Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher and now serving as the Deputy Executive Directory and Podcast Host/Producer for Veteran's PATH. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org to find out more!
My guest today is retired NFL player, Jon McGraw. Before getting into the NFL, Jon attended Kansas State University majoring in business finance and walked onto the football team. He was twice selected as a First Team Academic All American. He was a second-round draft pick to the New York Jets where he played three seasons. He then played two seasons for the Detroit Lions before joining the Kansas City Chiefs for his final five seasons. Jon retired from the NFL in 2012 and received the Ed Block Courage Award. This award is presented annually to one player from each NFL team who, in the eyes of his own teammates is a source of inspiration and courage. Jon also completed NFL sponsored business management and entrepreneurship programs at Harvard Business School and Wharton Business School.
Jon has been actively involved as President of the Jon McGraw Foundation which supports various charitable causes. He is now a principle partner at Vision Pursue (VisionPursue.com), a performance mindset training and technology company who’s Mission is to Dramatically improve the way people experience life by improving their mindset with mental training, mindfulness, meditation, and our app. Over the 10 week Performance Mindset course, corporate teams learn critical mental skills being taught in professional sports to enhance focus, resiliency, life experience, and performance.
In this episode we discuss:
* his finding new joy in the game
* mindfulness within the sports industry and corporate America
* performance psychology and ideal mental and emotional state for peak performance
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