What if the trait you thought made you strong is the very thing holding your growth back?
Chris Thomson welcomes back Phil Lombardo, a Student Works veteran who went from a $125,000 rookie business to coaching a $4.4 million team, and who is now stepping into a role helping run a $50 million company.
Phil opens up about the ego that once held him back, why your minimum acceptable standard matters more than your goals, and the daily discipline of negotiating with yourself less.
If you have ever wondered what actually separates the people who keep leveling up from the ones who stall, this conversation is your blueprint. Listen now.
Timestamped Highlights
02:52 – Who Phil was before the program: YMCA shifts and a gap year of 60-hour minimum-wage weeks
04:27 – The referral that got him in, and the info-session moment that lit up the phone
05:59 – The biggest surprise of a first-year run during COVID
06:41 – The ego realization that changed how he ran his business
11:05 – Why your minimum acceptable standard matters more than the goals you set
13:53 – The one thing top performers negotiate away far less than everyone else
16:09 – The call where Luke first saw Phil as a future coach
19:28 – Going from a $125K business to a $4.4 million coaching team
20:33 – "Everyone can always see you": the accountability truth most people miss
30:11 – Inside the new role and the push to double a $50 million company
35:29 – The light-side, dark-side exercise behind Most Accountable Coach
44:53 – What a real leader of tomorrow actually is, in Phil’s words
About the Guest
Phil Lombardo is a Student Works Management Program veteran stepping into his eighth year, a four-time Mexico-level operator who built roughly $800,000 in the field before moving into coaching. As a coach, he was named top mini coach, top rookie coach, and Most Accountable Coach, leading a team to $4.4 million this year and reaching about $9 million in all-time coaching revenue. He is now stepping into a company-wide role focused on operations, training, and curriculum, AI initiatives, safety, and field support as Student Works pushes to double its business.
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