607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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🗓️ 4 January 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Dwyane Wade (@DwyaneWade) is a retired NBA All-Star, host of The Cube on TBS, and author of Dwyane and A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball.
What We Discuss with Dwyane Wade:- How to know the difference between giving your kids the opportunity to excel in areas that will enrich their lives versus pushing them into things they don't want to do.
- Lessons Dwyane learned from the basketball court that he now applies to his most important job: parent.
- How Dwyane dealt with imposter syndrome on the cusp of signing to the NBA.
- On the stigma of athletes seeking help for mental health, and why Dwyane encourages them to do it anyway.
- How Dwyane encourages his kids to be the best versions of themselves, strives to see the world from their unique perspectives, and doesn't shy away from consulting professional help when they pose questions he's unable to answer on his own.
- And much more...
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| 0:03.3 | You know sometimes in life, especially when you're young, you're trying to figure out what's the next move, what's the next step. |
| 0:09.1 | It's confusing, it's you have so much anxiety, it's scary to take that next step when you leave high school and you go to college or you leave college and whatever that next step is in your life. |
| 0:18.6 | And I'm at a place that I know most people have not been in my community and in my family. |
| 0:23.2 | So I'm here for a reason. Let me just put this work in and let me just keep going until somebody top me on my shoulder and say, |
| 0:29.6 | yo, you don't supposed to be in here. |
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| 1:19.2 | Of course, I always appreciate it when you share the show. Today on the show NBA superstar Duane Wade. |
| 1:24.2 | Y'all know I'm allergic to sports for the most part, so instead of spending the whole time on that, we dive deep into parenting, being a role model, personal responsibility, achievement and leading by example. |
| 1:34.4 | Now, Duane has had a rough upbringing, much like MetaWorldPiece who was on the show a few weeks back. |
| 1:38.7 | Taking some lessons from the court, he built an empire, but most importantly, he raised well-adjusted kids, and kept his family together, and of course kept a good head on his shoulders. |
| 1:48.2 | Pretty much the entire time. Now, if you're not in the sports or basketball, and even if you don't have kids of your own, I think this was an interesting conversation that you'll enjoy and in which you'll find value. |
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