The Shark Effect

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Dr. Sarah Lepe | The Rebranded Athlete Mar 28, 2022

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Dr. Sarah Lepe, also known as Coach Sarah, is a former Division I volleyball player and founder of Rebranded Athlete. She completed her Doctorate in Education with an emphasis in Transformational Leadership from Concordia University. With over a decade of educational leadership experience being a classroom teacher and a school site administrator, she helped build strong school culture and community at her school sites.

Athletics played a tremendous role throughout her life and especially in pursuing her career goals. After the final whistle of her last game, little did she know what a challenge it would be to transition out of athletics and pursue her career. She is passionate about helping athletes understand their potential and drive them towards their purpose as they make the transition out of athletics and become change leaders in the world.

What we discussed:

Establishing your core values
Athletic skill sets: how to use it out of your sport
How to rebrand yourself
The biggest thing that can help you transition out of your sport
A big caution for parents of athletes

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Edgar Blazona | How a High School Dropout disrupted a whole industry Mar 17, 2022

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How A High-School Dropout Disrupted The Whole Industry

Edgar’s life is anything but ordinary. When he was about 17, he got kicked out of a challenging catholic school and started his first company. He taught himself to weld furniture and shortly sold his first table for $400. At that moment, he realized that he can make money from being creative and his life took a whole new direction.

During this topic, Edgar can take your audience back on his journey from a very young age to becoming the successful serial entrepreneur he is today. He’ll talk about overcoming adversities, following his instinct, living life to the fullest, and eventually shaking up the whole industry. Your listeners will leave with not only actionable strategies but also tons of inspiration and confidence to keep building, even if all odds are stacked against them.

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David Selinger | Success Lessons From Launching a $5 Billion Startup & Working With Jeff Bezos Mar 09, 2022

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David Selinger was an early employee at Amazon, working directly under Jeff Bezos. He led the R&D arm of Amazon’s data-mining and personalization team. He co-founded Redfin (now a multi-billion dollar company) and founded RichRelevance, a company that offers personalized shopping experiences for large retail brands, including Macy’s, Barneys New York, Office Depot, and others.

He is now inventing the next BIG thing in home security – Deep Sentinel, an AI-based home protection. The company’s intelligent crime prevention transforms home security from false alarms and ineffective after-the-fact crime alerts to real-time crime prediction and prevention. With Deep Sentinel, Americans can gain a reliable, cost-effective way to protect their homes and stop a burglary, mail theft, or driveway break-in before it happens – and feel dramatically safer at home, at work, and on vacation.

What we discussed:

Aligning your personal life w/your professional life
The importance of growth
Relationship building secrets
The importance of finishing something
How to use data to make great decisions
Strong Convictions loosely held
Principles of leadership he learned from Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon)

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NFL veteran Anthony Newman | Avoiding the professional athlete curse Feb 22, 2022

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My guest this week is Anthony Q. Newman who played 12-years in the NFL (Rams, Saints, & Raiders) and is now a talk show host and radio personality. Before that, he was a highly decorated college football player out of the University of Oregon (Go Ducks). Anthony shares some poignant moments when he finished playing professionally and the curse that many professional athletes have to battle when they are done playing their sport. Anthony was inspired at a young age to give back to the athletes in Oregon. Since realigning himself and what his new passion is, he has had an amazing amount of success. Have a listen to his journey.

What we discussed:

The importance of doing the "homework" when it comes to relationships
Moments when you were told you weren't good enough
The reason why most people view passion as anger
The biggest difference between good & bad leadership
A conversation with Al Davis that created a fan for life
How to align your passion with your purpose
The best advice Anthony would give his 22-year-old self

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Chad Allen | Understanding the responsibility of success Feb 15, 2022

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Chad Allen is an experienced Director of Professional Development with a demonstrated history of working in the education and sports administration industry. He is highly skilled in Coaching, Professional/Career Development, Student Retention, Fundraising, Leadership, Mentorship, and Sports Marketing. Listen to how Chad articulates the uncomfortable truth about the steps of success.

What we discussed:

Keys for student-athletes personal development and growth
How to transfer problem-solving skills that you gained in your sport
The secret to having confidence outside of your sport
How to take advantage of your opportunities while still in school
The toughest things that athletes deal with when they leave college

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John Taumoepeau | The Secret Art of Networking (for athletes) Feb 08, 2022

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John Taumoepeau is the Chief Operating Officer at Power Digital Marketing. Before that, he had been an executive vice president for Xerox, and even before that he was

John is dedicated to helping others become more familiar with using their past experiences as stepping stones for their future self.

In this interview, we tackle how to use your athletic experience to help you succeed in the business world.

What we discussed:

How to repurpose your athletic experience in your resume
How to ask questions when networking
Finding the common ground to help lead a conversation
Using adversity to help you in the corporate world
Mental toughness is gained in sport...and you can use it outside of your sport
Time management skills learned in College & in Pro sports
John's leadership insights

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The Path of most resistance Feb 01, 2022

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The path of least resistance could be beneficial in some environments, but when it comes to personal development I believe this way of thinking can set you back. If you're trying to become the best version of yourself, trust me, the road will get bumpy. Self-doubt, looking at the skeletons in your closet, guilt, relationships, bad decision, mental roadblocks are all things that we need to examine and find solutions for ourselves. This path is long, bumpy, and full of resistance.

The question is, do you have the character to take this path. Just a heads up..it's hard and could be lonely.

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Jeff Eberhart | What all former athletes should know Jan 25, 2022

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My guest this week is Jeff Eberhart. Jeff is the vice president of the northwest region of athletes to careers. He is very passionate about helping athletes transition to their careers after sport. After working and talking with student-athletes for 18 years at the University of Oregon and for the last three years with the Oregon Athlete Foundation, the biggest hurdle they face is the transition from being a student-athlete to a "former" athlete. He is dedicated to helping these athletes make that transition, listening to their goals, and helping them connect with employers who want to hire them because they have the skills business owners want in their employees.

What we discussed:

How to share your experiences in your sport and translate that onto a resume.
Your sport was your job (at college). Time management skills, leadership, overcoming adversity, team-oriented are a few important skills that you most likely mastered.
Attributes that managers want.
Steps to transfer the confidence you had as an athlete to the professional version of yourself.
The "walk-on" athletes super-power.
The two best industries that student-athletes thrive in.

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Ryan Lauderdale | Planning your work & working your plan Jan 18, 2022

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Ryan Lauderdale is a Sports Performance Coach with a mind for business. He's a Nike Master Trainer & is on the Advisory Board at Wix.com. Born and raised in Southern California, Ryan learned the craft of elite athlete training at an early age. He has been no stranger to high-level competition and has been a part of multiple winning teams from the high school level (North High) to the D-1 level (San Jose State University). Ryan got his first start as a strength and conditioning coach at Velocity Sports Performance (Redondo Beach facility, assisted under Performance Director Ken Vick and Head Performance Coach Nick O'Brien) while simultaneously excelling as an Equinox Tier 3+ trainer at the South Bay location.

His years of working with a wide array of clients in the industry and having a successful track record have made him so impactful in the industry. In addition, since 2011, he has contributed to fitness on a global scale as a Nike Master Trainer and has given presentations to thousands of people on behalf of Nike Inc. Ryan has traveled the world consulting for product development, trained Nike celebs and athletes, contributed to events and has lead hundreds of participants in weekly workouts for the Nike Training Club fitness program as well as contributing training workouts to Nike’s training app (Nike Training Club).

What we discussed:

Leadership is needed in any industry (it needs to be first when working in the service industry).
The secret shortcut to getting better faster.
Becoming a mentor is the last stage of personal development.
How to use discipline to develop yourself faster.
Breathing techniques and the benefits of doing it correctly

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Tommy Verdell | Leadership Equity Jan 12, 2022

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Tommy Verdell is the Associate Athletic Director for Inclusion and Compliance & Assistant Professor for Physical Ed at Williams College (Maine). Tommy has a passion for working with student-athletes and has demonstrated the ability to build relationships across campus.

Being prepared for life "when the ball stops bouncing for you", is a key tool that most student-athletes don't ask themselves when in college. He gives a very raw look at what the questions you should be asking yourself and the college coach that's recruiting you.

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