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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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“How bad do you want it?”
The tables turned in 2000, when, as David tells us, he had to dig deeper than ever before to answer the question: How Bad Do You Want It?
Read more about David and Carlos here: https://t.co/RwGNn2NkPv
5/5@CAFoundation pic.twitter.com/r04UlW8BO4— Bob Babbitt (@Bob_Babbitt) July 20, 2018
“I feel like if you finish someone like that and you are automatically on that level.” Anthony Smith
Welcome to fight day❗️@DanHardyMMA sits down with @LionheartSmith ahead of his main event bout ➡️ https://t.co/7wnkvMxKf4 #UFCHamburg pic.twitter.com/BJWafU2nCu
— UFC (@ufc) July 22, 2018
“I am going to box again. See you don’t understand what kind of man I am.” Vinny Paz
The next time you feel like quitting, remember that @5XPAZ came back from a broken neck and fought again. pic.twitter.com/CXuzTYESPM
— Ross Enamait (@rosstraining) May 15, 2018
“But you just have to accept that things might go wrong. But when they do go wrong, make sure you’ve got a plan of action. Make sure that your men or your women know exactly what to fall back on. The foundations, the structure, the planning. And then you can reorganize, and re-attack.” Ant Middleton
A former British Special Forces operator told us the one characteristic every great leader should have pic.twitter.com/FG4eQSrWVt
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 26, 2018
“…and now I understand that all your life needs to be around only one focus, which is to be successful…” Jean-Eric Vergne
This is why Formula E champion @JeanEricVergne would never buy a car: https://t.co/1wVjq49XJs pic.twitter.com/7b6HMCqzEh
— CNBC Make It (@CNBCMakeIt) July 23, 2018
Tactical Breathing
Geopolitics: The Middle East
“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.” Dr. Viktor E. Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning”
On Accountability and Trust: Brett Gleeson
BRETT GLEESON: 'Accountability is not just a top-down strategy' pic.twitter.com/FbaxFXfP7w
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 8, 2018
“It’s simple, you just don’t quit.” Admiral William McRaven
Admiral William McRaven’s book, Make your Bed, is filled with great advice and on my top five book list. Available on Audible.com.
In Navy SEAL training, the most important advice is 'you just don't quit' pic.twitter.com/fRxHBStTbE
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 8, 2018
Panic of 1837 with Cornell X
On Sleep: Brad Stulberg
Sleep may be more active than you once thought pic.twitter.com/HKXaa08HuA
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 21, 2018
When testing the outer limit the final decimal of performance lies within the battlefield of the mind.
Begin with End Game and Creating Empty Space: Tim Ferriss
“You have to make tough decisions and you have to be able to resist pressure. And survive after psychological blows and losses.” Kasparov
How Life Imitates Chess, by Garry Kasparov, is a wonderful book and available on Audible.com.
On Chess: Garry Kasparov
“…trying to find a way to share a sense of purpose so that you can overcome the natural barriers of a difference of culture to do something really difficult.” Chris Hadfield
Three qualities required to be an astronaut.
Stress Management Plan: Jocko Willink
A former Navy SEAL commander explains how to handle stress over things you can't control pic.twitter.com/fat7WS5Mn9
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) May 26, 2018
“…tended to raise the bankruptcy rate of close neighbors by 6.6 percent.”
Keeping up with the Joneses: Neighbors of lottery winners are more likely to go bankrupt. @BW's @petercoy explains why pic.twitter.com/rV7cN89LK8
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) May 29, 2018