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The \\u201cGet Out of Arkansas\\u201d Plan! Nothing against Arkansas, but my guest today on the #MakeYourMark podcast, Derrick Furlow Jr., made a commitment to overcome a severe injury in football, attend a top college program, and be able to provide for himself and his family for years to come. Hear about the obstacles he has overcome to become a leader in helping athletes transition out of their sport.

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\\u201cGetting out of the operating room, I had this brace on my left leg, and when I touched it I asked, \\u2018Hey doc what\\u2019s this brace on my leg?\\u2019. His reply changed my life forever, \\u2018the brace is for your ACL\\u2019. It wasn\\u2019t even torn! In that moment I became obsolete on the football landscape; my dreams, my goals, everything I\\u2019ve been working on had been taken away. I remember one day crying, sitting on my bed, using this machine to rehab, and I heard this voice saying \\u2018I gave you this football stage for the glorification of my kingdom and you are using that stage for your own purposes, so I had to take it away to get your attention\\u2019, and that moment my life changed forever, because it gave me a different perspective.\\u201d

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If you join Derrick and I in a room full of current and former athletes, we\\u2019ll show you how to leverage your athletic skill set into business success. Derrick can show you the mindset needed using his college football background experiences, and I\\u2019ll follow it up with the how to\\u2019s on getting in front of the right people in business and entrepreneurship to get you to that higher level. Make sure you give this one a listen, it\\u2019s non-stop energy and advice!

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\\u201cThe crazy thing is that I was with the number one recruiting class in the country. I had to prove why I was there. \\xa0This was not the road I thought I was going to take, there were a lot of undefined things I had to redefine. I hadn\\u2019t played a game in a year, the stadium seats 107,000 people, and I have to prove this to myself and to the coaches. I didn\\u2019t have the easy route. I knew what I had to do to get to that point, I had to do what I expected to do, and I exceeded it.\\u201d

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Derrick is such an engaging, funny, caring and knowledgeable guy, and has lots of great advice for you, happy listening!

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\\u201cI sat down and asked myself, \\u2018What made me a leader in sports? What did I do to make me one of the best of the best?\\u2019 And I thought, we learned our playbook and we studied our opponents. So we\\u2019re going to see different scenarios and we\\u2019re going to practice it, and it is going to be recorded. While we watch it we\\u2019ll make adjustments and corrections, and then we\\u2019re going to go back and practice again. So the next day we know what to say, or not to say. I started doing this on a regular basis, I became really good at selling, and I could duplicate it. Sure enough my sales started to go up, my sales team started to go up, and it became really easy.\\u201d

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\\u201cSports gives you the opportunity of controlling the environment. You watch it and you can take things from it. Athletes who people look up to and admire, you can take things from them and apply them directly to your life and achieve the same level of success in your life and your business.\\u201d

Some Topics we talk about in this episode:

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• Introduction - 01:24
• Growing up in Georgia - 03:23
• Rapper or Sports? - 06:35
• Rush for 2200 Yards, and Live Happily Ever After - 09:40
• To control Freedom and Control my Happiness - 12:50
• Junior to Senior year - 14:35
• Obsolete on the Football Landscape - 16:38
• A Different Perspective in Life - 17:50
• Deciding My Future after the Injury - 20:45
• Taking the Difficult Route - 21:54
• Focusing on Something Bigger than Me - 26:26
• Start Preparing Before the Moment Hits - 32:55
• Torn ACL Leads to Uncertain Future - 36:19
• Relevant tools, from Sales to Real Life - 38:00
• What the Game Taught Me vs What I Gave the Game - 40:35
• Decode Your Own Message - 44:45
• Struggling After Sports - 47:48
• What Athletes Bring to the Table - 49:13
• Wrap-up and Takeaways - 52:24

How to get involved

• Be sure to connect with me on Social Media @MarkMoyerCoach and go to my website, www.markmoyer.com to get access to the tips and strategies that my coaching clients get directly.
• If you\\u2019re looking for ways to Make Your Mark, send me an email Mark@MarkMoyer.com and I\\u2019ll get you going right away.

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