Ben Baller: CEO of IF & Co. | #ThePlaybook 239

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Ben Baller, CEO of IF & Co. and entrepreneur, shares his thoughts on: [2:05] - What his experience becoming the first Asian American to play football and basketball at his college taught him about competition [9:33] - The realization he’s come to about complainers and oversensitivity in our society [13:27] - How he’s able to find the light in challenging situations such as the current pandemic [21:07] - Why he treats his ego like the volume control on a stereo system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this little light of the playbook I have Ben Baller, CEO of If and company, and ultra entrepreneur.
0:07.0	And we're going to talk about this little light of mine.
0:11.0	I'm going to let it shine and how the ego is the volume control of his
0:16.8	stereo system. Join me for all of this and more on the playbook. This is
0:21.6	entrepreneurs the playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest
0:25.6	athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional Playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.
0:37.0	I'm your host, David Melzer.
0:39.0	This is Dave Melzer with Entrepreneurs The Playbook, and I got my new good friend, Ben Baller,
0:44.8	entrepreneur, CEO of Ivenco, this man, he tells it like it is and he makes it happen.
0:51.2	That's what I've learned this morning already. Ben, welcome to the
0:53.4	playbook. Thank you man. How you doing? I'm glad to be here. You know I'm going to start
0:57.7	right where I left off and the fact that all great entrepreneurs must be what they can be and I didn't know you played football.
1:06.4	Yeah. And that's kind of you know my claim to fame is you know I dreamed about being a
1:11.1	professional football player.
1:12.8	My first college football game I got ran over by Christian Acoje
1:16.2	and I would lean on my back.
1:18.3	My mom always said, Dr. Lawyer or failure.
1:20.8	That's all I heard in my ears.
1:22.4	Dr.
1:23.4	Azusa Pacific, a coyet, man.
1:26.0	You got it, man.
1:26.5	So where did you play?
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