My guest this week is unique. As you will hear early and often, he is programmed to go his own way, to, as he says, go one way when everyone else is going another. His name is Dhani Jones, a name I knew as a Notre Dame football fan, because he won a championship with our arch-rivals, the University of Michigan, in the late 90’s. Dhani went on to a long and successful career in the NFL, but even more interesting has been his many pursuits in business and investing outside of football. Like my conversation with Tim Urban, I’ll remember this conversation as a reminder to use a first principles mindset. Dhani seems to have this fresh mindset baked into his character, and as you’ll hear this has led to many a great adventure. Please enjoy my conversation with althete, businessman, investor, philanthropist, movie buff, and bowtie wearer, Dhani Jones
Show Notes
1:30 - (First Question) – A introduction into Dhani Jones and everything he’s done
5:35 – How did Dhani change throughout his football career
9:55 – The power of your mind in every aspect of life
10:34 – Most memorable experience in the NFL
13:10 – Making the transition from the NFL to the business world
18:20 – Looking at Bowtie Cause
22:40 – The role of creative agencies in Dhani’s ventures and why story telling is so important for him
26:48 – Looking at some of the TV stuff that Dhani has done, particularly around travel
28:21 – Dhani’s favorite movie
30:35 – Back to the joy of travel and “Dhani Tackles the Globe.”
36:54 – How does Dhani think about risk
38:56 – Some of the other sports and activities Dhani did while filming his show
41:45 – The psychological benefit of travel in your personal and business life
44:41 – Looking into the business part of Dhani’s career
51:19 – How to expand diversity in the financial world
54:56 – Kindest thing anyone has done for Dhani
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Perhaps it was the haberdashery but I️ had a hard time following this at first. But in the end it was one of the few podcasts that brought me to tears. As a husband, father of a daughter and a leader of women, I️ remain amazed at the power that women contain in their ability to understand what’s really important and ultimately decide when to engage. I️ want to and will continue to reach out and provide opportunity for women to engage in conversation about leadership (my interest) but like you have been unsuccessful. I️ hear your concern and perhaps Dhani has connections with women that will ultimately be a voice on your podcast. But I️ also hear one of his last comment’s (that left me wanting a follow up), “that pillow talk is serious” and ask, How can we compel/ask/encourage our wives/daughters/girlfriends/partners to choose to engage? What can we do better about how we approach the conversation that makes them want to talk? In business, if your customer doesn’t want to engage, we change our approach. I️ guess its time to listen to more pillow talk to become enlightened.
Fan of Dhani, but what drugs was he on during this episode?
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