In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Casey discuss: 

• How growing up in Washington, D.C. in the 80s and 90s affected Casey’s view of the world and his foundation. 
• Being part of the worst team in NFL history and being part of a Super Bowl-winning team. 
• Effectively stewarding money to better serve God’s kingdom. 
• Loving and valuing people and living life in the community. 

Key Takeaways: 

• What matters is how you show up each day and the relationships built along the way - in sports and in life. 
• God is profoundly generous and wants to bless our lives, even if we don’t see it at the moment. 
• The things that feel like a sacrifice and are hard will, in hindsight, often prove to be the provision and the things that allowed your future growth. 
• It is possible to break the cycle of poverty. But it is a society-wide effort - one person cannot do all the work, but one person can prove that what society is doing now is not enough and can show a better way. 

"The Lord made each one of us completely unique, and He didn't do replicas. There's a calling that is going to give us unique opportunities, unique relationships that only we have, and only we can steward and submit, with courage, to God." —  Casey Crawford 

About Casey Crawford: Casey Crawford is the co-founder and CEO of Movement Mortgage, a top 10 national retail mortgage lender and a six-time member of the Inc. 5000 list. The movement originated $30 billion in residential mortgages in 2020 and gave $200 million of its profit to the Movement Foundation. Casey is also the chairman of Movement Bank and founder and chairman of Movement Schools, a network of tuition-free public charter schools providing world-class academics and character education in underserved neighborhoods.

Based on his belief that a business should be judged not by what it extracts from a community, but rather, by how much it gives, Casey founded the nonprofit Movement Foundation as a vehicle to bring life, light, and hope to others. To date, it has received $260 million of company profit to invest in schools, communities, and nonprofits around the world.

Casey has been recognized as a John Maxwell Transformational Leadership Award recipient, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, HousingWire Vanguard award recipient, and a Charlotte Business Journal Most Admired CEO. He has been featured by national media outlets, including CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Fox Business, Inc. Magazine, and HousingWire. 

A Super Bowl champion, Casey played tight end for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2000-2003. He graduated from the University of Virginia with All-ACC honors in football and academics. Casey is an avid outdoorsman and accomplished Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor. He lives outside Charlotte, N.C., with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Cadie and Josie. 

Connect with Casey Crawford:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CaseyCrawfordMovement/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseycrawford/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyscrawford

Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseycrawford

Website: https://caseycrawford.com/

Movement Foundation: https://movementfoundation.org/

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