From the Military to Coaching with Jason Skeesick

In today's episode, Jeff interviews Jason Skeesick of the Spear and Clover Podcast. Jason started his journey in the Army. He gained weight in his first year and then, over three years, lost the weight and found an interest in fitness. After the military, Jason returned to school and opened a CrossFit gym with friends. Sitting at work one day, Jason realized building his gym would be more rewarding than staying at his job. Making that decision came with its challenges but led Jason to coaching and a Podcast which he enjoys. Jason is currently living his definition of freedom and is excited about a new tool that's building coming out in early 2023.

Jason and Jeff discuss:

1. Joined the Army after a brief stint in college and gained a bunch of weight in the first year.
2. He spent three years working off the weight and became interested in fitness towards the end of his military career.
3. Went back to school for Finance and opened a small Crossfit gym with friends. After graduation, he got one of the best starting jobs in the field.
4. Sitting at work, he could only think about his Crossfit gym.
5. The moment he decided to focus fully on the Crossfit gym, he realized that his two partners were no longer interested in making this their career and they had both gone on to do other things.
6. Took 7 years to get 200 members and 6 months to get 300 members.
7. Became a coach for other Gym owners and fell in love with coaching.
8. He spent the last year in a "year of service"; time with his new baby girl Lucy, kickboxing five days a week and helping entrepreneurs.
9. Started a Podcast called Spear and Clover in February.
10. Jason talks about the methodology behind owning a CrossFit gym.
11. Being in a mastermind group helped him move from working in his business to being less of an operator and more of an owner.
12. Jason talks about how his gym survived in 2020 and the importance of core values.
13. Having a Podcast has given him the superpower to "shut up" and listen.
14. What's the plan for the future? More coaching; helping entrepreneurs build on a bedrock foundation.
15. Jason explains the difference between core values and missions in business and how important your core value is to your business.