Business
Serial entrepreneur Jeff Lester talks candidly about his entrepreneurial life, including the 2008 financial crisis, health issues and starting again after losing everything. Show Notes: (3:20) Beginning the journey (6:44) Setting up a themed restaurant, and subsequent problems (8:24) Birth of first child and starting all over again (10:24) New start in property development (12:06) Why I wasn't content with a good, secure life (14:47) Responsibilities of being a business owner (15:46) New book (16:33) Collapse of property company, broke again and lessons learned (24:33) Approaching rockbottom (28:25) Searching for answers in the US (32:25) Getting diagnosed with prostate cancer (34:38) Path to wellness and relationship fallout (36:42) On resilience (38:52) The entrepreneurial spirit (43:14) Where do your ideas come from? (45:11) Holistic approach to wellness (47:35) Launching Fit at-50plus (49:09) Changing views of business and entrepreneurialism (50:22) The thrill of starting a business (51:11) Plans for Fit at-50plus (52:36) Is your definition of success different today? (53:11) Personal definition of success