One Shot

Like it or not, the energy you bring has the ability to affect the way others feel both good and bad. Bad energy spreads like a cancer and negativity brings others down. On the flip side, a positive attitude can bring others up even in the toughest circumstances. You have the choice about what energy you decide to put out to the world regardless of how you feel, which one are you going to choose?

In light of the episode we did with Drew Robinson, recent deaths to close friends, and the worldwide pandemic that has killed over 500,000 Americans, it’s understandable the concept of death is ever present. In this episode, we discuss our experiences with death, why we don’t spend much time thinking about it, and how we should live our lives knowing death is inevitable. 

In our most powerful episode yet, we sit down with professional baseball player Drew Robinson who just last year when the pandemic hit, attempted to take his own life. Thankfully Drew survived and is now living to impact others struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide. In addition, and less than one year later, Drew is attempting the “comeback of the century” as he looks to continue his professional baseball career in the San Francisco Giants organization. 

In football, Friday’s were known as “tune-up days” where we finalized the game plan. This was typically a walk-through style practice designed to be quick and to-the-point. Coaches call it “Feel Good Friday” as it signified a great week of preparation and work was coming to an end before the big game. 

 We are always looking for ways to bring you valuable content so this will kick off a new schedule where we will be adding a third episode each week designed to get you a quick and to-the-point thought to close out the work week. These will be 3-5 minutes of one of us giving our thoughts on a given topic or answering listeners’ questions. In the first ever “Feel-Good Friday”, Darren talks about failure and how it’s only final when you quit the pursuit of better. 

The Darren Woodson Show is officially a year old. Like all one-year-olds, we are still growing, still learning, and still making plenty of mistakes along the way. In this episode, we look back at our first year, recount favorite guests and topics, and give advice to anyone who is looking to start a new venture of their own. Thank you to all of you who have been with us from the beginning and those who have joined at any point along the way. We cannot and would not be able to do this without you. 

A lot of guys struggle with the transition to post-NFL life. The one thing they focused all their energy into their whole lives is now gone and they aren't sure what to turn to next. Thankfully, this wasn't the case for Chris as he quickly found a new passion in business. 

In part two of our conversation with Chris Gronkowski, we discuss his company Ice Shaker, his experience on ABC's Shark Tank, and what the future holds for him in his new life as an entrepreneur.

We have some fun in this episode where we are joined by our good friend and co-worker Evan Stair who presents an idea on how to improve our current education system and motivate people to learn. We all know the education system could use some updating and there is a large gap in resources depending on where you live. We discuss the possibilities an “Earn to Learn” system would provide and how at the heart of most issues in society is a lack of education. We also discuss our thoughts on what the future education system will look like if nothing changes. 

Our guest this week is Chris Gronkowski who is one of the famous five Gronkowski brothers, a former NFL fullback, and now a successful entrepreneur. In part one of our conversation with Chris, we discuss what it was like growing up in the Gronkowski household, his wild college experience at both Maryland and Arizona, and his NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, and Denver Broncos. 

You have two conflicting parts of your brain: the emotional side which handles quick decisions and your logical brain which handles long-term decision making. In today’s episode, we discuss our struggles with instant gratification taking control of and sabotaging our long-term goals. We also talk about strategies we have implemented to help mitigate the potential damage of these short-term pleasures. 

We know life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Sometimes you spend years not living up to your potential, for whatever reason. In this episode, we discuss drug addiction and how it stole so much from former McDonald’s All-American and top NBA draft pick Chris Herren. Luckily, it’s not all doom and gloom as we also talk about how his biggest failures and darkest moments are also now his biggest points of impact on others. We were limited on time in this episode so to hear more about Chris’ incredible story, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9PHXhF7yY