Where would you say that this vision of people on a bad day
never quit on a bad day come from?
Well, it's something that like kind of a philosophy
I've the same I heard years ago
and I've just kind of, it applies to every area of life.
And you know, as my background
in terms of a high level athlete,
there were a lot of challenges I had to work through
on the soccer field, if you will,
and in terms of my career with that.
And one of the things that I realized
and then sort of the vision to how this all came to be
was a couple of years ago,
I was inducted into the Cook-Wilton Sports Hall of Fame
and they had kind of an interview process.
And in that they asked what sport has given me.
And I shared a lot of the amazing things
that I've had from sport in terms of national championships
on all level and personal awards.
However, I shared that the only reason
I've been able to have all those highs
is pushing through the tough stuff,
you know, getting cut from a team,
coming back from an injury,
sitting on the bench when you wanna play, you know,
all these challenges and pushing through those
are why I was able to have those highs.
And that's when it sort of clicked a little bit
from a standpoint of we need to share more of the struggles
because I think that helps people, again,
they realize they're not alone
in what they're going through.
That's awesome.
If, ask you, I mean, I think you kind of answered it,
but if there's something that's missing on that part,
what would you say is your why of what you do?
My why of what I do is just to help people.
Like I feel like, you know,
I've gone through some struggles of myself personally,
and I've found a way in terms of learning
from other mentors and coaches and people
that I've been fortunate to have in my life
on how to move through those and look to find kind of,
you know, sometimes it's shifting your perspective.
Sometimes it's looking to find something
you'd be grateful for in that challenging time.
And so I wanna share that with other people so that they,
again, they know they're not alone in those.
I think that's a big piece is,
because oftentimes when we're going through challenges,
we kind of seclude ourselves and it's like,
oh, well, I'm the only person going through it,
and you might not be.
And if someone else has made it up to the other side,
you can do it too.
And so I just wanna help encourage people
and let them know that they can,
they've gone through tough stuff before,
they can get through this next set of tough stuff
and get to the other side.
So what do you exactly do to help them?
To help them?
Well, we share a lot of strategies in ways that,
so the book series is a collection of short stories.
The first one's featuring short stories
from thriving entrepreneurs.
The second one features stories from accomplished athletes.
And they aren't like a business book or an athlete book.
It really are, they're just stories of people
who have had a challenging time.
They share their challenging time
and they shared what they did to get through it.
And then at the end of every chapter,
it's a section called Reflections on Resilience.
And it's designed for the reader to have a pen in hand
and actually go through this Reflections on Resilience
section because there's a lesson in there
that the reader can now apply to their own life.
So it really is a book, it's a workbook,
it's a journal kind of all wrapped into one.
And so it really allows that reader to reflect
on their own journey of what they've gone through,
what they're going through and to help equip them really
for the next challenging time that may arise
and just to find more joy in life as well too.
That is awesome.
Do you have a story to share where you found that joy
for yourself or where you figured out,
hey, this never quitting on a bad day
is leading to something that you figured it out,
oh my gosh, there's more to this than I'm seeing.
Oh, to one, I mean, I've gone through,
there's been many challenging times.
I'm going through a very challenging time personally
right now in terms of family and taking care
of two family members who are going through dementia
and figuring out how to maneuver through that.
And because of the lessons shared in the book
and because of the lessons that I've learned throughout life,
I'm finding ways to have joy,
even though it is one of the most challenging experiences
that I've ever gone through
and am going through it really in truth.
So I think it's again, a matter of perspective, right?
Finding, how can you find, finding moments
to be grateful for even in all the challenging times
that happen, can you find something to hold onto?
And it might just be one little thing.
Sometimes things are, you're feeling so closed in
and it might feel so dark.
It's like, just find one thing, one thing.
It might be the coffee you had in the morning.
It might be a phone call from a friend.
It might be a favorite TV show that's going for a walk,
like just finding something.
And so that's something that I've really held onto.
And I've had to use all the lessons
that I've talked about in both books throughout this season
in terms of the challenges that I'm facing with the family.
Thank you for being here today.
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