Chris Lee: Master of Discipline

The Excellence Project with Eric Worre

Eric Worre

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Networkmarketing, Business, Ericworre, Mlm

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Entrepreneur, mentor, and coach Chris Lee takes us on a journey through his unique upbringing and how it influenced his high level of discipline, structure, and boundaries, how he designed his life at age 6, his entrepreneurial ups and downs, and his 9-figure exit from his company. 1:27:20

Show Notes:

0:00 - Introduction

1:55 - Eric welcomes entrepreneur, mentor, and coach Chris Lee to The Excellence Project.

03:25 - Chris describes how his unique upbringing influenced his entrepreneurial style.

09:46 - Chris got his first job when he was 9 years old and it forced him to be a morning person.

17:09 - Chris details how his upbringing has inspired his parenting.

24:31 - Chris had planned out his whole life at age 6. He explains how things turned out differently than the plan.

28:40 - Chris explains why so much of his hope and joy comes from discipline.

32:34 - Why Chris believes giving is one of the most selfish things you can do.

45:15 - Chris’ evolution from premed student to entrepreneur.

48:01 - Chris’ first company goes bankrupt and he ends up owing his father-in-law one million dollars.

55:44 - Chris goes to work for various companies in order to learn about the business before he starts his hugely successful solar company.

01:06:32 - Chris receives a 9-figure exit when he sells his company.

01:13:16 - Chris shares why walking away from his business was the most depressing time of his life.

01:16:14 - Chris tells us how he reclaimed his purpose through The Founder Project.

01:19:17 - Chris reveals when he finally paid his father-in-law back.

01:22:39 - Chris offers his best advice on discipline, standards and vision.

Resources From This Podcast:

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357

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0:00.0	I think the key for me and for pretty much anyone is understanding yourself, right?
0:05.2	Like once I began to really do a lot of self introspection and understand that I'm either, like I have an extremely
0:12.0	addicted personality, right? I'm either like I have an extremely addictive personality right like if I
0:16.2	drink alcohol man I would be a binger like it would be absolutely terrible and I
0:22.4	understood this about myself at a pretty young age that like when I like something I love it right like if I have my favorite baseball cap I'm gonna wear that thing until it falls off.
0:33.0	If I do a certain project, I am going to go all in and go crazy on it.
0:38.0	And so when I began to understand that about myself,
0:42.0	like I had to create these boundaries because like I said I'm either all in or all out that goes for dieting that goes for exercise that goes for relationships everything and so like my strict boundaries like you know I was a virgin when I got married which very strict guideline I have never sipped a drink of alcohol in my life I've never had a drug, any of these type of things.
1:04.4	And sure you can blame it on my religion or whatever else, but like, like, I have never even been tempted to try these things
1:11.7	because I know that if I did it would be terrible.
1:16.6	Welcome to the Excellence Project. My name is Eric Wardy and today we have an entrepreneur
1:21.8	Chris Lee he's going to be sharing with you how he built a life
1:28.2	around discipline, around standards, around vision, around belief, and how he turned all of that into creating a great family,
1:36.4	great lifestyle, and exited a nine-figure exit with his business that he created but it's quite a journey we go up we go
1:46.4	down we talk about lots of different dynamics I think you're going to get value
1:49.7	from it so with no further do let's jump into my conversation with Chris Lee.
1:55.0	Chris Lee, what's up? How you doing? I'm good man.
1:58.0	So we made this happen. And this is our first time getting to know each other.
2:03.2	That's right.
2:04.2	Rob Sperry, mutual friend.
2:06.5	Yes.
2:07.5	When he was here, he said, you know, hey, you got to talk with this guy.
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