On this episode I talk about 2 questions I’m asked the most, how do you become a pro athlete? And what separates PRO Athletes from everyone else.

In my experience during my career playing in the NFL, I identified the 3 main areas where Pros separate themselves from everyone else and I’ll go through those 3 things, so that you can have a blueprint for how you can separate yourself from the crowd, whether that be more efficiency in accomplishing your goals, or in ways that you can consistently you can show up as your best self.

The 3 Areas:

-The Identity they operate within

-The Level They Consistently Prepare At

-Their Focus

Tune in for a blueprint to follow if you're looking to separate yourself from the crowd, or in ways that you can consistently you can show up as your best self.

Today’s guest on the show is Stan Pearson II. Stan wears many titles including award winning bilingual speaker, author, confidence and diversity coach, and mindset shifter.

Stan's business is to teach people to be the best versions of themselves. On the show he shares tips on how to increase confidence, how to have difficult conversations, how we should all think of ourselves as a brand, and how to virtualize your enterprise.

Make sure you have a pen and paper or a google doc to take some notes for this one!

On this episode we discuss the distinction that teams that have a winning culture have.... they aren’t scared to lose. It sounds basic, but because they aren't worried about losing, their sole focus is on what they do desire- to win!

All they imagine is winning, all they focus on is the steps and individual things that will lead to them winning, and losing isn’t even considered.

Teams that don't have a winning cultures go from a mindset of trying to win, to playing not to lose when the other team starts to come back (thinking of the Falcons vs Patriots in Superbowl 53).

Just like we can clearly see how a team's mindset on playing to win, vs playing not to lose can be THE thing that determines whether or not they win, that same concept can be applied to our personal lives. In this episode I identify 3 indicators that you may be "playing to lose" and I share a secret to success to ensure that you are playing to win!

Are you in it to win it?

Tune into this short tactical episode to ensure your putting yourself in the best position to maximize your opportunities.

On this episode I have a conversation with NFL super agent David Canter. David is the President and CEO of DEC Management DEC Management, which is a worldwide leader in athlete management, contract negotiations, marketing & endorsements, and representation.

In this episode David shares how being pulled over for a broken tail light started his unique journey into becoming an agent, he provides a behind the scenes look of managing athletes on the highest level, and provides some insight into the mentality it takes to negotiate NFL contracts worth over $100M dollars!

If you’ve ever wondered what an agent does, or you're someone who wants to pursue becoming an agent, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!

On this episode I have a special special co- host (my wife) Mrs. Erin Naanee. We share our perspectives on navigating the challenges of 2020, a concept we shared with our leadership team about 2020 not being “cancelled”, and our mentality around accomplishing goals.

We uncover our personal experience and insight on:

How great things can come from “terrible times”

Navigating the messy middle

Tips to keep your perseverance and staying on track

Tune in for some tactical tips and insights!

On today’s episode we are talking about how to motivate yourself through a slump.

Most of when we think of a slumps, we think of sports and view it as a period of time when a player is performing ineffectively, not performing well or up to expectations.

But just like athletes go through slumps in their performance, in our personal lives it’s common that we experience times when we’re in a slump.

During a slumps in our lives, you might feel unmotivated, unproductive, frustrated, stuck, or like you don’t have a clear direction…which can cause the slumps we fall into to last longer than we’d like. Have you ever experienced that? I know I definitely have!

On today’s episode I want to talk about the story that you're telling yourself. Research has proven that we all have a little voice in our head, and that we speak to ourselves through that internal voice anywhere between 60,000 and 100,000 thoughts per day!

The feedback we receive whether it be positive or negative can cause interference with that inner voice that we all have, and can negatively affect our internal dialogue. A lot of times those internal thoughts are only a direct response to the feedback we are receiving, and can become dominated by the moment rather than remaining focused on the mission and the objectives.

Just like big brands use ad campaigns to move products, and coaches use ad campaigns to get their teams on board with the mission, it’s important that we are proactive and create our own internal ad campaigns, so that we are able to master our internal dialogue.

Questions To Consider:

If you're being honest with yourself here, where are you currently at with your internal dialogue if you were to rate your internal dialogue on a scale of 1-10?

Are the stories that you're telling yourself empowering you to be the person you want to become, or are the stories you're telling yourself, holding you back from actualizing your full potential?

It’s not our environment, circumstances, or anything else that is going to hold us back. It’s our thoughts, the things we say, and what we do (our ad campaigns) that will either hold us back, or put is in position to actualize our full potential.

Tune in, and start taking a more proactive approach to the stories you're telling yourself!

On today’s episode I want to talk about trusting the process. If you have ever heard an athlete talk in a post game interview there’s no doubt you have heard the words trust the process, one play at a time, and we are only focused on the next game.

Even if you hear successful people in business talk in interviews you will hear them say the same thing that you just have to “trust the process:, and it almost sounds cliche, because when you think about it what does trust the process really mean?

That’s exactly what we discuss today, and by the end of the show you will have a 4 step framework, that you can customize to any goal you have or target that you want to hit, so that you can create a process that you can trust.

Today’s episode is from an interview I did on the Never Settle Mindcast with my friend Jason T. Conforti. Jason asks so though provoking questions into my journey of becoming a Pro athlete, how I navigated some of the most challenging times in my career, and how I pivoted from professional football into a business man, and mentor/coach for young athletes.