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Thunderbird Pools: The Journey & Manifesting Success in Business & Life From 22 Years Experience with Cohl & Lisa Workman

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Greg introduces Cole and Lisa Workman from Thunderbird Pools. The first thread is simple: if you know how to build a pool, you know how to sell one. Cole says that construction background gives the company confidence because it helps them design work that can actually be built. He also says they do not skimp on anything. That attitude, he suggests, comes from seeing every mistake in the field while working for other builders. Lisa and Cole describe that as part of why the company feels steady when it is standing in front of a customer. The conversation stays close to the real work of the trade. They talk about sales staff, construction people, homeowners, startups, and plumbers all pulling on the business at once. They also talk about the need to stay grounded. Prayer, meditation, and yoga come up as part of that grounding. The idea is not treated like a slogan. It is presented as something they actually lean on when the pressure is high. Cole and Lisa connect that inner steadiness to the bigger purpose of the work. A pool, in their view, is not just a structure. It is something that helps make a backyard feel complete. They talk about family barbecues, engagement parties, and reveal parties as the kinds of moments that give a pool meaning. The episode keeps returning to the idea that a backyard can become a family center. That gives the business talk a warmer edge. Greg then pushes into Cole's personal history. Cole talks about growing up in a crazy home with a crazy stepfather and alcoholism around him. He says he had a drinking problem when he was younger. He also says he got sober at 28. That backstory helps explain why the grounding language matters to him now. The episode keeps its trade focus, but it does not hide the human cost sitting underneath it. By the end, the conversation feels like a mix of shop talk, family memory, and plain gratitude for the work itself.

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A grounded pool-business conversation about confidence, craft, and staying centered.

Thunderbird Pools focuses on what field experience buys a company once it is selling, designing, and standing behind its work. Cole Workman makes the case that someone who knows how to build a pool should also know how to sell one and design it so it can actually be built, and…

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