Wired To Win With Legedu Naanee

Former First Round NFL draft pick Antoine Cason was a 2 sport athlete at Arizona competing in track and football. He earned All American honors for his contribution to the the Men's 4x100 team and was earned the Jim Thorpe Award, an award won by the top best defensive back in the country on the college level and was a consensus First-team All-America choice.

After completing his career at the University of Arizona, he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Cason also went on to play for the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, and Baltimore Ravens.

Antoine shares insight on his story from how he went from an undersized player that was overlooked being on 5'6 155lbs his sophomore year in high school to becoming a NFL PRO. Antoine shares how persistence, sticking to it, and having an awareness of how you perform best, are keys to taking advantage of opportunities and performing at your highest level.

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The best ways to connect with Antoine are via Instagram @antoinecason Antoine is also passionate about the work he does with Why Did You Stop Me? A non profit designed bridge the gap between the community and police officers, for more info view https://wysm.org/

On this episode I share from my experience of playing on the Boise State team that went undefeated to beat Oklahoma in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. The 2006 Fiesta Bowl was an instant classic, and is one of the greatest college football games of all time.

I provide insight to what set our team up to be able to rise to the challenge in that game, and break down the 4 keys that lead to our teams championship mindset. My goal is that after listening to this episode, you can use these keys in your life, even if you're not a competitive athlete so that you can have a championship mindset in anything that you want to accomplish.

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Jason shares his journey of being the first in his family to go to college, to earning a number of accolades including Super Lawyer, Top 40 under 40 criminal defense attorney (in the state of California) and America’s Top 100 criminal defense attorneys.

Check out the episode to learn how his never settle mindset, has been the thing that is his difference!

Connect With Jason on Instagram and Youtube: @jasontconforti & check out The Never Settle Mindcast on iTunes/Spotify.

There's no feeling like, being in a football game on the road, in the fourth quarter, the biggest play of the game, there’s 80,000 screaming fans, and the ball is thrown to you, will you tense up, or will you rise to the occasion?

In those moments of pressure in my (both on and off the field,) I have used a neutral thought process and approach to show up at my best in those moments.

Neutral thinking is a high-performance strategy, Pro and Elite level athlete use to prepare so that they can trust their training and be at their best in those high level pressure situations.

With neutral thinking the you remove emotion from the situation so that you can identify the facts as what they are in the present moment, or when assessing past events and outcomes. The goal is for you to be able to use all of your experiences to your advantage.

Although you may not be a Pro Athlete, on this episode I share how you can use this same neutral thought process and approach, using a simple 4 step process to help you achieve your goals or overcome an obstacles. Tune into to the episode to get the 4 step framework!

Former NFL Wide Receiver Roberto Wallace, he shares his unique story of being born in Panama and overcoming obstacles on every level to make it to the NFL.

When we are adjusting to change, whether that be pivoting in your career , or when we're faced with a challenge personally, the first thing usually experience stress, from the uncertainty or change. Have you ever noticed that?

On today’s episode we're focusing on 6 tips to help you focus on the things you can control when faced with change or a challenge.

What if you knew that you had the power to make that "thing" happen? That dream lifestyle, dream car, or dream career?

On today's episode I sit down with a very special guest Erin Naanee (my wife), she shares her journey of leaving a well paying career to pursue her dream lifestyle, talks about how she had to overcome doubt from the people closest to her, how her biggest obstacles we're the things that ultimately led to her success, and how we all have the power within us to accomplish our goals, even if we haven't found or tapped into it yet.

On this episode I talk about why having a routine for how we train our minds is just as important as the routines we have with our physical fitness, nutrition, or any other area we are looking to improve. Most often it's in how we condition our mindset, that puts us in position to achieve our NEXT level.

Welcome to the Wired To Win audio experience!  Legedu’s new podcast Wired To Win explores topics designed to help you to level up, so that you can become the best version of yourself.  We focus on the mindset, habits, and tactics it takes to reach your next level, whether that be in your career or personal life.  Check out the very first episode for a sneak preview of some of the upcoming episodes, and tune in every week for a brand new fire episode designed to help you achieve your goals!