Category: Business of You
3 Negotiating Tips I Learned From The NFL
One thing people forget about the NFL is that it is a $12 to $16 billion entertainment industry. Critical negotiations take place every day in life and business. We all are in constant negotiations between teams, advertisers, family, workplace, media, players, and coaches.
The One Word That Will Change the Way Brand Yourself — A Conversation with Michael Ehrlich
When I got to the NFL, my agent told me, “F**k your ‘brand’. Your brand will come from what you do ON the field, not off it.”
Athletes in Transition: Get Online and Make a Difference
I was recently very impressed by a group of veterans who have revolutionized the treatment of traumatic brain injury and depression. They had fantastic information, results, ideas and goals
3 Books that Helped Me Transition and Build a Completely New Career
Audiences laugh during a speech when I say I’m 33 and retired. I enjoy saying that because I worked hard in my previous career, and I enjoy reminding people of something big they often do not plan for: retirement.
First Meeting? 5 Reasons It’s OK to Ask for Coffee on YOUR Corner
During my NFL career, I received many requests to go to lunch or coffee—as if I didn’t have practice, or a job, or a life. In retirement I’ve noticed there are varying levels of meeting people, some more casual and some more serious. Meeting for a happy hour is pretty casual. Meeting for dinner or…
5 Tips for Using Your Digital Presence to Rocket into the Next Phase of Your Life
As an NFL player, your career will be short. Guaranteed. And the one place that I constantly see my peers fail to transition is in creating their new identity as a former athlete. Establishing your identity online can be a long road with many turns. Before the end of my career I built my digital…
3 Books that Made Me Money & Changed My Life (Part 1)
“Knowledge is power.”
5 Steps to Crushing the One-Day Business Trip
In the NFL, every road trip had one goal: to win the game. Even when the game was in your hometown, winning was the goal. We would get in the day before and leave a couple hours afterwards, or the next morning. A true one-day event.