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Building a business to serve the community is what the Hammond family has always been about. They have built great relationships with the community which has been part of their work culture. For some entrepreneurs, community involvement is besides promoting the business. It’s about passion. In this episode, we speak to Bobby Hammond, physical therapist, and the former owner of Atlantic Physical Therapy. In this episode, Bobby shares his beautiful upbringing, love for football, learning entrepreneurship skills from his family, his best mentors, and why you should have one. We dive into his physical therapy career, why he had to sell off Atlantic Physical Therapy to Phoenix but still continue with his physical therapy career, his passion for working with older people, and community involvement.
Highlights From The Episode
[01:00] About Bobby Hammond
[03:55] Bobby’s upbringing and watching his dad build his business
[11:42] How Joe chose the right road despite his background
[13:29] Bobby’s sports aspects
[15:46] Bobby’s top three mentors
[17:28] The impact of having mentors and reading books
[19:08] Bobby’s community involvement
[25:29] The reason behind selling Atlantic Physical Therapy
[31:28] Learning entrepreneurship from his family
[33:22] Importance of teaching Financial IQ in schools
[38:22] Bobby’s physical therapy and his passion for working with older people
Notable Quotes
● You will be successful in life with the fact that you will be able to deal with people.
● Instead of having a lifetime of failure, you could read someone’s book. Figure out what they did right or wrong and save yourself a lot of time for heartbreak.
● When you grow so big, sometimes it starts to take from you. Even though it puts you in a good monetary situation, it starts to then take from you. All we have is time, and it’s rented.
● Most people don’t have a political problem. They have an income problem.
● Condemn them not because they are only what we could be under similar circumstances.
● If good people don’t run, bad people will run.
● Success is how you treat people.
Resources
Mentioned Books
How To Win People & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Coach by Patrick Mouratoglou
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