The Excellence Project with Eric Worre
Business:Entrepreneurship
Motivational speaker and former NFL Football player Trent Shelton discusses his supportive upbringing, football career ups and downs and transition to motivational speaker. He also shares why you should set standards, not goals, how the business side of football can kill the love of the game and that success is all about levels. 1:22:29
Show Notes:
0:00 - Introduction
01:39 - Eric welcomes Trent Shelton to The Excellence Project and they discuss the passing of their mutual friend Jessie Lee Ward.
05:37 - Trent details his supportive background and close family life.
15:09 - Trent explains why your level of dedication has to match the size of your dream and why his dad told him to hang around people who had as much to lose as he did.
21:55 - Trent reveals how he found out why it’s so important to guard your focus.
26:37 - Why you should have standards instead of setting goals.
37:07 - Trent recounts the difficulties he faced during the NFL draft and with different teams.
40:25 - The moment when Trent realized that football wasn’t it for him and how players can lose their love of the game.
50:20 - Eric and Trent discuss why some NFL teams don’t enjoy the camaraderie you would imagine they do.
55:24 - How Trent transitioned from football player to motivational speaker and got real with himself about what he was doing wrong in his life.
01:07:53 - Eric asks Trent about his book, Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World.
01:11:38 - Trent’s encounter with a homeless man was a pivotal moment in his life.
01:13:46 - Trent explains the importance of setting boundaries.
01:18:17 - Eric asks Trent to share some thoughts about his parents.
Resources From This Podcast:
Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World by Trent Shelton https://www.amazon.com/Protect-Your-Peace-Unapologetic-Principles/dp/1401973167/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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