Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Garrett Molsbee. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Garrett, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
As I was working in the alcohol industry as a sales rep for a large distributing company, I felt as if I was a perfectionist. I wanted to be the very best at everything I did. I was essentially the most competitive person in the room ( thats how I felt about myself). and as my tenure grew with the distributing company, I felt that I was not growing. It seems it became more of a political game to grow with the company and less of a meritocracy. Couple that with the fact that I was getting paid pennies on the dollar for a job that essentially was the driving force for big suppliers and made them all of their coin, I felt as if I was doing all of the work for someone else’s dollar. I was also in a conversation with a few suppliers that cursed at me and demeaned me because I didn’t tell certain privileged information to them for competitive reasons. Given all that, I decided that I wouldn’t rely on others to determine what I was to become and how my future would shape out. I decided to go all in on myself and make my own brand of whiskey and prove everyone wrong that did me wrong. I set out to do it and do it the right way.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I own a whiskey brand called Mossy Horn. I started in the midst of the covid pandemic. I crafted the formulas and recipes in my kitchen and then work with different distilleries to produce and package the brand. While selling into all liquor stores and working with distribution I also do all of the marketing, advertising and finances for the business. Our Brand is a local craft whiskey that is enjoyable for all! We market toward the hunting and outdoors community. The best part about owning the Whiskey brand is getting to be out in the market and doing different events across Texas where people discover the new product and get to learn more about it. It brings me so much joy when people take their fist sip of our product and end up falling in love with it. It makes me feel as if my purpose is fulfilled when I see that! I love going to festivals and events with Mossy Horn and getting new followers and customers that support small local craft made whiskey. We often have events and tastings were at all over Texas that we post about through email and social media. I hope some of the readers here get to join us at a few!
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I believe pride/resilience and my competitiveness helped me to get to where I am today. I also think that my personality and my ability to empathize with many people and have fun with others contribute to consumers not only loving the product but liking me and wanting to support the brand because they had an honest connection with myself.
My advice would be to constantly learn. learn from others and learn from your mistakes. Relationships are key in any industry. But no matter what you decide to do for yourself, you have to go all in and believe that you are the best and nobody is able to accomplish things like you can accomplish them!
What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?
It is Absolutely better to go all in on your strengths instead of trying to be good at everything. It is much better to be the best at one thing or a couple things rather than just sufficient in everything. This is the reason a body functions so well. The ears cannot do what the eyes can do and neither can the hands do what the feet do as well as the feet can do it. you want to always work in at the things that are an opportunity. However, if you are the best at one thing and you gather yourself around people that have different strengths than yourself then you and whatever you do in life will be successful.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://mossyhornwhiskey.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/mossyhornwhiskey
- Facebook: https://Facebook.com/mossyhornwhiskey
- Linkedin: Mossy Horn Whiskey
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