Meet Landon Fischer

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Landon Fischer. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Landon , looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?

I’d say the way I was raised by my parents and through the sport of gymnastics. Parents always pushed me to do a lot, to excel in everything I did, and to be involved and busy all the time. Very little down time growing up between gymnastics practice 4 hours a day 5/6 days a week and whatever else I had going on. I always had tough old school coaches that would push me, make me cry, and toughened me up. I loved it and still run a probably too busy life but it’s sure a lot better than sitting around waiting for things to come to me.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

Well I teach gymnastics skills on a private lesson basis to competitive athletes that usually do either dance, gymnastics, or cheer. I think what I do is sort of special because mostly every skill I work with these kids on is a scary flip. I teach a lot of aerials and back handsprings among many other flips but that’s just to name a few. There’s a big mental side of learning these skills and when a new skill is learned then it does something to the student. It’ll give them a confidence boost. Conquering something scary like a back flip and completing a hard goal is a valuable experience I believe and also translates into life as well. I feel like that’s a special thing to be a part of and I get such joy from seeing one of my kids do a skill for the first time all by themselves.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Attention to detail, work ethic, and the ability to learn. All three to are crucial to running a business, a good sustainable one at least. You have to notice the small things and I like to use the phrase “If they don’t notice it, I’m doing something right.” For example, if clients are used to a clean facility and it’s always well up-kept then that’s normal and clients never even notice but if they notice little things like dirty mirrors or a gross bathroom then ya got a problem. The details matter because they almost go unnoticed if I’m doing everything right. Work ethic 100% has to be there. Simple fact. 90% of businesses fail in the first 2 years of being open (I think that’s a statistic somewhere but don’t quote me on that). If you’re lazy, you fail. That simple. And ability onto learn is huge. It is impossible to predict all the challenges of running a business and the ability to adapt, pivot, and adjust to circumstances is a must. The world is ever changing and ya have to keep up with it because if you don’t, you get left behind.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?

The book Atomic Habits by James Clear. Absolutely one of the most impactful books I’ve ever read. It’s about little day to day habits or things you do in your life that can slowly build you up 1% day by day and compound over the long run or can slowly tear you down if your daily habits aren’t in alinement with your goals. Little things add up and make massive difference when compounded. If I can improve myself, my business, or anything by a measly 1% every day, then by the end of a 365 day year that adds up to 37% better. That’s compounding growth. As a company if you are growing 37%/year then you are doing something right and I would argue that if you are improving yourself on a personal level by that same amount then you are also on a good path as well.

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