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What happens when everything you’ve worked for—fame, fortune, identity—comes crashing down?

In this raw and powerful episode, former NFL offensive lineman Marques Ogden joins Patrick Mork to share his extraordinary story of success, failure, and reinvention. From signing a million-dollar contract in the NFL to scrubbing toilets for $8/hour, Marques opens up about the bankruptcy that destroyed his business, the ego that almost killed his future, and the mindset shift that saved his life.

Now a sought-after speaker and coach to Fortune 500 companies, Marques gets brutally honest about the toxic side of success, the struggle of rebuilding from nothing, and why true leadership begins when the mask comes off.

If you’re building, rebuilding, or rethinking what success really means—this episode will move you, challenge you, and change the way you lead.

If this episode moved you or gave you a different lens on adversity and growth, I want to invite you to go deeper.

I wrote Step Back and Leap for people exactly like us. People building through chaos. People trying to find meaning inside uncertainty. People choosing purpose over comfort. You can get it here:
https://a.co/d/e4nd8RT

And if you want practical tools you can use today to strengthen your resilience, I created a short, tactical guide you can download immediately. It’s called The Mork Guide to Resilience and it is designed to help you build inner strength, recover faster, and lead from a grounded place:
https://aa5c-ea.systeme.io/resilience

Because sometimes the most powerful leaps forward start with stepping back, grounding yourself, and reconnecting to why you are here in the first place.

— Patrick