Lead with Empower Podcast

Ulish Booker Leads with Empower

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Episode IV, Season 3 - Ulish Booker, CEO of Spartan Global Network, Leads with Empower! Ulish is a retired professional football player, with World Bowl (NFL Europe) and Super Bowl rings, who has taken the jump into the adventure of entrepreneurship. Ulish shares his story and leadership lessons learned along the way from West Haven High School to Michigan State University followed by his jump to the professional ranks and his most recent adventure - founding the Spartan Global Network!

00:00: Episode Opening and Guest "Roll Call"

  • Ulish introduces us to Spartan Global Network and shares his thoughts on Super Bowl LV, Tom Brady, and his former teammate, Plaxico Burress

    • 14:10: From West Haven High School Football to Entrepreneur

    • "I wasn't one of those guys that put the playbook on his head and learned by osmosis. I had to work tirelessly on my study habits both on and off the field."
    • "A lot of the experiences and adversity that you face as an athlete - if you're smart, you take those things and transition them into your civilian life and it makes you a better person."

      • 35:45: A Time of Transition - Challenges Faced and Strategies to Overcome

      • Ulish discusses being cut by an NFL team and the work/determination required to continue his chase towards becoming a professional football player.

        • 42:03: The Importance of Education and the Entrepreneurship Adventure

        • "At the end of the day, you stop running as fast, jumping as high, and hitting as hard - Father Time is undefeated. You have to have something to rely on and for me, education was the formal task that helped me complete tasks, while reimagining and re-developing who I was."

          • 45:09: Spartan Global Network

          • Ulish shares his insight into the birth of SGN and discusses the services offered via the SGN Online Platform- including health and wellbeing, travel, small business, and life insurance.
          • "The value of who you are is the legacy you leave behind."
          • Learn more about Spartan Global Network

            • 55:15: The Home Stretch

            • We wrap up the episode hearing Ulish's thoughts on (1) the Pizza Capital of the World, (2) leadership lessons learned from Coach McCarthy, Coach Saban, Coach Williams, and Coach Cowher, (3) a football lesson that sticks with him to this day, (4) future vision of SGN, and (5) advice for high school athletes aspiring to compete at the next level.
            • "Remove all doubt, remove any questions, and leave no stone unturned so you are best prepared and able to perfect your craft."

              • Learn more about Spartan Global Network

              Musical Credit to Matt Jaskot

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