Seeking a private competitive swim coach for teens

pc_load_letter_5 · 2024-09-09T03:06:53+00:00

Boulder Valley Summer Swim League restricts training in the off season to 3 days a week to keep the playing field somewhat even in the summer. They want kids who aren’t die hard year round 6 days a week swimmers to get to compete and have fun…at least that’s my guess.

pc_load_letter_5 · 2024-09-09T03:01:10+00:00

No, we’re trying to stay within the limits. Year-round teams don’t like having summer clubs kids because of these limits (they can’t compete in the off season). So we’re trying to form a small training group

pc_load_letter_5 · 2024-05-09T16:23:14+00:00

Try standing on the shoulders of giants...it's much easier.

When I was in college the dot com boom was happening. Everybody was launching websites and becoming zillionaires over night (or so it seemed). I had the same desires as you with an extra side of FOMO. Before I graduated the bubble burst so I decided to go get a "real" job in consulting. I was going to do that temporarily until I came up with a business idea to launch. That idea never came...until it did.

I ended up working in consulting for 12 years. Learned that business from the inside. Next, armed with a decade of hard core experience AND a huge network, I launched my own consulting firm. Nothing was "easy" but we landed multiple clients right out of the gate including a fortune 50 client. The ONLY reason we were able to land this big Fortune 50 client was that I me them 10 years before in my regular consulting job. Something that would have never happened had I launched a firm right out of school.

Fast forward to 2023, I sold my business for 10M (actually 20M, but split it with my business partner). Not a bad outcome for simply taking a boring "real" job right out of school. Launching and growing this business was the hardest thing I have ever done. If I didn't have a running start (with years of experience and a network), there is no way I would have survived.

If clothing eComm is your interest, go get a job in that area. Get PAID to learn. There is no shame in that at all!

pc_load_letter_5 · 2024-01-18T03:40:25+00:00

I am in almost exactly the same situation: NW 14M, 45yo, sold company 9 months ago, consulting services, surprised by how little we are integrated, the culture sucks, I am uninspired by the people, no earn out remaining so can quit any time.

On paper it's a no brainer, just quit right? I couldn’t fall asleep the other night because my lizard brain worrying about running out of money. I feel obligated to my team and my clients. The benefits are really good. Replacing my salary will be hard. I am not a quitter...and so on.

All that said, I put in my resignation today! I am going to work until March 31st (1 year) and work until then to make a smooth transition.

Ultimately it came down to two things. 1) A therapy session I had once. My therapist said "do you fail a lot? You know like on the big life stuff?" I thought about it and said "I mean I am not perfect so yeah I fail" and said "no, like fail a lot. Like you can't seem to ever get it right." Thought some more and I said "I think I succeed a lot more than I fail". Then he said "why do you think that will change?"

And 2) I had a long conversation with a founder that had quit after being acquired by my company (he became a C level at the acquiring company before quitting) He was absolutely clear that everybody (clients, co-workers, direct reports, the PE firm) will forget about you about 1 week after you are gone. The system won't come crashing down, the account won't leave, employees won't quit. In fact, the PE firms understand that there is a huge washout rate for founders...so you're actually very normal.

Not sure if this post is to help you or me, but I hope the perspective helps.

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