Entrepreneurship

This Is The Game Plan

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Court-side strategies on entrepreneurship, tech, and success

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Entrepreneurship Personal Development

In Blinkist's The Game Plan Shortcast, hosts Jay Kapoor and Tim Katt speak with professional athletes who found success beyond the playing field as founders, investors, and CEOs. Find out how their athletic mindset and training have provided a strong foundation for business acumen and leadership in this collection of the top 5 episodes. Hear how an NFL player's obsession with health and fitness led him to start his own app, how Apolo Ohno's mental toolkit has helped him achieve his goals, and how an NBA star-turned-podcast host left his comfort zone in pursuit of curiosity.

This Is The Game Plan

Court-side strategies on entrepreneurship, tech, and success

Baron Davis: The Power of Humility

Baron Davis: The Power of Humility

Baron Davis is one of the NBA’s most charismatic players on the court, and he’s managed to make a huge success off of it, too. He started investing before it became an in-vogue thing for pro athletes to do, and Vitamin Water—the multi-billion-dollar-exit drinks company—has been his most successful investment to date. In this episode, Baron talks about the importance of humility and willingness to learn as being key to his achievements off the court and shares insight on how you can apply it for yourself, too.

Femi Ayanbadejo: The Key to Fitness

Femi Ayanbadejo: The Key to Fitness

Throughout his career, NFL linebacker Femi Ayanbadejo has been obsessed with fitness, health, and nutrition. He's so intrigued by it, in fact, that after he retired from pro sports, he started his own health and fitness app. In this episode, Ayanbadejo shares his expertise on the best ways to get—and stay—fit, and answers the perennial mystery of which is more important to health outcomes: food or exercise?

Apolo Ohno: The Mental Toolkit

Apolo Ohno: The Mental Toolkit

America’s greatest winter Olympian, Apolo Ohno, knows a thing or two about a strong performance mindset. In this episode he explains the mental toolkit of “5 golden principles” he’s perfected over his career—focusing not on outcomes, but process—and how to reverse-engineer your way to achieving your goals.

JJ Redick: Comfort Zones vs. Curiosity

JJ Redick: Comfort Zones vs. Curiosity

Starting a new project or getting into a different field can seem daunting—NBA star JJ Redick certainly knows how it feels. He was the first active athlete to host a podcast, a venture that's now bloomed into a media empire. In this episode he tells Tim and Jay how getting out of your comfort zone is key to growth and success and why curiosity is your biggest asset.

Jon McGraw: Unlocking the Performance Mindset

Jon McGraw: Unlocking the Performance Mindset

What do you do when you're a NFL football player at the top of your game, but aren't enjoying your career? In this episode, former pro-athlete Jon McGraw explains the psychological approach he came across that transformed his experience of the sport. Since retiring, McGraw has taken what he learned and is implementing it today as co-founder and principle of Vision Pursue—a performance coaching consultancy that counts the likes of FedEx as clients.

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