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How Leaders Lead with David Novak

#178: Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders, NFL Hall of Famer and Head Football Coach at the University of Colorado – Even if you’re broken, keep moving

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It’s Prime Time, baby! Get inside the mind of one of the most charismatic and inspirational leaders out there—the one and only Deion Sanders. If you’re trying to make big changes, level up your leadership, or get motivated, this conversation is the inspiration you need to do it. You’ll also learn: One habit every great communicator has Why it’s important to define what a “win” is for your team How to lead, even if you’re not in charge The mentality you need in order to lead a massive turnaround ——— FEATURED RESOURCE The How Leaders Lead mobile app Download the app and scale up your leadership skills in under 2 minutes a day

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is your why?

0:02.3

Once we get everybody on the same page of understanding what their why is, then how to go get their why.

0:07.6

And that starts with leadership and it trinkles down.

0:10.7

We're going to be okay.

0:19.6

Well, my guest today is the one and only Dion Sanders, Coach Prime. The man hardly needs an

0:26.9

introduction, but let's see. He's an NFL Hall of Famer with two Super Bowl rings and the only

0:34.6

athlete in history to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.

0:39.8

In these days, he's making waves as the head football coach at the University of Colorado.

0:47.0

He's also just written a fantastic book called Elevate and Dominate,

0:50.9

which basically gives you great insights that will help you lead on and off the field

0:56.7

straight from Coach Prime himself. But before we go too much further, I need to give you a little

1:03.4

context of where I'm at my life right now. On February 24th, the love of my life, Wendy,

1:20.3

passed away at the age of 71, and after 49 years of just an incredible marriage.

1:30.9

Needless to say, it's been a really tough couple of weeks for me and my daughter Ashley and our entire family. And I'll be honest,

1:37.6

I thought about rescheduling this interview in the wake of Wendy's passing, but I decided to show up and do it. And let me tell you, I am so glad I did. There couldn't have been a better

1:44.0

conversation for me to have. I didn't even

1:47.0

know how much I needed to hear what Dion Sanders had to say. He has a way of inspiring people and

1:54.2

connecting with them. And let me tell you, you're going to get lots of life and leadership wisdom

1:58.8

in a way that only Dion Sanders can say it.

2:02.8

I'm grateful I had this conversation. I'm grateful for the advice that Coach Prime gave me and my

2:11.5

daughter, Ashley, on how to cope with the greatest loss in our life. And I'm grateful you're here to listen to it.

2:19.2

So here's my conversation with my good friend and soon to be yours, Dionne Sanders.

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