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Episode 017 - Hakeem Valles - Hog-tied in Haiti and Fearing for His life to NFL tight end, Real Estate Investor, and Founder of Perspective Global Media
Hakeem Valles shares his powerful story of the moment that shifted and changed his perspective for the rest of his life. His willingness to take risks, put in the work, and maximize moments that have created more opportunities as he continues to move forward as an athlete and in his businesses.
Risk is something that we all need to take in order to grow and succeed in sport and life. Hakeem shares, "yeah I think it takes time, patience, and the elimination of the fear of judgment. I think a lot of people fear judgment too heavily to ultimately go towards whatever their true calling is or what their true north is because they are scared to be called corny or called different or called weird. Like when I was in middle school, I used to go at 6 am to meet with a substitute teacher to do magic tricks because I wanted to be the next David Blaine, and my teammates all thought I was weird for that but I didn’t care!"
Overcoming Fear: We talked about fear and how fear holds you back from taking risks. Valles' advice to practice overcoming fear, he said, "This is going to be the wildest piece of advice, go to a mall and lay on the floor for 90 seconds, get up and walk away." It will help you practice overcoming fear so that in the moments when something of value is on the line, you are prepared!
You don't want to miss this one, enjoy!
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By Jonathan Van Horn
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Hakeem Valles shares his powerful story of the moment that shifted and changed his perspective for the rest of his life. His willingness to take risks, put in the work, and maximize moments that have created more opportunities as he continues to move forward as an athlete and in his businesses.
Risk is something that we all need to take in order to grow and succeed in sport and life. Hakeem shares, "yeah I think it takes time, patience, and the elimination of the fear of judgment. I think a lot of people fear judgment too heavily to ultimately go towards whatever their true calling is or what their true north is because they are scared to be called corny or called different or called weird. Like when I was in middle school, I used to go at 6 am to meet with a substitute teacher to do magic tricks because I wanted to be the next David Blaine, and my teammates all thought I was weird for that but I didn’t care!"
Overcoming Fear: We talked about fear and how fear holds you back from taking risks. Valles' advice to practice overcoming fear, he said, "This is going to be the wildest piece of advice, go to a mall and lay on the floor for 90 seconds, get up and walk away." It will help you practice overcoming fear so that in the moments when something of value is on the line, you are prepared!
You don't want to miss this one, enjoy!
Connect with Hakeem Valles:
Connect with Jonathan:
Connect with Wells: