THE AMBER WEITZER PODCAST | SILHOUETTES OF SUCCESS | SHEILA PHALEN-MILLER | EPISODE 70

Our VIP Featured Guest who has as we say, been there and done that!

She all things grit, grace, bold and beautiful...and definitely the one you want to sit by at a party! With her adventurous spirit, hands on experience and vibrant personality...she has a story or two to tell.

She was raised by single mom who worked two jobs my entire upbringing dirt poor at best. Shelia worked at a ice cream shop and local supermarket at 14, left the house at 16 for the first time and moved back in for a short stint.  She was on her own permanently at 17, dropped out of high school to work full time but she went back to high school for senior year finishing on time in 2002. College was not a possibility, she had to make money to take care of herself. She started at a title and escrow company in 2003 at 18 answering the phones, took advantage of EVERY learning opportunity and within 3 years was running escrow departments and companies were recruiting her.  This is where she learned she didn't want to be held captive to a salary and a commission role was what she desired.  She also learned the power of networking while in title & escrow. Taking her skills and connections with her, in 2007 accepted a commission only role at ADT as a Small Business Representative which was petrifying and started off slow without 1 sale in 3 months (which is TERRIBLE and she was lucky not to be fired).

In month number 4 she hit quota and never missed quota again.  Her business kept growing and she finished #36 out of 800+ sales reps in the company, then promoted after 18 months to Sales Manager in Omaha

Finished my first year #1 in her category!

Promoted in 2010, she moved to Dallas for a bigger sales opportunity.

She did very well in this role for about 5 years, and during this time got married and had their first child.  In 2015 Sheila moved to a different division within ADT where she would earn two promotions and in my last capacity was the Regional Director of the East.  During this time, in 2017, they had twin daughters. From there, in 2019, she and her husband purchased a commercial building and opened Better Than Sex-a Dessert Restaurant in Downtown Plano.  She continued my role as Regional Director while my husband started us up but was laid off in 2020 from ADT and has worked in the restaurant full time since.