{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SportsEpreneur","title":"How to Take Advantage of Your Amazing Network as an Elite Athlete","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2488,"description":"Helping Elite Athletes Transition to a Productive Sales Career | with Founder and CEO of Shift Group, JR Butler\nThe greatest achievement–pulling off one of the more incredible upsets in your sport. In sports, it is so much about moments like these. But then how do you continue to achieve in other areas of life including your work career? In this episode, we talk about that incredible hockey upset moment, building a career outside of hockey, and then helping others do the same.\nJR Butler is a former star hockey player who was on the Holy Cross team that beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the 2006 Midwest regional to deliver one of the biggest upsets in college hockey history. After going through some challenging times that JR talks about in this episode, JR finds himself helping the elite athlete transition to sales as the founder and CEO of Shift Group.\nWe talk about the anatomy of an upset, the growth of hockey, and supporting other athletes with their transition out of sports.\nOne key takeaway from this episode is for all athletes to take advantage of their network while they are still playing.\nTopics discussed in this episode | How Take Advantage of Your Amazing Network as an Elite Athlete:\n\nBuild a Team Culture for Athletic Success | Psychology Today\nRemembering the Holy Cross Upset\nThe blame game in sports\nOut-of-Control Parents In Youth Sports: Symptom Or Disease?\nHockey is a fast-growing sport worldwide (with youth)\nAdvice from JR | If you can keep playing, do it. And talk to as many people as possible. And learn about as many career paths as possible.\nThe Stigma around the word “sales”\nWhy are athletes good at sales?\nThe Influences of Social Media on Athletes’ Mental Health and Performance: A Literature Review\nSelf-awareness\nWhy podcasting\n\nIn case you haven’t noticed, we love podcasts. In fact, we love building podcasts. Everything from development to production. Because of all that, we’re building a one-of-a-kind podcast network. If you have a podcast...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xnVD5lo-InuYCbkJy3t8DMot3yiB7IaPdbxc-_U877w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYjQ3/ZWU3NzBiYjAwZWQ3/NGI3MTAyNjY3NDQz/YTc3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}