Lessons on Continuous Learning and Pushing Yourself with Peter Frintzilas

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Joe se Sena is having an insightful conversation with TeamSnap CEO Pete Frintzilas. Pete shares how facing challenges as a child of immigrants built his resilience and success. He discusses lessons learned on instilling a strong work ethic in kids without spoiling them.

Joe and Pete also discuss how continuous learning and seeking guidance from mentors fueled their growth and empowered them to overcome obstacles. Discover actionable advice on prioritizing your career early, developing an immigrant work ethic, and showing appreciation to accelerate your success from scratch.

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Highlights:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Pete Frintzilas's background and childhood
03:55 Raising resilient children
07:31 Overprinting of the first child
09:05 Challenges of being a CEO of a big company
10:56 Hard work, mentors, and professional growth
13:24 Communication, gratitude, and working hard
15:55 Regret for not starting a business earlier
17:54 Where can people find Pete?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey look man I mean I'm 43 years old I'm a CEO of a private equity
0:04.5	owned company right now you know I've worked my tail off during my career to get
0:09.0	where I am but I've got three young boys and that's a question that's top of mind for me and my wife at all times, right?
0:15.0	But prior to that, look, it was two things, man.
0:18.0	It was, and I don't think it's rocket science.
0:20.0	It's hard work, right?
0:21.0	Every day, you know, one of my mentors, former leaders, former CEO would say,
0:25.6	how do you sharpen the saw every single day? You know, no different than you're learning a new
0:29.6	pitch or a new move on the field?
0:32.8	As a professional, how are you shopping,
0:34.8	how are you increasing the tools that you have in the toolbox
0:38.4	to be able to use?
0:40.0	And then I've had great mentors,
0:41.7	no different than great athletes,
0:43.0	have great coaches along the way.
0:44.6	Welcome to the Hardway Podcast with Joe DeCenna,
0:47.4	founder and CEO of Spartan Races.
0:50.8	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.
0:58.0	With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every corner of the world.
1:02.0	Get ready to elevate your life today.
1:04.0	Joe DeSena here, CEO and founder of Spartan and the Hardway
1:09.0	Podcast, and I've got Peter Franzilla on, who's a CEO comes from the tech industry 20 years of
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