Next Level Pros Podcast

from Next Level Pros

by Chris Lee

Published: Thu Jul 17 2025

Show Notes

Welcome to a New Episode of Next Level Pros! Today, Chris Lee shares his powerful origin story. From humble beginnings in a small town to early business ventures, overcoming personal challenges, and finding his true path in entrepreneurship. Originally recorded for his first podcast, “The Founder Podcast,” this replay dives deep into Chris’s childhood, his work ethic shaped by necessity, how he found confidence through Cutco sales, and the pivotal decision to walk away from medical school and build something on his own.

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Highlights:"Sales is the root of every successful business. Learn it or lose.""Diabetes didn’t define me. It disciplined me.""I was making $65,000 in three months while my dad worked all year for that.""You don’t need to be the quarterback to win the championship."

Timestamps:

– Why This Episode Matters

– Meet Chris Lee: Early Retirement & Entrepreneurial Lessons

– Growing Up in Connell, Washington

– Childhood Jobs & Early Financial Discipline

– Discovering Sales Through Cutco at 18

– Lessons from Sports & Being Benched

– Diabetes Diagnosis & Life-Changing Identity Shift

– Serving a Mission & Developing Deeper Resilience

– Marriage, Fatherhood & That First $65K Summer

– Pivoting from Medicine to Entrepreneurship

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