"The race you are starting, I've finished. I survived. You can take your life experiences that are personal to you and you can open yourself up. There are people at the starting point of the race you've finished. The social media lens we have into people's lives is unfair. All you see is their best picture on vacation or their perfect cup of coffee with their devotion. You don't see the chaos on either side of the phone. It's the same thing with entrepreneurship. You compare yourself to the highlight reel of all of these companies, and that's not fair. It's not real. If you can peel back the onion, maybe 10 layers back, you'll see they were where you were at at some point too." -- Tymber Lee 

Tymber Lee (@tlee3232) is an investor, board member, former professional baseball pitcher, and commercial real estate investor and developer. Tymber is a get-after-it use every ounce of blood, sweat, and tears kind of entrepreneur and business owner. With entrepreneurialism in his blood, he’s been involved in various business opportunities and endeavors since he was a kid helping in his family business of custom homebuilding and development. His love for competition, teamwork, and winning carried over into his studies as he attended Wichita State University as a student athlete and was selected in the Major League Baseball draft as a pitcher by the Anaheim Angels. His career evolved into specializing in commercial investment property and industrial sales and leasing, which has led to the development of The Lee Companies (TLC). 

He joins Bob in this podcast episode to talk about fear and failure, the lessons from heartbreak, and the grandfather who taught and mentored him growing up. They hash out the journeys they’ve experienced as entrepreneurs, investors, and business executives in this heart-wrenching and thought provoking episode. 

Notes on Fear and Failure: 

-Ask thought leaders, “If you were to go back and do anything differently, would you?” 

-Then, “shut up, and listen.” 

-Action cures fear. 

-Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is where the gems are.

-People want to see how you’re going to fail. How will you handle the failure? How you handle failure determines your success.

-Failure is not a matter of how or if. It’s a matter of when. 

Links in this episode include: 

Tymber’s Board Bio

Tymber’s MiLB Profile, a stat sheet from the Minor Leagues

Tymber’s MLB Profile, a stat sheet from the MLB 

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, a book by Angela Duckworth found here on Amazon

Instagram’s history, a synopsis from Wikipedia 

Bonvera, a business platform that Bob and Tymber are both passionate about 

Audible, Amazon’s audible book platform 

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, a cool story about the creator of Nike 

The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of any Bold Venture, a book by Scott Belsky found here on Amazon 

The American Icon, a book by Alan Mulally found here on Amazon 

Netflix’s History, a synopsis from Wikipedia 

Are you an Entrepreneur or a ‘Wantrepreneur?’, an article by Entrepreneur.com 

The Trillion Dollar Coach, a book by Bill Campbell found here on Amazon 

To learn more about Bob’s two books, find them on Amazon here: The Leap and Love Your Work. 

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