364: Valuable Lessons of Teamwork, Leadership and Legacy from 4x Super Bowl Champion, Rocky Bleier

Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast

Casey Weade

Investing, Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.7 • 564 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today, I'm talking to former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Robert "Rocky" Bleier. Rocky is a 4x Super Bowl champion, the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart recipient, and the author of Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story and Don't Fumble Your Retirement.

Rocky has made a massive impact on people's lives as a parent, grandparent, serviceman, and Pittsburgh Steeler–and it was an honor to talk to him today in anticipation of his upcoming speech at his alma mater, Notre Dame.

In our conversation, we get into the big lessons Rocky learned about teamwork and leadership from his college football days at Notre Dame, how his experience in the army translated to his life in the NFL, and how we build a legacy through our actions–and what we teach–for future generations.

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In this podcast interview, you'll learn:

How the fundamentals for successful football teams translate into fundamentals for success in life.
Why it's so important to take care of the basics–both financially, and in who you are.
Rocky's story of being drafted in the NFL by the Pittsburgh Steelers and then by the US Army in his first NFL season and how he handled it.
How Rocky survived getting cut after coming back from Vietnam too weak to play football, transformed his mind and body, and broke into his team's starting lineup.
Taking care of the basics and laying a solid foundation will make the challenges in life (and business) easier.

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0:00.0	No man is an island. We didn't get to where we are today by ourselves. And you got to understand it.
0:06.1	We didn't get here because of just us. We got here because of what? We got here because of parents.
0:11.8	We got here because of a teacher. We got here because of a leader. We got here because of a
0:16.2	drill sergeant. We got here because somebody took an interest, a mentor.
0:22.0	We got here in all those influences that mold us to who we are today.
0:27.3	And so that becomes very important in how we view our surroundings
0:31.4	and how we view the people that are our friends or our culture or where we come from.
0:36.8	Because that's what molds who we are
0:39.1	and what we want to be and how we can become part of that.
0:51.3	Welcome to the Retire with Purpose Podcast.
0:53.5	This is your host Casey Weed and this is our mission here on the podcast to help you gain clarity and purpose and elevate meaning in your life through personal and practical financial strategies. We do that in a couple of different ways. We release a weekly short form episode every single Friday where we discuss trending topics in the
1:12.0	financial planning space. And then every other Monday, we have the opportunity like we are today
1:16.3	to introduce you to one of our world-class guests that provides insight in a wide variety
1:22.5	of different areas that can impact your life at that stage, whether you're at retirement, in retirement,
1:29.2	near retirement, or you're just seeking that coveted job optional status. Today we have a world-class
1:36.3	guest. We have Rock. We have Robert Blyer, also known as Rock or Rocky. He is a former running
1:42.9	back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, four-time
1:45.1	Super Bowl champion, awarded with Bronze Star Medal as well as the Purple Heart, and former
1:49.6	running back of Notre Dame, and the author of Fighting Back, the Rocky Blyer story, as well as
1:55.5	Don't Fumble Your Retirement. He's also an amazing keynote speaker, and we cannot wait to invite Rocky to come
2:02.9	visit us on the Notre Dame campus here in a couple of months to give a talk to all of the
2:08.8	families that work with us here at Howard Bailey. We're also going to be giving away Rock's
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