Charles Pigott — Quotes from The Business Spotlight

Instead of hiring people who looked good on paper, I started finding people I liked and helping them grow into who I needed them to be. That changed everything.

At 26 I was diagnosed with cirrhosis and given six months to a year. The next doctor said if I changed everything, my liver was young enough to regenerate. Changes was born out of necessity and passion.

I'm not going to oversell membership. The machines will be top-notch. Recovery on-site. Parking solved. I'm getting rid of the aggression and over-sexualization that scares regular people out of the gym.

We're building culture through building muscles. We meet with employees one-on-one, build their workout plans, talk nutrition, and run company retreats.

Instead of going after the 3% of the population that's actually interested in fitness, I said let me talk to the other 97% that actually need the help.