Meet Joseph Peer: A Social Entrepreneur's Journey into Health & Fitness - Part 2

08/08/23 • 23 min

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Regardless of how passionate we are about our social enterprise, a passion project can become a job if we don't have boundaries in place and learn to balance the business side of it.

In today's episode, we go through the second and last part of my conversation with the social entrepreneur, husband, father, and Owner of Crescent Tactical Fitness in Tennessee, Joseph Peer.

Tune in and listen to the thirty-eighth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. In this second part of the conversation, we talk about the importance of expert guidance in business; Joseph highlights how having systems in place, excellent relationships in the community, and the finances updated, plus divine timing, helped him sell his business within only a couple of weeks.

Additionally, Joseph shares his thoughts on avoiding passion projects becoming jobs, the negatives of entrepreneurship and how to alleviate their effects, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Joseph talks about his thoughts on selling his business before and after selling it (2:40)
About the travel to Egypt right before the world turned into a different place (6:40)
Avoiding others' mistakes is the faster way to grow your social enterprise (11:00)
How to prevent a passion from turning into a job (13:50)
How to find the opportunities God already created for us (15:20)

Connect with Joseph:

Crescent Tactical Fitness website
Joseph's LinkedIn
Joseph's Instagram

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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Regardless of how passionate we are about our social enterprise, a passion project can become a job if we don't have boundaries in place and learn to balance the business side of it.

In today's episode, we go through the second and last part of my conversation with the social entrepreneur, husband, father, and Owner of Crescent Tactical Fitness in Tennessee, Joseph Peer.

Additionally, Joseph shares his thoughts on avoiding passion projects becoming jobs, the negatives of entrepreneurship and how to alleviate their effects, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Joseph talks about his thoughts on selling his business before and after selling it (2:40)
About the travel to Egypt right before the world turned into a different place (6:40)
Avoiding others' mistakes is the faster way to grow your social enterprise (11:00)
How to prevent a passion from turning into a job (13:50)
How to find the opportunities God already created for us (15:20)

Connect with Joseph:

Crescent Tactical Fitness website
Joseph's LinkedIn
Joseph's Instagram

Resources:

Let's Connect!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Meet Joseph Peer: A Social Entrepreneur's Journey into Health & Fitness - Part 1

Social entrepreneurship isn't butterflies and flowers all the time; sometimes, it can be a bit stressful. When the stress hormone runs loose, we can either numb its effects with alcohol, nicotine, and binge eating or help our body process it. What is the best option to do so? Exercising, meditation, and healthy eating and sleeping habits.

Today, as we start wrapping up the special avant-garde entrepreneurs series, we meet the inspiring Joseph Peer, a true citizen of the world, social entrepreneur, husband, father, and the Owner of Crescent Tactical Fitness in Tennessee, USA.

Tune in and listen to the thirty-seventh episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. In this first part of my conversation with Joseph, you'll hear about why minding your health & fitness is a crucial part of being a social entrepreneur and why moving your body is the best way of dealing with cortisol, the stress hormone. You'll also hear Joseph's fantastic story of how and why he decided to open a Crossfit gym in Jordan, his faith in God's timing and character, the benefits of meditation, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

A bit about Joseph's background (5:50)
Joseph talks about his passion for fitness (8:10)
How exercise affects your body and your mind (14:50)
Joseph shares the beautiful story of how he started his Crossfit gym in Jordan (19:20)
You must trust God's timing (24:40)

Connect with Joseph:

Crescent Tactical Fitness website
Joseph's LinkedIn

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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Educating Future Difference Makers for A Greater Social Impact with Dr. Jim King - Part 1

"The education world is more than just the academic content, and I grew to appreciate that more the longer I was in school."

This week, we go through the first part of my conversation with Dr. Jim King, Director M.Sc. in Information Systems Program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Founder of Change University, a portal for information about homelessness, poverty, and hunger that promotes activities to address these issues through healthcare, education, human safety, and economic development activities. Dr. King is also a member of the International Committee for World Hunger Relief and a founding member of the Preemptive Love Coalition.

Throughout this episode, you'll hear about the evolution of impact businesses and social enterprises, Dr. Jim King's passion for being in the classroom, how he uses it to promote change for good, and his views on social enterprises, not-for-profits, and NGOs. Dr. King also shares his thoughts on social enterprises and impact business trends, missionaries' work, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

A bit about Dr. Jim King's background (3:30)
A glimpse of Dr. Jim King's life as a professor (9:00)
There's a reason to do what we do and a price to pay for it (14:20)
Dr. King shares his thoughts on missionaries' work (17:00)
About the new trends in impact businesses and social enterprises (22:40)
Running sustainable for-profit businesses while having a strategy to do good (27:30)

Resources:

Connect with Dr. Jim King:

Let's Connect!

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