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Professional athletes require unique financial planning due to the amount of compensation and timing of the earning career. Athletes, with their families, should create a financial plan that spans the playing career, transition to post-play career and long-term life goals.
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“The death zone”
The altitude is called "the death zone" for good reason. After strenuously training and saving, hundreds have died trying to scale Mount Everest. https://t.co/IcUsD7Lkr3 pic.twitter.com/SY98W9BaJe
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 20, 2017
“That was the greatest race I’ve ever put together.”
#KonaCountdown 15 days
6-time @IRONMANtri World Champ Mark Allen reminds us sometimes your toughest races are your best races.@CoachingMark pic.twitter.com/BWZHImuifF— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) September 29, 2017
What being a champion meant
#KonaCountdown 22 days
Today's Kona Countdown features the newest member of the @IRONMANtri Hall of Fame: @chrissiesmiles on her final race pic.twitter.com/N2RnmaOMQR— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) September 22, 2017
Pivot.
#KonaCountdown 28 days
Todd Jacobs on David Bailey digging deep to finally beat Carlos Moleda in 2000 after losses in 98 and 99
Part 2 of 3 pic.twitter.com/2YEe9vBXCx— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) September 16, 2017
Humanize them.
Today's #KonaCountdown is from Todd Jacobs, who raced against the Big Four: Allen, Scott, Tinley, Molina. Facing your rivals? Humanize them. pic.twitter.com/DL96cedbuP
— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) September 8, 2017
It’s going to come down to the run
Today's #KonaCountdown
2016 #IMKona 7th place finisher @SarahPiampiano on her race plan with @purplepatch:
It All Comes Down to the Run?♀️ pic.twitter.com/pL7SVzecYW— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) September 3, 2017
Mental Energy.
#KonaCountdown 20 days
Today's Kona Countdown features @IRONMANtri 2014 2nd place @bhoffmanracing on his approach to the toughest day of ??? pic.twitter.com/Sn9FW7YxoA— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) September 24, 2017
Study.
Mt. Everest is not the hardest mountain to climb — here's what makes K2 so much worse pic.twitter.com/W0i4375qpb
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 2, 2017
Very Few Icons
You have to go through hell to get to paradise. Tim Grover, MJ's former personal trainer of 15 yrs. @Jumpman23 @ATTACKATHLETICS pic.twitter.com/7nBN8byNXo
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) September 22, 2017
Sleep protects against the common cold.
UCSF study finds catching a cold 4x more likely w/ 6 or less hrs sleep/night compared to 7 hrs http://t.co/mGrjuX9v6H pic.twitter.com/8nqA3SjKoE
— Cheri Mah, MD (@Cheri_Mah) September 2, 2015
Speed
The Secrets of the 100m World Record. Ahead of the World Championships, Eurosport analyses the race that saw @usainbolt break the WR in 2009 pic.twitter.com/yE6FyyVb5o
— Eurosport (@Eurosport) August 1, 2017
Millionaires
Self-made millionaires use these tricks to get rich pic.twitter.com/05CPzVSzdw
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) December 23, 2017
The Transition: “What is my purpose now?”
Franchises
It'll cost you nearly nothing to open a Chick-fil-A pic.twitter.com/5uHN2qkVU4
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 24, 2017
It’s the fit.
A style expert explains what 'business casual' actually means pic.twitter.com/hKeXJ48BUf
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 13, 2017
Meditation
Use @DeepakChopra's guided 3-minute meditation to stay focused pic.twitter.com/nvzWyEDtvl
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) April 21, 2017
Recovery.
A physical therapist explains how to recover from a tough workout pic.twitter.com/hUsYJduB4l
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) September 7, 2017
Frame.
Stress doesn't have to be a killer — here's how to use it to your advantage pic.twitter.com/lqj20G1u6f
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) September 8, 2017
Alex Rodriguez’s money advice to his younger self
“I don’t like missing two shots in a row.”
He bought three Mercedes in one day pic.twitter.com/dorKqlETC4
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) November 13, 2017