Heather and Sabine are joined by guests Jim LaPinska, Mark Pancratz, and Tyler Pavlis for an enriching discussion on developing a business owner mindset. The episode covers vital topics such as: Understanding Business Ownership, Vision and Purpose, Long-Term Commitment, Selective Listening, and Work-Life Balancing.

Listen in to gain insights on setting high standards, financial management, and the importance of personalized coaching. The guests share their experiences in coaching, recruitment, and achieving success in the financial industry.

Don't miss practical strategies to balance aggressiveness with patience, maintain flexibility, and set clear priorities for long-term success.

Episode Highlights:

06:46 - I think the first business owner mindset is to have vision. And I'll say that and people hear it, and then they'll go to try it, and it's hard. Like, it's not obvious. So pursuing a vision, creating a vision, which really dovetails into understanding your why and purpose, a lot of people have heard that in some form or fashion.

10:12 - Have different skill sets that are better or different than yours. I think why our business works well between Jim and Tyler and myself is because we are all different, and we trust each other with our own specific skills that are unique, that then rise the business to higher levels than if I was just trying to do it by myself. And so a lot of business owners have to humble themselves to build a team to create a more successful business that goes beyond just their own capabilities.

35:15 - It goes back to relying on each other's strengths, trusting each other. I don't have to worry whether this person is going to be a good candidate or not. But what we have done that's helped is in this era of recruiting, we've got to get people through the process faster, and we kind of got to make offers faster. And so we'll make an offer, but there are expectations that need to be met after that offer for it to continue.

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Tyler Pavlis

Tyler Pavlis, current Director of Operations at Northwestern Mutual – Knoxville.

Tyler was born in Knoxville, TN and today lives just 4 blocks from his birth house in a home that he bought from a childhood friend. He never went far from his community having grown up in Knoxville and staying in Knoxville, except for the few years he attended Tennessee Tech University. Graduating at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, he took a position at a staffing firm where he stayed for over 10 years.

Tyler grew up a big sports fan and participant playing basketball, football, baseball, boxing, and track. Knowing early in life that the Olympics nor professional sports were in his future, he wanted to find a way to be close to sports out of college. While working as a recruiter at the staffing firm, he initially served as a track coach for a middle school and a basketball coach for an inner city non-profit for about 4 years.

Wanting more out of the sports industry, he had the opportunity in 2012 to join a start up adult sports club business that eventually was renamed and co-founded by Tyler named Everplay Sport & Social Club. Serving as its Managing Director and starting in the Knoxville-area originally, Everplay grew to nearly 13,000 annual participants and almost 80 part and full-time employees across 8 states at its peak. Tyler sold this business, location by location, to multiple employees throughout the network between 2020 and 2022 after a 10-year run in the business. Through this business, he met a player named Jim LaPinska,...