Hall of Famer and former free safety for the 49ers, Ronnie Lott and I chat about everything from his strict household, his pursuit of purpose, and how sports helped him achieve professional, business, and personal greatness. Everything adds up on the field, and your actions and emotions can get you either closer to, or in the way of your dreams. Are you ready to play?

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The Power Points:

• (01:15) - On Ronnie’s tough childhood and his relationship with his parents — “When you’re a military family, to do something wrong is not a good thing. My dad had expectations.”
• (09:11) - Distinguishing wrong from right: an introduction to sportsmanship — “ I started realizing it was around also watching people and watching them do it the right way.”
• (18:25) - Everything is a win: how to deal with loss in sports and life — “The one thing I learned early on is that you’re going to lose, it’s going to be sad, it’s going to be uncomfortable.”
• (24:28) - The importance of fighting on and aiming for excellence — “The hardest part is having the courage to keep getting better and better and making sure that you tried to make everything count.”
• (35:54) - The nocive evolution of self-doubt — “When people tell you things that you’re not doing, that’s when you start to get doubt.”
• (38:26) - On Ronnie’s successful transition and merging of sports and business — “People that are constantly trying are evolving.”
• (42:14) - Is it worth taking the risk? How to move past fear — “Are you finding a way to figure out how you can move forward?”

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