Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas
Summary: Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas are world class professional endurance athletes, authors, speakers, and co-own a nationally distributed food products business called Picky Bars. They also happen to be married, still, and are raising two small children. They use their experience, stories, writing, and humor to answer to answer listener questions about sports, family, business, and the balance between all three! It's a circus, but hey, we're all in it together!
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- Artist: Lauren Fleshman & Jesse Thomas
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Podcasts:
It’s Boston Marathon morning! Lauren and Jesse are buzzing after Des Linden’s big win, which brings up her new coffee company (Linden & True), which conveniently segues into a fresh batch of listener questions about biz, sport, and life at home, including: What does project management look like at home? How do you get back to training after a break? How do you deal with the "parent guilt" of time away from training and running a business? And Picky Bars thoughts on bringing on investors.
Lauren and Jesse let their listeners in on the amazing secret benefits of....Dinner and a Movie! They discuss finding sponsors as professional athletes, creating value for those sponsors outside of race results, and the rise of the "influencer." Next is exploring the entrepreneurial process of mastering a task then hiring help to expand - Jesse recommends the book E-Myth. Finally, they discuss the gradual steps they took to offer health care to Picky Bars employees.
The episode touches on setting work/life boundaries when you own a business, and making time for your partner to talk biz and NOT talk biz! Lauren and Jesse debate the value of pursuing sports as a child, and share what they've learned encouraging their son to do sports. They describe how best to stick with a training plan vs abandon it when life's stresses mount. Finally, they address how they're balancing the growth of a business with the increased financial responsibilities that come with it.
Lauren and Jesse get off to a rip rocking start by introducing each other, and explain why the world needs yet another podcast! They describe how they intend to learn from each other and their listeners as they answer questions on sports, family, business, and the balance between all three.
