The Athletes' Journey

In today’s episode, I sat down to talk with Aaron Wisdom, a former high school basketball player who became a high school coach that has had the opportunity to coach basketball in Panama and Puerto Rico. During our call, he shared his sports story along with some of the missteps he made along the way that he wants current and former athletes to learn from. What I appreciated about our time was hearing the advice he gave around leaning into one’s purpose.To learn more about Aaron Wisdom: LinkedIn: Aaron Wisdom Email: Aaron Wisdom Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content. To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes' Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9ab Subscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today’s episode, I am talking with Joshua Keene about his experience as a high performing wrestler that found a way to transition into sales within the commercial insurance industry. What I appreciate about this episode is hearing about the life lessons he learned by wrestling in high school and how it has served him as an insurance broker working with businesses.To learn more about Joshua Keene: LinkedIn: Joshua Keene Website: Joshua Keene Email: Joshua Keene Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content. To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes' Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9ab Subscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of having Sam Taylor on the podcast to share his journey as an athlete that competed for University of Oregon. What I appreciate most about our conversation is Sam’s honesty about his mindset in college and his advice to athletes about giving everything their best effort in life. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Sam Taylor! Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content. To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes' Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9ab Subscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of having Diana Rutherford on the call to share about her journey of playing Division 1 softball for Iowa State Cyclones and becoming a real estate professional after finishing college. What I appreciate most about Diana is her commitment to helping her community live better lives through her efforts volunteering, coaching, and financially supporting local organizations that are making a difference.To learn more about Diana Rutherford: LinkedIn: Diana on LinkedInWebsite:  Realty By RutherfordIG: Diana on InstagramFacebook: Diana on FacebookTikTok: Diana on TikTok Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today’s episode, I’m talking with former athlete, professor, and business advisor Imran Haider about his journey as an athlete and how he transitioned into coaching at the Division 1 level, and later becoming a professor after playing one year in a semi-professional basketball league.What I appreciate most about our conversation is Imran provides a tremendous perspective on life that benefits athletes, parents of athletes, and coaches help athletes build better careers inside and outside of the sport.To learn more about Imran Haider: LinkedIn: Imran on LinkedIn Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today’s episode of the Athletes Journey Podcast, I am interviewing successful former collegiate athlete, podcaster, and insurance entrepreneur Cody Askins about his journey as an athlete and how he transitioned into the insurance sector while he was still a student-athlete.What I appreciate most about our conversation is Cody is one of the best interviewers in podcasting and in our discussion, he provides a great amount of advice to athletes considering the insurance profession.To learn more about Cody Askins: YouTube: Cody Askins on YouTubeLinkedIn: Cody Askins on LinkedInInstagram: Cody Askins on InstagramWebsite: Cody Askins Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today’s episode of the Athletes Journey Podcast, I interviewed successful former D1 athlete, senior banker, and podcaster Erik Selden about his journey as a student-athlete and how it prepared him for life after sports.What I appreciate most about our conversation is Erik’s strategies on ways we can all be successful in our lives and careers as former athletes. To learn more about Erik: LinkedIn: Erik on LinkedIn Website: Selden Smart  Instagram: Erik on IG Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today’s episode of The Athlete’s Journey, I have the pleasure of talking with Rob Finkelstein the Founder and CEO of Alumni Direct, a platform dedicated to helping universities foster better relationships with their current students and alumni to increase donor engagement, alumni success, and the overall impact of the university. In my call with Rob, we discussed his journey as a student-athlete and some of the career successes that led him to launch Alumni Direct. What I appreciate most about Rob, is his genuine heart to help universities and former athletes live better lives.To learn more about Rob, connect with him online:LinkedIn: Rob on LinkedInWebsite: Alumni Direct Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

Kyle Miller is the owner and creative director at TImber Reel Productions, a content creation company based in Portland, Oregon. Timber Reel produces consistent, purposeful photo and video content that represents a company's goals and target audience. The content produced consists of commercials, photography, scripts, informative and social videos, podcasts, and much more. Kyle was a division 1 soccer player at College of the Holy Cross where he was a 4-year starter. After graduating he traveled around the country living in Colorado and then Maine, until landing back in NJ to start Timber Reel in 2014He started Timber Reel with the goal of producing high-quality consistent content creation for small businesses and start-ups. Understanding that a brand is not built in a day or 1 video, Timber Reel develops long-term content strategies and works with companies to develop consistent content. Kyle develops a plan to maximize content deliverables for company's and help companies grow within their budget. What I appreciate most about Kyle is his commitment to honoring his true interests and values as well as maintaining the drive he developed as an athlete and how he applies it to his profession.Kyle parting advice to current and former athletes is:1) Stay True To Yourself: Focus on creating content that aligns with who you truly are as a person. People like you for who you are, and they respect it.2) Make A Plan: Know who you are and make a plan for your branding and content online.3) Consistency Is Key: Consistently post content that is in alignment with who you are. Learn more about Kyle at:IG: Kyle on InstagramIG: Timber Reel on InstagramWebsite: Kyle at Timber ReelLinkedIn: Kyle on InstagramPlease subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of having Brett Lorin on the show to discuss his journey of playing professional baseball and his transition into business and podcasting after his career ended. Brett was born and raised in southern California where he was involved in multiple sports from an early age. He played baseball and basketball all the way through high school and considers himself a basketball guy at heart, even though he had to make the business decision to pursue baseball after high school.What I appreciate most about Brett is his mindset that is rooted in betting on himself and being honest with the circumstances he was faced with along the way in his journey, and not only being honest but having the courage to pursue his dreams.I am honored to introduce you to Brett Lorin. Brett’s advice to athletes is:1)      Be Prepared: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.2)      Ask For Help: You need to have coaches and mentors that can help you get where you want to go!3)      Don’t Be Afraid Of Rejection: You never know who is willing to help you.To learn more about Brett, follow him:LinkedIn: Brett on LinkedInInstagram: Brett on InstagramPlease subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel to be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive content.To see the live interviews, follow The Athletes’ Journey on YouTube: https://bit.ly/34Bg9abSubscribe to get my latest insights, interviews, and podcasts: https://bit.ly/46yNwWu