On this episode of Alumni Direct's show "ATHLETES TO ENTREPRENEURS: The Alumni Journey," we talk to Blake Williams, former football player & NFL coach, entrepreneur, financial advisor and podcast host.
Blake talks about the lessons he's learned through sports.
"There's a lot of life lessons in sports, I tell people all the time. I think it's the ultimate microcosm of life; every season is like a life of it's on. It's like reincarnation every year. You have this family, you come together, you have losses, wins, injuries...you have adversity, you have joy, you have a lot of lessons learned. And then you go on and you do it again, you know, the next year. It taught me a ton in life."
Blake talks about the importance of athletes understanding how to prepare for their transition out of sports:
"The more that can be taught and the more programs that there can be for that ahead of time, and have those conversations ahead of time, I think we can help solve a lot of issues on anxiety and depression, some of those things that happen when athletes leave the sport, often not of their own volition. Somebody's told them, get off the train, you can't play anymore. And they don't have a proper plan in place...and that can cause a lot of angst sometimes."
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