{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fitness Business University Podcast","title":"Father Calls His Gym Owner Son a Female Dog & Tells Him to Get Back to Work","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2442,"description":"2 years into owning my gym, I got a tax bill I couldn't pay. I was ready to quit. I went to my dad and told him I probably should have just gotten a job in finance like everyone else in my family. What he said to me that day changed the way I looked at business.\nThis episode is a little different. It's been 5 years since my dad, Joe Gabriele, passed away. Big Tom and I sat down to talk about some of the things I learned from him. Some of them were lessons he taught me directly. Others were things I picked up just by watching him.\nMy dad was a Wall Street guy. He started his own company, worked his ass off, and helped a lot of people become incredibly successful. I recently went to a reunion with people who worked for him 40 years ago. Think about that. 40 years later, these people are still getting together because of what that company meant to them. There's a lesson there for anybody trying to build a business.\nWe also get into some pretty personal stuff. His stroke in 2017, the unexpected way it changed my career, and what I learned watching him go through some really difficult years. And because my dad was also one of the goofiest guys I ever knew, Big Tom shares a story about him having a conversation with a cardboard cutout.\nGuys, this one means a lot to me. There are some lessons in here about business, but there are also some things about being a parent, taking care of yourself, and figuring out what actually matters.\n\n5 Key Takeaways\nThe tax bill that almost made me quit. About 2 years into owning my gym, I was hiring people, spending money, and doing a terrible job managing payroll and taxes. I couldn't afford a tax bill that came due in October. My dad told me I had already proven I was a good trainer. What I hadn't proven was that I knew how to run a business. That conversation changed what I started studying and who I went to for help.\nThe gamble my dad took on Wall Street. In the early 80s, my dad left a successful job and opened his own municipal...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZkCm_3Gu3cMZkINGaYJZ0gSRdcX5X3WtPf7v6JW5uRM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MzQ5/MmM4MDIyN2QxNjMz/NTYwMzAxMzczMDJh/Y2UwYi5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}