Episode 15
A CONVERSATION WITH CASE LAWRENCE
PIONEERING PATHS | FROM SILICON VALLEY TO PUBLIC SERVICE WITH CASE LAWRENCE
“Don’t just focus on product-market fit. You also must focus on product-entrepreneur fit!”
This advice was given to me recently by Case Lawrence, the founder of Sky Zone (formerly Circus Trix), which is the largest trampoline park company in the world.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the idea of building a successful company that we don’t stop to wonder if we are in the right business for our personality type. Or on a deeper level, if we should even be in business.
As Case said on my podcast, entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone. Making sure you are on the path that is best for you and your unique skills, gifts, and abilities is what will ultimately bring you the most happiness in life. We must often be willing to take a good hard look at ourselves and ask ourselves what kind of life we want to live.
Case, for example, always knew deep down he wanted to be an entrepreneur, and although he’s had to survive every economic crash known to our generation, that determination allowed him to find incredible success in business and life.
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MY FAVORITE INSIGHT FROM THIS EPISODE:
Case asked me, “What defines the success of a coach?”
He then answered with:
“You can define a coach’s success by how many wins they have. But even more importantly, you can define their success by how many other great coaches have been mentored by them.”
So many times it’s easy to get caught up in the “winning” of life. And while it is great to experience, it is also critical to ask ourselves what are we doing to pass on our knowledge/experience/wisdom onto the future generations so they can also experience “wins” for themselves?
Case is a great example of this. He has mentored great business leaders and entrepreneurs, not to mention him teaching entrepreneurship at Brigham Young University as well. He has created success in even the most economically strenuous times of this nation’s history, and he really wants to share his knowledge and advice with the future.
And what’s most impressive is that Case continuous to move forward, even after all of his success. He is now running for congress, in the hopes of continuing to serve people. I’m always impressed by people like this, who continue to push themselves into uncomfortable territory, even after they’ve “made it”.
At this time I would like to extend a challenge to anybody who reads this who has already had some “wins” in their career: Find a way to give back even more. Mentor people. Teach others. Do what you can to build the next generation of successful leaders of coaches, because the world will desperately need them, and they desperately need you.