We were lucky to catch up with Michelle Hill recently and have shared our conversation below.
Michelle , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Let’s jump to the end – what do you want to be remembered for?
I absolutely love this question about leaving a legacy because it has actually become our new slogan!
Don’t leave junk, Leave a Legacy
I want to be remembered as the risk taker, the underdog that no one thought would become anything!
I once was asked what would I want my obituary to say, here it is!
She loved to serve others! Whether through the Chamber of Commerce functions or other groups such as Apex that she was involved in!
She was also a weekly servant at Elevate Life Church in Frisco!
She was definitely a ball of fire and lived life on the edge!
A risk taker of sorts! She never did like the word can’t and her slogan for that was can’t is not a word and no is not an option!!
She loved not only helping her customers as she never met a stranger but enjoyed helping others whether it was one time or many times!
She loved her family and always tried to be entertaining in some sort of way!
She was definitely a dog lover and enjoyed meeting new friends daily!
She absolutely thought she was funny!
She enjoyed playing jokes and seeing people laugh and smile!
I hear she plans on some practical jokes at her actual funeral!
She is not talking!🤣
I would like to think that people enjoyed my silliness and to realize life is just to short and you should live life greatly and be in every moment!
Enjoy the good and the bad days there are lessons in both!
And She absolutely thought everyone is beautiful!
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I am Michelle Hill and I am the owner and founder of All Junked Up, we are a local to DFW area junk removal and hauling company! We are a 100% woman owned!
We were founded in April of 2014. We have been called House Healers on more than one occasion.
What we do is provide our customers stress-free solutions to their junk removal problems!
We bring honesty, integrity, humor and compassion to our customers!
We want each job to be a great memorable experience!
What I think sets us apart is we are 100% woman owned! We bring compassion and understanding that many other companies can’t bring as I was a hoarder for 20+ years.
I lost my first late husband in 2000 and didn’t even realize I was hoarder until 2018. I hoarded in storage units so it was never at my house!
I understand what it is like to lose someone and what it is like to hoard. It’s been quite the road to recovery but there is always a rainbow after the rain!
What I am most proud of is my problem solving skills! When I started this company the first two years I did everything by myself as I did not know where to find help!
Here is where those skills came in to play! Some items were to big or to heavy for me to move or load by myself yet I had no help! So I always found a way to get the job done! There is always a solution, it may not be the best one but it will be the one that will work at that time!
Do you have any stories of times when you almost missed payroll or any other near death experiences for your business?
In 2016 I lost my balance and fell off a 12’ ladder, when I fell I landed on the concrete.
I was extremely lucky that I did not hit my head on the concrete floor when I landed.
I did however shatter my right ankle so bad that it required surgery and a donor bone graft.
I did not have a crew at the time and had to shut my business down for 6 months.
I was really worried that I would have some problems when I was able to open back up!
I had no problems! It was like I never shut down!
In 2018 I had to close my business again for 4 months because I needed to have all the metal removed from my ankle as it was causing so much pain.
Again, opened back up like I never skipped a beat!
I was definitely grateful
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
I think what helped our reputation was to do what we said we were going to do!
Sometimes I bid the job too low and lost money, we still showed up to do the jobs!
I didn’t want to but that is what you do!
Honesty and Integrity are extremely important to us!
Our core values our
S. Serve Others
E. Excellence
R. Respect
V. Virtue
E. Elevate Others
SERVE OTHERS
To Express gratitude and appreciation
Serve to Honor and Respect others
Lead by Example
Take time to Listen
EXCELLENCE IS ESSENTIAL
Learn From Your Mistakes
Setting and Achieving Goals
Go the Extra Mile
Be willing to Fail to Succeed
RESPECT
Everyone’s Time
Practice Common Courtesy
Recognize the Strengths and Accomplishment in others
Treat people with Appreciation and Dignity
VIRTUE
Honesty
Courageous
Be Forgiving
Gratitude
ELEVATE OTHERS
Believe in Yourself
Inspire Others
Celebrate others Success
Accept Responsibility
I think by practicing our core values we have built a reputation our customers can count on!
Contact Info:
- Website: Alljunkedup.net
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=q7l91s5uxi3l&utm_content=11q44un
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alljunkedup.net/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alljunkedup-net-42853632
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AllJunkedUpjunkremoval
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Madi May @ 7seconds media