Sets For Life

Sometimes it takes former athletes a while to realize that our playing days are really over. In this week's episode former softball player Ashley Facio describes what it felt like once the letters HR no longer stood for home run but human resources.

Playing sports allows us to understand the importance of sacrifice. Ashley talks about the fact that in softball many times you will step up to the plate and bunt just so that your teammate can move forward.

Ashley Facio currently works in human resources and she dropped a ton of gems for listeners who are looking to start their career or take their career to the next level.

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As athletes we go from literally having an entire army of people to support us to being on our own literally overnight. It is extremely difficult for athletes who are often viewed as super human to share their insecurities and doubts. Thankfully there are more and more people willing to come forward and share their story in hopes of helping other athletes successfully navigate the transition.

One thing to keep in mind as you transition is that you need to find new creative outlets. Athletes are artists. Having the ability to contort your body is a form of art. Once sport ends we lose that outlet and we need to replace it. Athletes have a creative nature and it's hard to turn it off once you stop playing. We have to figure out how to move that energy into a different direction.

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Within the black community there is an elevated social status tied to athletics that many of us cling to. Sports allow us to escape as we get a certain sense of freedom on the playing field. So many African Americans view athletics as the only means to financial freedom. Once we realize that we will not obtain our ultimate goal of playing professionally it can be extremely difficult to let go and step away from our sport.

Be sure to connect with our guests Dr. Morris Council and Dr. Robert Bennett

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No matter what career field you decide to enter it is so important to find your unique niche. You need to be the mad scientist at whatever you are bringing to the table. You have to see yourself as a unique specialist. In order to stand out you have to be like the Aunt who is bringing her signature mac and cheese to the family function. You are not valuable until you perfect what makes you different. Find you lane. Perfect it. Be obsessed with it. When people look at you then need to know exactly what you can bring to the table. Make sure no one in the country knows more about that thing than you. When someone is looking to hire someone within a specific niche they should look to you as a no brainer to fill the position. 

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Playing sports at a high level literally prepares you to dominate whatever industry you decide to enter. Our coaches drop so many gems throughout our playing career. We need to extract that information and figure out how to apply it to the rest of our life.

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Life after sport can be extremely frustrating, as the rules that apply to our game don't always get us the same results in life. If we want to become better shooters we get more shots up. If we want to become better ball handlers we work on tons of ball handling drills. However, as we navigate media, corporate, or other arenas we come to realize that although we may put in the work we may not always be given the opportunity that we believe we deserve. 

As we navigate life it is important to understand the power of the pause. As kids we focus on making the varsity team. In high school we obsess over which college we will play for. We are always focused on what's next. In order to uncover your gifts and realize what comes to you naturally we have to take the time to pause and reflect. Our coaches force us to pause and study film. Once we no longer have our coaches in our ear we have to have the discipline to study "film" on our own and make the necessary corrections.

Be sure to connect with our guest Monica McNuttt

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This week's episode goes from 0-60 in about .002 seconds as special guest Matt Mounier answers the million dollar question…

If we all know that less than 2% of collegiate student-athletes will play professional sports why don't we hear the stories of the other 98%? 

Many athletes are under the impression that everything will be easy once they are done playing sports. They believe that companies will desire to hire them just because they are former athletes. Often times the transition is more difficult than athletes envision.

Matt also brought up another great point in which he mentioned a survey. The survey was taken by male football and basketball players at NCAA division one, two, and three institutions. 66% of the athletes surveyed believed they would play professional sports. Matt posed a great question by asking what happens when reality slaps you in the face?

We talk about this and so much more on episode 59 entitled The Other 98%

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Ready to run it back? Check out this months solo episode.

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For the first 20+ years of our lives we are socialized as athletes. So when you take that away many athletes feel lost. However, some manage to figure out that the key to success is often to fill that time you once dedicated to your sport to something else. 

In this episode Tahj-Anthony Jean talks about his decision to step away from his collegiate football career to open a restaurant. You do not want to miss this episode which could be summed up as Entrepreneurship 101. 

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