but you know, I think no one's going to suggest that any, or wouldn't think that that we're not anything but extroverted, and I'm glad you brought that up because it's actually the opposite.
SHED GEEK:It's kind of surprising. Probably, if you get to know us on an individual level, we're probably all three a little bit more similar in that way.
SAM BYLER:And that goes back to my family again. My family is the ones that know that I'm an introvert my daughter, my middle daughter, my middle kid. I've got three kids and my middle one, the oldest daughter, um, she's a bit of a psychology nut oh nice she's. She's probably worse than I am at wanting to know how people take and what their personalities are and stuff so she's done she. She's always got all these tests and stuff available. She's very much introverted.
SHED GAL:Oh, that's interesting.
SAM BYLER:But she's a whole lot smarter than I am and she came up to me one day and she says Dad, I figured you out, oh boy, and I'm like okay, good luck with that. She says as much as you enjoy people, as much as you enjoy doing your things and stuff you recharge when you're alone. That's an introvert. There's no way you can get around that one. Yeah, extroverts charge around their people. They get their batteries recharged around people and I, I love being around my people, right?
SHED GEEK:that's pretty smart dude.
SAM BYLER:That's a really smart comment, yeah she figured that out, that it's when I sit around my campfire by myself or with my three or four close friends. Then I can recharge, yep. Um introverts doesn't mean that doesn't mean you don't have friends and you don't like people. Exactly, it's just how do you charge and you know what. What. What's the biggest control? Now I am close enough to the center that I can flip to the other side pretty fast, but my battery runs out.
SAM BYLER:Yes, Even like when I do the bash, which is something you know that my whole heart's in that and I love doing it, and it's around all the people I want to be around. I literally crash it in the evenings. You know it wears me out every day to do it, you know, and it's yeah, it is what it is. That's what. How'd we get here?
SHED GEEK:I don't know, it just happens, man it started with philosophical.
SAM BYLER:Oh yeah, shannon's part. Like, I'll never back to my Friday fun day.
SHED GAL:How did you make this all about him? Yeah, for real, we were talking about you, Shannon?
SHED GEEK:Yeah, here I said I'm not going to be the deep guy. This is 225 episodes of practice to try to ask questions to get you talking and not me talking, and I'm the one that said I'm not going to get philosophical on mine.
SAM BYLER:So, yeah, my goal is I mean, obviously we're going to overlap, that's going to happen. Yeah, of course we're all in this. We love the shed industry. We see sheds, we yell sheds. You know, today Shannon's on the phone. We're driving down the road and he's like there's a guy with equipment rentals and he's selling sheds and I don't know what the poor guy on the phone thought, but it was there's.
SHED GEEK:There's a guy down in Saluda Like I've never seen that. I totally believe it.
SAM BYLER:So now I'm going to put equipment rental on my shed lot. I'm like, whoa, this is something new we can do, or we're gonna copy dylan you know he started this to where he rents out.
SHED GEEK:Uh slingshots, slingshots, yeah, so we're gonna rent out slingshots. We're gonna have people there anyway man, you're gonna have a little garage?
SAM BYLER:yeah, put them in the garage like show people how they can store them in it yeah, I have no, it's.
SAM BYLER:Yeah, those are sweet, but my focus is going to be on. So I love all the shed industry. I've done all of it. I've built sheds, sold sheds, been in the rent known side, but the hauling side. I was probably 12 or 13 years old when my dad told me. He said, son, you're going to have to figure out how to make a living with a steering wheel, because a hammer and a saw just doesn't work for you.
SAM BYLER:I grew up building houses and I've built houses. And this goes all the way back to something Susan said back at the beginning, in the fact that my heart is in the shed industry've. I get offers every year of people asking me to build them houses, and that used to be like my biggest dream. I wanted to get my license and build houses and I, you know, as a kid I thought, man, if I ever get there I'll have it made. But I always wanted to drive big trucks too. So I did both. I've had trucking companies. I've built houses. I've built big houses, little houses, and nothing quite hits me the way the haulers do, um, the struggles they go through um we talked about that today on an episode about with a hauler about what.
SAM BYLER:What gets him um is to see people go through the stuff he went through.
SHED GEEK:And did you take this away at the end of that, when people say, how are you going to talk for an hour?
SAM BYLER:Oh, we were like where did the?
SHED GEEK:hour go.
SAM BYLER:Yeah, yep, because when you really get into it, it's all of a sudden, it's like we could have talked for two or three.
SHED GEEK:I don't know if anybody would have listened, you know, but we could have done it, the haulers would have listened driving down the road.
SAM BYLER:Guaranteed, because they love this dude no I mean, I'm not even gonna say who it is right now I want them to listen to my first episode with him.
SAM BYLER:I could, I mean it, I didn't even pick this guy and it just worked out perfect, there's okay. So there's a dozen guys that I could deal with being on my first episode, but he's at the top of the list. I mean, there's no doubt about it. Awesome guy, and if we would have gone like the thought crossed my mind, man, we could have just, we could keep rolling with this and people, at least the hauler side, they would eat it up. Um, he is so full of wisdom and knowledge and so knowledge. You know, anybody can get knowledge, but wisdom is when you take the knowledge and apply it isn't that the?
SAM BYLER:truth and yeah, has that has he ever applied it and given back over and, over and over again. And that's when I really actually got excited about doing this, is when I did that episode with him, because I was a little bit like what are we going to talk about for 45 minutes yeah and hour and six minutes later you're like uh well, we either cut it off or we go another whole hour.
SHED GAL:Yeah I literally cannot wait to hear it. Yeah, I can't because I wasn't there. Yeah, it was so good.
SAM BYLER:And to be able to pull the steel side into this is huge in my opinion, because since 2010, steel has always been just basically the partner to sheds. Oh, absolutely. And I've been preaching for the last year about how how much that industry needs a voice, it needs, it needs help, it needs this and that, and I'm actually kind of probably a little harder on some of them, guys, than I should be, but through that I've actually opened up conversations with guys in steel. The other night I mentioned to an old friend of mine that you know we were going to expand the podcast and he's in the steel industry and he said I want to be on it oh, that's fantastic and uh it's it's going to roll.
SAM BYLER:It's going to roll along, just like everything else does.
SHED GEEK:Yeah well and we'll have it right there I think you know, like you said, well, overlap you'll have. I mean obviously, the, the base of who you are and how you're known as maybe shed hauling, but there's so much more to your story. Like you said, you've built sheds, you've, you're so sheds you know. So you can dive over into that.
SAM BYLER:Sales and yeah, and I actually put up carports in the 90s. There you go, built home. I think it's fantastic.
SHED GAL:So, you understand.
SHED GEEK:And then Susan's been in sheds. You're focusing on steel. I really want to kind of pull back to my comfortable home, which is sales and marketing and just things that I'm passionate about. Maybe not I don't think I've ever been passionate about marketing until I began to understand it better but sales has always been, because I'm a relationship based seller. So I don't really understand sales as in gimmicky sales or I'm not saying it's wrong.
SHED GEEK:I'm just saying I've always liked the people side of it and not just the me to you know, not just trying to obtain the sale, get the sale, hit the numbers those things are important to hit the numbers or whatever, but I've just always liked the relationship side of it, mm. Hmm,
SHED GEEK:You know, and I'm exhausted after that because I'm pouring my genuineness into it. I said this earlier and this may get me in trouble, but you know, before the podcast, there was times in the business that I'd knock on doors and and couldn't even get an answer. You know, outbound leads, right, trying to call, code call, trying to build a relationship with somebody, whether it's rto or marketing or whatever it is. When you're when you're when you're b2b and man, like that's what the podcast has been. Cool is being able to like, come on here and create content that we think is valuable, we think is educational, we think it's entertaining. And all of a sudden people get to know you and they're like hey, man, I'll. They actually reach out to you and say you know, maybe I want to work with you or I trust you, or got that phone call today and he's like man, I didn't know who else to ask, but I knew you would know. And you're like hey.
SHED GEEK:I take that as a compliment to be like I can try and like encourage you to do something, and you got to be careful because you don't want to play favorites and you want to be fair to everybody and all these different things. But it means a lot to me that people would care enough about your opinion to call like I mean that's what you guys are.
SHED GAL:you guys are already doing that and and and now, on top of that, you get to use the podcast to branch that out further.
SHED GEEK:So exciting yeah, I'm super excited I'm. So we're looking for we'll get the show out. I don't know and we'll get it out. We'll get it out soon, but we're looking for, hopefully, a launch on the first week of July.
SHED GAL:Yeah, oh, it's on.
SHED GEEK:And I don't know. Stay tuned, because we're going to be coming to you looking to get some podcast content over this next year.
SHED GAL:Yeah, it's going to be really fun and you know, I know it's rough. I have to travel be, really fun.
Speaker 4:I and you know I. I know it's rough, I have to travel, but I'm already doing it.
SHED GEEK:So come on, you know.
SHED GAL:So I've talked to several people already. Um, they've all said yes, thank you, thank you. I can't wait, it's gonna be so fun it's gonna be very diversified.
SHED GEEK:It's gonna be great it's so much different when you come on too right, like you kind of work it up in your head that, like you know, there's gotta be this script and it's got to be all these things. And really I think that if you, uh, if if you realize that the pressure's on us to ask questions to you, to make you the hero, to make you the guest, to make you the, the, the story, and not us, uh, we do some monologues or we do some stuff like this every now and then where we can chat, but we want to know your story. And for everyone that thinks that that they don't have a story to tell, you have way more to tell than you know.
SAM BYLER:Yeah we talked about that today and I think that's important to get out is the fact that everyone has a story. I used to. I used to preach this in my evangelical classes when you want to teach somebody to just go out and evangelize, you know you can. You can go out and preach your beliefs if you want to. People will argue with you. What they can't argue with is your testimony. That's right, what, what you've been through.
SAM BYLER:So, true, and and that's literally what we're doing is we're recording a testimony, we're helping, like we'll help drag it out of you to where you know it takes the pressure off. You're like, what am I going to say for 45 minutes? Well, don't worry about it. You know there's Kind of our responsibility. Yeah, and you know you can almost. I've helped you a couple of times and co-hosted quite a bit and we've drug some guys in and you can almost tell when it lets go yeah and when it does, that's when it really gets.
SAM BYLER:Good, that is so interesting.
SHED GAL:I can't wait to see that. I'm gonna be. I'm gonna be watching for that too.
SHED GEEK:Yeah, it's, I want to I'm like I'm gonna be watching you guys's shows because, like there, for a while I was listening to every episode back and now it's like like fresh content for me.
SAM BYLER:It's like this is in my wheelhouse. He's going to be there holding his hair, grading us, holding his head and wanting to pull out the hair.
SHED GAL:Speaking of hair real quickly, I forgot. When we were on a quick break on this show earlier commercial break, someone did call in and asked if Sam and I have the same hairdresser, and I know that many people in this industry have wondered that and I just want to let you all know we do, we do.
SAM BYLER:The good lord above, that's the only hairdresser.
SHED GEEK:He just threw his hoodie up For some reason I don't feel like I'm part of this conversation. Well, you two have the glasses.
SHED GAL:We're like brother and sister. He's cousin. I don't know. The cousin, the odd cousin, nobody wants to have around.
SHED GEEK:But, I'll tell you what Compliments to Farming Yard for giving me this handy dandy, you have wore that thing all day long.
SAM BYLER:Super nice.
SHED GEEK:I love my buddy Travis Beachy down in Robinson, texas. Shout out to him for the hoodie, the jacket hoodie. Yeah, just a really cool guy. I'll tell you what. That's one of the coolest things and of course I've ran out of everything that I bought to give away. But whenever you go around and you know people are listening like Wayne down there at PMP in Longview we show up and him and his wife have some donuts because they know I'm a big donut fan.
SHED GEEK:And I'm like I'll tell you what you really feel special when you show up and somebody's got donuts for you.
SHED GAL:I like donuts.
SHED GEEK:You got to have your thing. Sam's like, I like $100 bills yeah.
SAM BYLER:Well, the sad thing is, I like donuts too.
SHED GEEK:They just like me a whole lot more, and they never leave man, I'll tell you what stuff like that is like when you get in your alone place. If you've ever questioned yourself whenever you've, and people say, well, shannon, it's not a big impact. I mean, you're not nelson mandela, because you got you know what I mean some donuts. I not Nelson Mandela because you got you know what I mean some donuts. I'm like, yeah, you're probably right, but do you know how important that is to an individual that somebody listens enough to be like?
SHED GEEK:hey get a dozen of donuts and make sure, man, that warms your heart bro. You can't be human and you can't not appreciate those types of things.
SAM BYLER:So just for the throwout if I go to Pennsylvania, I expect to see some shoe fly pie.
SHED GEEK:You could have had that today, FYI.
SAM BYLER:And you two look at me like I'm crazy.
SHED GEEK:No, I was thinking, but you was good today.
SAM BYLER:Yeah, I know I didn't cheat until tonight, yeah, and then I cheated anyway, so I should have had that pie.
SHED GEEK:Well, what do you guys think? You think July is a good launch, ready to do this?
SAM BYLER:Oh, absolutely, I think.
SHED GEEK:So, take on the world the shed industry, the carport industry, the post frame, the everything in between swing sets, chicken coops, dog kennels.
SAM BYLER:I don't know.
SHED GEEK:We've got a lot going on, but it's gonna, it's gonna be good. Oh yeah, I think it'll be fun, I think it'll be exciting, you know, and, uh, hey, if you find a favorite that you like to listen, to listen to them, I hope you enjoy it. I certainly hope that, uh, you'll take our, our recommendation or consideration for those who dedicate financially and through their time to commit by funding us, uh, with advertising. It means a lot and you know, hey, we're uh capitalistic in nature. Here, you, you come on and advertise. We want to, we want to promote you, we want to promote those that help. A lot of booze come from the cheapest seat, sam.
SHED GEEK:The only complaints I've got is from the people who's never paid me a dollar. So, uh, you know, know, I want to make sure and support those who support what we're doing here. We hope to bring something that's educational, entertaining, valuable Hope that it makes your day better and we hope you enjoy the stories, yeah.
SAM BYLER:That's a good point on the. If you want to help financially, it's a great place to get the word out about what you're doing. For my side it might be the guys that are more in the hauling industry or whatever, and for you it might be more the guys in the steel side. But it's a good. It's just no, not a good. It's a great place to be able to. I really do. I enjoy the. You know, when the commercials come on, I guess you call them commercials. I enjoy those as much as the rest of it. It's cool to see who's on there, who's supporting it, who's looking to grow, who's willing to help the industry throwing money at it, yeah yeah.
SAM BYLER:And yeah, you're exactly right. I guess the one thing that probably I don't tell my core group enough is thank you for being my core group, because when you have a good core group, what the rest of the world's shouting at you just really doesn't matter. Truth, um, absolutely and it's, it's.
SAM BYLER:I know that sounds a little coarse, I guess, so to speak, but it's, it's the truth of the matter. I have a huge core group and you know I can, whenever I do question myself, you know I can throw it out there to a dozen of them and they're almost immediately. They're like man, come on. So that's good to have.
SHED GEEK:Absolutely. I've said this a hundred times on the podcast. I'll say it maybe a hundred more. There's a book by Philip Yancey If you don't know who he is, go check him out. It's a book called Prayers Does it make any difference? And in it he talks about well-known pastor Haddon Robinson. And Haddon Robinson every time he got ready to speak a sermon, he would always quietly say Lord, thank you for the opportunity to speak to these people today, cause if they knew about me what you knew about me, they wouldn't listen to a word. I'm about to say a hundred percent so.
SHED GEEK:I can't ever imagine doing this podcast without saying thank you, lord, for the opportunity to do this. It's yours, it'll always be yours, and if I ever make it mine to do this, it's yours, it'll always be yours, and if I ever make it mine, then I don't deserve it, and that's what's been cool about this.
SHED GEEK:You can just say hey, let's come on, have a real conversation. Hopefully we can help your company. It doesn't mean you're not welcome if you don't advertise. Of course you're welcome. You don't have to advertise to come on and talk about.
SAM BYLER:We still need guys to come on and talk. Oh, shannon, what about your competitor?
SHED GEEK:well, I don't come on and talk about their product. We still need guys to come on and talk. Oh, Shannon, what about your competitor? Well, come on and let's talk. Let's have a conversation that is valuable and helpful to other people. Lord, no, would you let them advertise? Yes, we would.
SAM BYLER:Absolutely why wouldn't, I.
SHED GAL:It doesn't matter, I'll call them tomorrow.
SHED GEEK:Yeah.
SHED GAL:Well, they might.
SHED GEEK:Did you even know which one you were poking? She's like I'm just going with something. Let's run through them. I feel like that's a little much. That's for the Welcome, sam Byler.
SAM BYLER:That's what we were going to do Until we have a new board we have to play with it. That sounds like Tinkerbell oh wood.
SHED GEEK:We need to use that one more.
SAM BYLER:We do.
SHED GEEK:We definitely need to use that one more.
SAM BYLER:We do. Yeah, no, we definitely need to use that one.
Speaker 4:That is not what we want to hear from the audience.
SHED GAL:We want to hear.
SHED GEEK:We want to hear oh, that was perfect. And then, of course, we've got Sam's intro music, sam Byler.
SHED GAL:Oh, it's terrible.
SHED GEEK:The Sambassador, you know what's going to be fun. You was talking about doing commercials. How fun will it be to do the fun commercials?
SAM BYLER:Oh, absolutely. I'm looking forward to the commercials.
SHED GEEK:You said you like listening to the commercials. I think people are really going to enjoy that. Yeah, I agree.
SAM BYLER:They will be good. That's cool guys. That is not growing on me this, no, it ain't growing on me.
SHED GEEK:Well, as usual, an hour goes by before you know it. It does.
Speaker 4:That was fast.
SHED GEEK:All hearts clear. Anything you want to say to the industries, even though it's uh, shed geek, it's uh, it's so much more, but anything that you guys want to share before we go. Welcome to the show, first of all welcome to the show. Thank you, I'm so looking forward to listening to you guys's podcast. I don't think you realize I'm looking forward to it, so thank you for what you do and your dedication to the industry.
SHED GAL:That's all I've got to say I just want to thank you again for this opportunity. I think it's amazing. I mean, we're just going to have so much fun and I just want to reach out to me if you want to be on an episode. In fact, reach out to me if you want to be on Sam's episode. Oh, same, yes, you know, yeah it. Um, we are not competition. We are working together to just bring knowledge. Don't be shy, it's not an interrogation. We just want to get to know you, and you are valuable and and what you have to say is valuable, whether you think it is or not. You you addressed that earlier. So, um, I look forward to hearing from some of you. I really do. I'm super, super excited about this and I mean, you live in Canada. Hey, I might just come to you Did, you say A A A.
SAM BYLER:B.
SHED GAL:C, d, you know, washington State, wherever. You never know where the Shedgal is going to pop up.
SAM BYLER:And I'm going to try to do a lot of mine in person if I can. Yeah, so looking forward to it. Yeah, I, I've got absolutely nothing to add to that. That's 100. Thank you for the opportunity, um, if you're out there somewhere and you want to get on um, so I'm gonna throw one more thing at you. The devil's gonna try to stop you because he does not want your story told. He does not want anybody to unite, he doesn't want joyful news, good news. So he's gonna tell you you don't have anything. Who do you think you are that you want to get on there? Um, you'll even have people tell you that yeah, um, don't listen to it. That's nothing. That's condemnation.
SAM BYLER:It doesn't come from a good place and I want to add to that it's not bragging to be on.
SHED GEEK:I've gotten that a couple of times. People say, well, I don't want to get on there and brag and I'm like, hey, I'm going to take you down a notch. You know what I?
SAM BYLER:mean Unfortunately, it's yeah, if you start bragging, we'll, we'll tap you down, yeah it's not leave that up to us that'll be a five minute episode you'll be out of here.
SHED GEEK:Yeah, no, we're it's, it's really easy. Like you know, we don't. We don't expect you to brag either, but telling your story is not bragging, and uh and and the lord's blessed you with that testimony. So you know whether we call it a testimony, an episode, whatever you want to call it enjoy it.
SHED GEEK:If you want to get on here and talk about faith, if you want to get on here and whatever it is like, whatever you're led to talk about, that's fine. We try to keep it shed centric or shed industries centric, but it has the ability to go wherever we take it. So appreciate you guys listening to all these shows. So far, three years we're starting on yeah we're in our fourth year.
SHED GAL:That's fantastic yeah.
SHED GEEK:March started year number four.
SHED GAL:It's a good thing you didn't listen to Sam when you were driving down Route 66 or 77. 77, not Route 66.
SAM BYLER:So just for the record, I did redeem myself. All right, I gave him the biggest platform in the shed industry to kick off at he did.
SHED GEEK:Yeah, we went.
SHED GAL:I did not know that I did.
SHED GEEK:And that is actually the second most listened to episode Richard Miller and the third most. Gideon Zook. Both happened at that platform.
SHED GAL:Yeah, that is really cool.
SAM BYLER:I did not know that so both of those episodes should be way above me. Um, and I'll tell you why. Richard miller nails rent to rent to own yeah I mean just absolutely destroys any negative influence on rent down yeah, and it's been shared a couple of times.
SHED GEEK:Yeah, yeah, for people to go to, yeah.
SAM BYLER:And then the Gideon Zook one's just off the chart. I mean, you're talking, you're one of the. Did we actually? We called him shed father, I think it was. Yeah, he's one of the shed fathers of the industry. Um, go find that episode and listen to it, because he'll tell you in there that in 1974, I'm pretty sure, go listen and tell me if I'm wrong, 74, he bought a shed company because the guy said the industry was saturated.
SHED GEEK:And I'm hearing that these days again, oh yeah. And you need to go listen to Gideon, I mean it makes you wonder where it is in comparison to then, because you could easily give up now. Right, but that's the way I interpret the Bible. I read those stories like, hey, those are real people. This isn't a story about someone, that's true.
SHED GEEK:This is a hand-me-down of his story, so that's why it's so important. But those are real people that dealt with real situations and in the 70s he was dealing with possible saturation. Now here, it is 2024 and we're like we hear it again 50 years later.
SAM BYLER:Yeah, you remember the tagline to that episode.
SHED GEEK:Um, what to have something to do with donuts, yeah because he came up.
SAM BYLER:He said they.
SHED GEEK:He said they.
SAM BYLER:They offered me a donut they offered me a donut and they did.
SHED GAL:I was there that they had a donut truck. They left me a donut, and they did. I was there. That is priceless. They left and they left all the donuts on the table in front of us.
SHED GEEK:And he's like, can we have a donut? And we're like, if you'll do a show, and he was like, yeah, alright, sat down and he did a show and it was magic.
SAM BYLER:It was great, wonderful, awesome awesome show, Guys.
SHED GEEK:I'm looking forward to it. Appreciate you so much. It's been fun already hanging out with you this week. We've got so much more to go Appreciate the journey with you guys.
SHED GAL:Yeah, looking forward to it.
SHED GEEK:I got you.
SAM BYLER:Hey, this is Mo Lunsford in sunny Union Grove, North Carolina, and we want to say thank you to all the guests and listeners.