4 Pro Pickleball Lessons That Will Make You Better at Business with Lori Harder
The Chris Harder Show
Chris Harder
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
I spent three and a half hours taking pro pickleball lessons and walked away realizing how many of the problems people are having in business have nothing to do with talent, luck, or effort. They come down to mindset, fundamentals, and who's pushing you to show up. In this episode, Lori and I break down 4 lessons that translate directly to business and leadership, why opportunities don't go to the hardest workers, why fundamentals always scale better than raw talent, and why staring at the scoreboard instead of working the plan is keeping so many people stuck. Get ready to be more prepared, more disciplined, and surrounded by the right people.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Why assuming the opportunity is coming to you changes everything.
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The mindset shift that makes you faster to act and win.
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How two men in their 70s destroyed talent with fundamentals.
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The pickleball lesson that changed how we think about business.
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Why staring at the score never grows your business.
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Why accountability partners matter more than motivation.
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How the right people force you into action when you'd normally procrastinate.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How many people are you envious of where you're like, why are they always getting the opportunities? |
| 0:05.0 | Why is their business going so well? |
| 0:07.6 | Why am I working so hard not getting a break and feel like this person is getting a break? |
| 0:11.4 | Well, it's because they have the mindset of being ready. |
| 0:15.3 | They have the mindset that the ball is always coming to them. |
| 0:17.9 | Having the mindset that everything is coming to you will make more |
| 0:21.7 | things come to you. Welcome everybody to the Chris Harder show, where we are making you |
| 0:30.9 | unapologetic about your pursuit of success, knowing that when good people like you make good |
| 0:35.4 | money, they can then do great things. My name is Chris Harder and several times per week. I will bring you epic guests, solo episodes, and every single tool, trick, and skill set you need to grow your business, grow your money mindset, and to grow your wealth to levels that you have never reached before. I've ended up in a unique place in life where I've got the experience, the connections, and all of the secrets that it takes to be successful. And I'm lifting the |
| 0:58.9 | curtain to reveal it all to you in an effort to help put you in a position of abundance so |
| 1:03.5 | great that you can then be as generous as possible. So let's lock arms and let's get started. |
| 1:15.1 | And we're back with another episode of he said she said. And I am back from Pickaball lessons. Actually, I'm back from three and a half |
| 1:19.7 | hours of playing pickleball today. I'm so sore. But before we get into that, because I learned some |
| 1:24.2 | really cool things that apply to business. You guys are going to love these. I wanted to congratulate you, babe, because you are crushing your glossy holiday sale, |
| 1:32.8 | and I'm so proud of you. I'm so excited about everybody who has been uploading their photos of |
| 1:40.3 | them either wrapping gifts or them getting their product in time for the holidays. |
| 1:45.5 | If you want to feel good, you guys, if you want to feel and stay hydrated, because I know |
| 1:50.3 | you're probably eating extra cookies and I know you're probably drinking extra cocktails, |
| 1:57.6 | I'm telling you, you don't want to wake up feeling like crap on January 1st and you |
| 2:02.4 | absolutely don't have to. It is these small rituals that are really going to ground you. |
| 2:08.8 | And so many people are investing so much time and effort into their skin through topicles, |
| 2:15.9 | you guys, especially I feel like this time of year we're |
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