In today’s episode, I speak to Kirk Cabana, Assistant Baseball Coach for Carolina University.

He shares his experiences being a Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Baseball Coach. He talks about establishing a culture, direction, and foundation for player development. He talks about the importance of having a growth mindset towards everything and finding your pursuit of purpose, making it to the next level, and making a difference.

He shares tips on how to build the foundations & values that make players better at sports and life. 

He motivates players to find that drive towards the things that they believe.

Learn the importance of connecting with people that encourage you along the process in this episode.

SHOW NOTES

[4:04] Why were you playing college baseball at 30 years old?

[5:00] What were you doing all up into your 20s?

[9:11] How did you go about actually getting the coach to let you be on the team?

[15:59] How did the season go?

[17:44] After that season, what was next?

[21:32] Senior season.

[22:34] The leadership that you would bring and how you would help out those younger guys who are still trying to find their way.

[23:23] What do you think of coaching so far?

[25:05] We are all going to get drafted in life and so what you do right now sets yourself apart from your competitors in life.

[25:30] What are you getting your masters in?

[26:28] What's your vision for yourself?

[27:51] Having a growth mindset towards everything.

[28:21] What are you looking to work with people in sports or out of sports?

[28:35] Finding pursuit for purpose.

[30:25] What's your vision with your podcast?

[32:24] The definition of success. Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.

[33:52] What I want to do next and how I can make things better.

[35:43] We get to do things rather than got to do things. It changes our mindset.

[36:17] What's a typical day like game day for Carolina university?

[37:59] We got to do bat testing for college baseball.

[38:23] Is that every level they're doing that?

[40:52] Head coach of an independent baseball team.

FOLLOW KIRK:

Podcast: pursuit4purpose

Instagram: pursuit4purpose

LinkedIn: Kirk Cabana

Twitter: CoachKirkCabana

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