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Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

#119: Super Bowl Champion & 7-Time New England Patriots Captain Jerod Mayo

Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

Molly Sloan

Business, Entrepreneurship

5610 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

If you like this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- Jerod Mayo has been a top performer his whole life. He was First-Team all SEC at Tennessee, 10th pick in the 2008 NFL draft, Defensive Rookie of the Year, First-Team All Pro, 7 time captain of the New England Patriots and a Super Bowl Champion. And he joins DC, DG, and Elias (he’s back!) on Seeking Wisdom to talk leadership, peak performance, work ethic, and discipline. This might go down as one of the most fun conversations we’ve had to date on the podcast. Make sure you tweet at Jerod @jerod_mayo and say what’s up. AND DONT FORGET -- HYPERGROWTH 2018 is coming. You can get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com with the promo code SEEKINGWISDOM for just $199. That is the lowest price on the Internet just for SW fans.

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0:00.0

Okay, so we're here with Gerard Mayo.

0:11.3

We have so much to talk about, but right into this, he goes, wait, you guys don't

0:14.3

usually let Elias on the podcast?

0:16.0

No.

0:16.4

Explain that.

0:17.1

No.

0:17.4

He's only been on once before, I think.

0:19.9

All right.

0:20.5

Once before, I think. Yeah. Oh. No, no, I've done two., I think. All right. Once before, I think. Yeah.

0:22.4

Oh, no, no, I've done two. Two. Okay, one time. Do you know? The energy will, you know, radiate through the car. So, so they're, they're like, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're yin and yang as founders because, like, you have the extrovert and the introvert. It's perfect but you know Jocko you know who Jocko is do you know the story oh I do

0:21.9

know the job you do tell me the Jock is? Do you know the story? What story?

0:38.4

Oh, I do know the Jock. You did.

0:38.7

You told me the Jock story.

0:40.3

So that was the only time Alias has come on the positive. D.C. sent him, Elis had no idea who Jock was. D.C. sends him on a plane to Austin. He's up at 4 in the morning doing burpees with Jocko. Jocko has great energy.

0:34.9

Oh, yeah.

0:35.4

So the day he came back from that, we had him on Seeking Wisem to explain what he learned at Jocko.

0:41.3

But everybody was... Jocko has great energy. Oh, yeah. So the day he came back from that, we had him on seeking wisdom to explain, like, what he learned at Jocko. But ever since then. There you go. There you go. Every day, 444. Not anymore. I got to get back. But it doesn't matter how many times you fail as long as you get back on it. You're right on. You're getting back on it? I'm getting back on it. You're not back on now. I'm not back on it right now. I'm not back on it right now. I'm running every day right now.

0:55.5

It was never disciplined. You're right. Please hold them a candle. You're getting back on? I'm getting back on it. You're not back on it now.

1:11.1

I'm not back on it right now.

1:12.2

I'm running every day right now.

1:14.1

It was never disciplined, though.

1:15.3

Like from my perspective, it's more motivation. You were motivated when you left. And motivation is really sweet. Oh, no, it changed my life. Totally has changed my life. I wake up right now every day.

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