From Commercial Litigator to Personal Trainer and Business Owner with Zach Reisch

About this episode

Zach Reisch shares his journey from commercial litigator to personal trainer and business owner, highlighting the challenges of career transitions for lawyers.

Lawyers who know they want to leave often get stuck in the same place. Not because they don't want to move, but because they're waiting to feel certain about what comes next. Sarah Cottrell sees lawyers who won't make a move until they have a new 20-year plan with an absolute guarantee, and while they're waiting for that, nothing changes. Zach Reisch didn't have a master plan when he left commercial litigation. He had a spouse building a business, a growing sense that law just wasn't compatib...

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Cottrell

Guest: Zach Reisch

Topics covered

• career transition
• lawyer to entrepreneur
• personal training
• business ownership
• uncertainty in career change

Keywords

• career change
• lawyer
• personal trainer
• business owner
• commercial litigation
• uncertainty
• entrepreneurship

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