In this episode, host Greg Glynn sits down with Samantha Card, a former NCAA Division 1 softball player, MBA graduate gone Fortune 100 company trail blazer, Amazon Best Seller and “level up” expert. She epitomizes the athlete who has “hit it out of the park” when she transitioned from her sports career. Samantha passionately crystallized her abilities, curated her knowledge, capitalized her assets and catapulted her athletic career finale into a mega corporate and life success before the age of 33. Samantha, once referred to as “Sammi from Miami”, is on a global mission to teach athletes, coaches and administrations how to develop a proactive championship routine from Day 1 that can be leveraged beyond game day. Sam prepares athletes to win in all aspects of life by identifying opportunities, taking action, and applying the life tools gained in competitive sports to business success.
Topics include:
- Why Sam started playing softball
- The importance of having a mentor
- How Samantha Card transitioned from athlete to entrepreneur
- The importance of failing
- Sam’s identity crisis after her sports career
- How athletes can use their leadership to get ahead in their career
- Why it is important to connect with experts in your industry
- The importance of finding a legacy and giving back
- Why Sam loves helping athletes, including helping athletes with mental health
- The importance of finding your why
- Greg shares the story behind Hannah Dukeman and Emma Eubank’s cleats to cure cancer
- The reasons why Sam wrote her book, “Success Beyond Game Day”
- How people can work with Sam and her company at Success Beyond Game Day
- How Sam uses AI and and technology to help athletes
- Why athlete branding matters for high school, college, pro athletes
- The cost of mind labs and the program for individuals and teams
- Defining your authentic self and why that is important for NIL
- What is next for Sam and her business, including corporate athleticism
- Advice for today’s college athletes; what is the why behind the you?
- The story behind how Natalie Beaudoin stepped up to support her community in Lewiston after the mass shooting.
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