Highest Paying Trade in 2026: $500K/Year (No One Knows About This)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & KTML Contractors
LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/
Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers raw resilience and unfiltered grit with Kayla Brown — the founder and CEO who built a thriving, woman-owned oilfield electrical company over 20 years, only to discover her husband/business partner had been running an 11-year affair with her own right-hand woman.
Kayla breaks down the moment everything collapsed — and why her first instinct wasn't tears, it was protecting the business. She exposes how her ex tried to launch a competing company with his mistress, push her out of her own organization, and strip her of everything she spent decades building. Instead, she fought back legally, and strategically, retained majority ownership, doubled her revenue in the first year, and is now building a legacy on her own terms.
If you've ever been betrayed, savagely underestimated, or told you're nothing without "them," this episode is the blueprint for your empire.
🔗 Connect with Kayla
Facebook (KTML Contractors): https://www.facebook.com/ktmlcontractors/
Website: http://www.ktmlcontractors.net
Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.
Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:
https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/
This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.
Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | How much money can a technician make? |
| 0:01.6 | $500,000 a year. |
| 0:03.0 | You're definitely looking to hire them. |
| 0:04.5 | Oh, yes. Here's the part that I think is just unbelievably interesting, discovering that your husband, your business partner, had an 11-year affair with your right-hand girl. He started a competing company with her. After you found out. After I found out, he did try to force me out of business. He really thought that I couldn't do it and that I was going to have to have him. |
| 0:23.3 | In the first year, I doubled my sales. After I found out, he did try to force me out of business. He really thought that I couldn't do it and that I was going to have to have him. |
| 0:23.2 | In the first year, I doubled my sales. |
| 0:25.1 | Now, if I had him on the show, Kayla, what would his story be? |
| 0:33.6 | What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio. |
| 0:38.2 | Folks, I got a real life landman, Kayla Brown. |
| 0:41.9 | What's happening, Kayla? |
| 0:43.4 | Not a lot. |
| 0:44.5 | A lot of work. |
| 0:45.4 | Folks, you guys are in for a real treat today. |
| 0:47.7 | Caleb Brown, actual entrepreneur, CEO and founder of a leading woman-owned, certified oil field, electrical technical |
| 1:00.4 | service company. Basically, you're in the oil business. I'm in the old business. And you started |
| 1:04.8 | this company back in 2005 with your husband out of Louisiana over 20 years ago. That's great. |
| 1:09.6 | You built a successful energy sector business while navigating extraordinary personal |
| 1:14.7 | and professional challenges. |
| 1:16.8 | And folks, here's the part that I think is just freaking unbelievably interesting to talk |
| 1:22.5 | about discovering that your husband, your business partner had an 11-year affair with your right-hand girl. |
| 1:32.5 | Yes. |
| 1:33.9 | It's quite a discovery. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brad Lea, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Brad Lea and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.