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A great lesson ☝️ on how lessons in sports apply to your business. #entrepreneur #sales #insurance

5 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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This YouTube interview (Andy Neary) contains a personal anecdote from a speaker who played Division I college soccer. The speaker started at Jura University, then joined SMU where they encountered much higher competition (players from Brazil, AC Milan Academy), lost confidence, felt like an imposter, struggled in play, and ultimately left SMU after limited game time. The clip is used to draw lessons about how athletic experiences—especially dealing with setbacks and confidence—apply to business, sales, and entrepreneurship.

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What lessons have you learned from playing sports that you look at what you do today, you're with Pareto, that you still apply today?
So I went to Jura University my freshman year. Started pretty much every game. We were a mediocre but middle of the pack, Division one school. I had some friends that went to smu, Speaking of smu, and that was probably the best team, if one of the best teams in the country. In Division one, top, top, top, top tier. I got a chance to go there, but I struggled mightily because I had this huge shell shock of the level of ability for, I mean, 30 guys as good or better than me in one spot, with pedigrees from Brazil, the AC Milan Academy, you know, it was. You name it, they were the who's who. And I just. I hit a wall because I lost my confidence. I literally started feeling like I'm an imposter, I don't belong here. And I struggled mightily, and it actually ended up meaning I exited SMU because I played like two games, and it just wasn't. Wasn't worth it.