24 hours. That's how long I spent this weekend picking and packing TCG Player orders.
By Christopher Hamze · Archived October 2, 2026
24 hours.
That's how long I spent this weekend picking and packing TCG Player orders.
Somewhere around hour 20, my dad's voice popped into my head:
"If you're too busy working IN your business, you can't work ON your business."
Here's what I know:
→ Izzi's Gym has had incredible success
→ We've grown faster than I ever imagined
→ But I can see the ceiling from here
And that ceiling? It's me.
Increasing payroll is scary.
Letting go of control is scary.
Trusting others with what you built is scary.
But staying small when you have the potential to impact thousands?
That's scarier.
Izzi's Gym can be bigger than teelaunch ever was.
So I have to do what scares me.