About The Guest
Phil Millan served as the Assistant Minor League Baseball Athletic Training Coordinator and Latin American Medical Coordinator with the Boston Red Sox organization. He has a background in athletic training and has worked with various professional sports teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and in a variety of other athletic training practice settings.

Summary
Phil Millan shares his journey from being a pre-nursing major in college to working in professional sports as an athletic trainer. He discusses the challenges he faced, including burnout and mental health struggles, and how he made the decision to leave the Red Sox organization and take a job in Texas. He also talks about the importance of finding joy in the little things and the role of failure in personal and professional growth.

Key Takeaways

• -Phil emphasizes the importance of finding joy in the little things and taking time to reflect on personal and professional growth.
• He highlights the role of failure in learning and growing, and the importance of not making the same mistakes twice.
• Phil discusses the challenges of working in professional sports and the need for effective communication and relationship-building skills.

Quotes

• "Finding joy in the little things has been the biggest thing for me, as well as just trying to be better about the relationships that I have, the relationships that I keep." - Phil Millan
• "Failure is going to happen. It's just a matter of how often are we going to allow it to happen and are we going to sit there and dwell on the failure itself?" - Phil Millan

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