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Jul 2025
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#156: My 9-Figure Blue Collar Journey Pa...

Chris Lee
About this episode

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:

00:00 – Why This Episode Matters

00:38 – Meet Chris Lee: Early Retirement & Entrepreneurial Lessons

02:00 – Growing Up in Connell, Washington

05:10 – Childhood Jobs & Early Financial Discipline

08:10 – Discovering Sales Through Cutco at 18

13:00 – Lessons from Sports & Being Benched

18:00 – Diabetes Diagnosis & Life-Changing Identity Shift

21:00 – Serving a Mission & Developing Deeper Resilience

27:11 – Marriage, Fatherhood & That First $65K Summer

31:30 – Pivoting from Medicine to Entrepreneurship

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