Patrick Francie

It's why sports are important. You know, we talk about, you know, sports often, you know, I'll use figure skating as an example, but it could be anything, you know, are you willing to keep falling down until you get it right until you can do it? And that's where good coaching, technical, comes into play. Good coaching, mental.

It's why sports are important. You know, we talk about, you know, sports often, you know, I'll use figure skating as an example, but it could be anything, you know, are you willing to keep falling down until you get it right until you can do it? And that's where good coaching, technical, comes into play. Good coaching, mental.

Like, you know, can you inspire somebody to do it again and do it better and try harder and work harder and get the hell out of their own way? If you can't do that, and that's what sports does for kids. If you give it that context, it isn't about winning. It's about who you need to become to win. I look and say, OK, well, in a few short years, I'm going to be 70.

Like, you know, can you inspire somebody to do it again and do it better and try harder and work harder and get the hell out of their own way? If you can't do that, and that's what sports does for kids. If you give it that context, it isn't about winning. It's about who you need to become to win. I look and say, OK, well, in a few short years, I'm going to be 70.

So my hack is, you know, I look at other 70 year olds that I admire.

So my hack is, you know, I look at other 70 year olds that I admire.

You know, I've actually had that thought many times. So I look at somebody like yourself, you know, at your age and based on conversation we had on our podcast, and I look and say, you know, where wasn't I that, you know, what were my.

You know, I've actually had that thought many times. So I look at somebody like yourself, you know, at your age and based on conversation we had on our podcast, and I look and say, you know, where wasn't I that, you know, what were my.

what was in my way i cared too much of what people might think that was one thing so at 25 i would have dumped that a long time ago i would have focused a lot differently on how i built relationships and the kind of relationships that i built Now, having said that, I don't tend to spend a lot of time back there. I don't have regrets. We have an amazing life.

what was in my way i cared too much of what people might think that was one thing so at 25 i would have dumped that a long time ago i would have focused a lot differently on how i built relationships and the kind of relationships that i built Now, having said that, I don't tend to spend a lot of time back there. I don't have regrets. We have an amazing life.

I have an amazing wife and children and grandchildren. And, you know, so I got absolutely nothing to complain about. So I don't spend too much time there. I'm still on my journey of always every day. How do I become and be the best version of myself? And sometimes I do a great job and other times I don't. So my question to myself is,

I have an amazing wife and children and grandchildren. And, you know, so I got absolutely nothing to complain about. So I don't spend too much time there. I'm still on my journey of always every day. How do I become and be the best version of myself? And sometimes I do a great job and other times I don't. So my question to myself is,

In the back of my mind, always running in the back of my mind is how can I be the best version of myself? And am I doing that?

In the back of my mind, always running in the back of my mind is how can I be the best version of myself? And am I doing that?

You know, one of the, a more recent book, recent as in the past three or four years, but one of the more, and this probably goes back to even the original question that you, you know, that question you just asked. I read the book by Jocko Wilnick, Extreme Ownership.

You know, one of the, a more recent book, recent as in the past three or four years, but one of the more, and this probably goes back to even the original question that you, you know, that question you just asked. I read the book by Jocko Wilnick, Extreme Ownership.

And I had my whole team read it. One of my very good, I'll call him a business partner, read it. We all read it. And it was really, it changed a lot of things for me. It just fine-tuned what I already knew, and it gave me some insights into a conversation that I had with a CEO that I admired and was a good friend of mine many years ago. I had a very successful business.

And I had my whole team read it. One of my very good, I'll call him a business partner, read it. We all read it. And it was really, it changed a lot of things for me. It just fine-tuned what I already knew, and it gave me some insights into a conversation that I had with a CEO that I admired and was a good friend of mine many years ago. I had a very successful business.

I made some comment to him literally about his stock boy. And it was a, it was a serious issue because we were doing business with him. And he said, you know, at the end of the day, it lands on me. I said, no, it was your stock boy. It was your inventory guy. He goes, no, he says, I got to look in the mirror on this one because he said that my stock boy is the way he is because of me.

I made some comment to him literally about his stock boy. And it was a, it was a serious issue because we were doing business with him. And he said, you know, at the end of the day, it lands on me. I said, no, it was your stock boy. It was your inventory guy. He goes, no, he says, I got to look in the mirror on this one because he said that my stock boy is the way he is because of me.