Episode 15: Lessons From the Titans of Sport, with Don Yaeger
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- Don’s career journey from college graduate to Sports Illustrated writer, to celebrated speaker and best-selling author
- What traits set the best athletes apart from their competitors, and how that knowledge affected Don and his own habits
- How the time Don spent interviewing UCLA legend Coach John Wooden profoundly changed Don’s perspective and outlook
- Don’s three strategies for team building (product impact, community impact, and teammate impact) and how they help businesses unify their teams
- Why learning to be a better teammate can make you invaluable to your organization
- Why being a great teammate is a learned behavior, and why David Ross of the Chicago Cubs is a perfect example
- Why working hard and having fun can go hand-in-hand, and why both can make you the best you can be
- How David Ross and the Cubs did things differently and kept fun and engagement as cornerstones of the team
- How Don balances his speaking engagements and business travel with family time with his children
- How Don developed his thirty-day Journey to Greatness course, what it offers, and how to get lifetime access
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