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Ari Gronich 0:07  

Welcome back to another episode of create a new tomorrow I am your host, Ari Gronich and today I have with me Shawn Harper, former NFL offensive lineman, an offensive is correct. Owned and Operated American services in protection of growing multimillion dollar security services firm, which is headquartered in Ohio. Shawn, why don't you tell us a little bit about your background, how you got into the NFL, because you know, that's not like any easy task doesn't just take a big guy, but how you did that, and what mindset etc, you know, just kind of roll a little bit on your history.

Shawn Harper 0:50  

So I was probably one of the most unlikely individuals to ever play professional football. Let me back up gratitude. Thank you for having me on the show. Thank you for this opportunity to share my unique experience, my mindset, my approach to life into winning. on to your question, yeah, just, it's just the most unlikely as route to play professional football, most athletes expressing nowadays, they're tracked outside of maybe peewee football, you know, that everyone will know who you are, you're tracked from the second, third grade all the way through college. And sometimes you even steer to go to certain colleges. And so those systems are in place. And then, you know, you naturally fall in line once you're drafted, but I completely backdoored the entire system. I barely started in high school football, I wasn't even honorable mention our conference. I didn't have the grades, I left high school, the 1.6 to a cumulative GPA, not on a CT, out of 150 for seniors to graduate, my Academic Ranking was 154. And I had to go up to a junior college, obviously, in Mason City, Iowa. After that year, I, I made the shift. And the shift was, yeah, you're right. I can't be successful. According to the World standards, I don't have the education, I don't have the network, you know, wrong side attracts. I said, but I can win. And once I made that shift to winning versus success, doors begin to open or I begin to look at obstacles as opportunities.

Ari Gronich 2:24  

So, you know, here, here's the the big part of that question is how, how did how did your mind shift so drastically from what it was to what it had to become? What was the the impetus that made that happen? And then do you have like, some actionable steps that maybe somebody listening could go through in order to have this similar kind of experience of mind shift

Unknown Speaker 2:58  

was yet so I kind of I kind of glossed over it earlier. But um, but of course, of course, you know, being you know, really keen and know how to just pull stuff out. I'm going to revisit the whole concept of winning versus success. Where we're not created to be successful. We're created to win. Winning is the fullest expression of who you are mentally, socially, emotionally, physically. And the most important aspect as far as I'm concerned is legacy. Okay. And and and and which is why when you you know, watch sports and things like that, it's like wow, you know, when you know, if a team lost every single game for the next five years, you wouldn't go although years. Although you're a fan. You're not going to go

Ari Gronich 3:51  

cago

Unknown Speaker 3:52  

Yeah, yeah, but guess what? You let you let Chicago win a couple Super Bowls and you will find ancient artifacts, you will find old jerseys come up you will find this is the original banner from 90 you will have guest appearances from the 8485 bears just show up because people are attracted to winning in fact, that's a great example Chicago, you know, you cannot go to Chicago have a conversation with anyone over the age of 45 and some out that Super Bowl shuffle team is going to come up if they will bring they will deduct reason, the entire conversation to that moment, because that's the win video games, man we spend so much money. Why it's because we are attracted to winning the casino billions winning. In fact, everyone who's listening to me right now you're one of your one of two, 3 million sperm cells you were the one to fertilize the egg winning is a part of your your actual DNA You aren't a winner. So when you embrace winning versus success, your eyes begin to open and you begin to look at different aspects of life, like, Wait a second, first and foremost, I'm a winner.

Ari Gronich 5:13  

Here's the things that pull out. I'm the kind of guy I listen for the things that people don't say. And so I read in between the lines, I see the gaps. So you're talking about winning and success being a separate thing, my interpretation of that would go, being a winner doesn't mean beating somebody else means beating the previous version of yourself. And so as success might look differently, to somebody who just beat their previous version of themselves, like they may not have beaten somebody else. But if they beat who they were the day before, they're a success, and they're a winner.

Unknown Speaker 5:54  

Yes. Success says, according to the world, the thing about this success is a rule change. Okay? you're successful, if you have a lot of money. If you have a lot of status, you will even allow likes to be considered data being successful. If you look depart, and you have a lot of material wealth, for the most part, you're a winner, or I'm sorry, you're successful, that feeds right into the elites, pockets right there, the car, the house, all of that they changed the rules, they shifted the game. They don't talk about relationships all that much. They don't even talk about your health all that much. But they talk about materialism, status, and wealth. That is the determiner of success. And that's why people are so big in production, and they're not big on reproduction, which is congruent to who you are, we are created to not only to produce but to reproduce.

Ari Gronich 7:04  

So then there's the question that I'm sure you prepared yourself for a retirement from the sport. That doesn't necessarily happen with most of the athletes, a lot of athletes at least that I've worked with, they've had the experience of having to retire or being forced to retire, either by injury or or some means, and having not prepared for that next phase, financially or otherwise. So how did you prepare for retirement, and what would be some suggestions that you might have to other athletes and people in the industry,

Unknown Speaker 7:51  

very few things can prepare you for retirement, you have to understand, I am a trained. As far as football is concerned, I made you know, I was a trained assassin almost I mean, I've been playing football since the second grade, you know, football is is is like that, Shawn, the football player, it's your identity, you know, second grade or eighth, ninth 10th, you know, the diet, you know, you're used to the coach do this and do that, you know, it's just and then one day, at the professional ranks, one day stops, or you stop it. So now all that inertia is still moving towards sports, and your body responds every, every summer and you know you are or if you walk into a locker room, you smell it just, you know, you're still there, you know, and your mindset your personality is has been shifted. And so one of the things that I've done is that, in my mind, I haven't left the game. I'm on to a different game.

Ari Gronich 8:55  

Absolutely. That. That is. It's amazing. So let's transition a little bit. Since you're no longer on the field. You're now in the offices of American services and protection, right? Which is a security services firm. And how did you switch to security from NFL? Like, what was the

Unknown Speaker 9:23  

Okay,

Ari Gronich 9:24  

what was the thinking there?

Unknown Speaker 9:25  

So, my brother had a security company and he kind of basically turned it over to me. And guess the long and short of it but from a from a psychological standpoint is is the same. You know, you know, I'm a left guard left tackle. And so guess what, I'm protecting people, my clients, my quarterback, don't let your quarterback get sacked. It's the same thing.

Ari Gronich 9:54  

Okay. What is it that that was the biggest ad versity that you've gone through pray previous to even being in an NFL or in college sports.

Unknown Speaker 10:10  

Wow. So I would like to answer that. I would like to answer that from a, from the outside of Shawn.

Ari Gronich 10:24  

perspective, are you going to speak in third person? No.

Unknown Speaker 10:30  

But I'm going to tell you the greatest pain and the greatest impact, and I'm measuring that, because I'm still dealing with that. And that was the absence of my father. Growing up. Does something about a daddy, a father and if any men if you hear me, listen to me, boy, I tell you what, I my body, my soul, my spirit misses my daddy. Now the good news is that he came back to our security company, through our security company, and he was with me for the last 20 years of his life. Every day. We employ Daddy, I saw him every day, loved in the way webinars love a lot of hate, hate, hate towards the end, it was love. But yeah, he had divorced my mom when I was like, two or three years of age, and my mom raised all six of us by herself on the south side of Columbus scrubbing floors, you know, but the void of daddy and I can see it, I can see it now in my son Caleb, because Caleb is now 18 years of age. And, and and I raised that boy, I was there for him. And I can see so much that he has that I never had in it's like, wow, you know, and so my body, my soul, my emotions at time still aches. For Daddy, every boy needs his daddy, every man still needs his daddy.

Ari Gronich 12:03  

I think I think we'll leave the audience off with that. As you know, what else? What else is there but being comfortable with? Yeah, you are. And taking that out? To the world?

Unknown Speaker 12:22  

Yeah.

Unknown Speaker 12:24  

This Listen, let's listen. Because you get me on a roll here. I don't say one thing, okay? We are all in the business of selling. Okay, but before you try to sell anything to anyone else, you sell to yourself, sell yourself in the mirror, you sell yourself, you're awesome. You're this thing that you sell yourself, before you sell to anyone else. sell yourself and never sell yourself short.

Ari Gronich 12:55  

Well, you're more than welcome to rant on my show any day. And get on a roll. And I really appreciate you being here and giving to the audience like this, like you have. I know I asked some pretty crazy questions, gets you off off your normal game, hopefully a little bit. I like to, you know, throw the curves. Not just the past that straighten nicely spiraled, but the ones that lemon out, you know. So. So I appreciate you being here. And, and we will, you know, we'll we'll continue on these conversations. And hopefully the audience got a lot out of this. I'm sure that they did. And remember to rate subscribe, comment, like review, etc. Shawn, how can people get ahold of you if they'd like to? To work with you?

Unknown Speaker 13:56  

Yes. So my actual website is ShawnHarper.org, or Seanspeaks.com yet use Sean speaks.com. I'm giving away a free chapter of my book. And it's Sean Harper wins w ins.com. And no, don't worry about that. Go to Shawn harper.co, you'll get the full book. I'll give you a full book, you get the full book at the Winning Edge understanding winning strategies and tactics since we've talked about that and you pull that out, go to Shawn harper.co you get the entire book for free. You ain't gotta go to Amazon. Yours. And last thing I'll say is, this is me, selfishly is Shawn Harper speaker on Instagram.

Ari Gronich 14:47  

That's it. That's awesome. Thank you so much for for that gift. I know that that'll be in and of itself a great value for the audience. So remember to Go there. Shawnharper.com and get a copy of his book and winning learn yourself. Yeah. And so winning mindsets. This has been a great new tomorrow episode. And let's remember to create a new tomorrow today. Activate your vision for a better world. I am your host Ari Gronich thank you so much, Sean for coming on. And we'll be out