This episode focuses on the power of our choices and controlling what you can control! Decisions at the end of the day are something that we all have control over. Matt Pickens opens up and shares about the ups and downs of the decisions he’s made throughout his amazing 16-year pro career. 

From deciding to attend a community college his first year to being selected in the first round of the MLS draft in 2004 and even a brief stint in Europe. Eventually, Pickens finishing his career in the USL Championship with Nashville SC by winning the Golden Glove award in 2019!   Pickens transitioned shortly after retiring at the end of the 2019 season into coaching full time and currently serves as the goalkeeping coach for MLS's Nashville SC. 

Matt invites us into his world and the transition he’s made from playing to coaching, how it SHIFTed his mindset as an athlete from focusing on self to being more focused on others, and how that change has impacted his life, his family, and those he’s coaching! 

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