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The Playbook With David Meltzer

CJ McCollum: Shooting Guard For The Portland Trail Blazers | #ThePlaybook 276

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

CJ McCollum, guard for the Portland Trailblazers and host of the ‎Pull Up podcast, shares his insights on: [:45] - How he’s developed a new routine for unique environment that the NBA to help maintain a sense of normalcy and be productive at the same time [3:19] - Why not all NBA players have the mindset it takes to excel in the bubble [9:10] - The #1 biggest key for anyone looking to build their brand [15:00] - Why he wishes he hadn’t cared as much about “optics” early in his career

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0:00.0

On this episode of the playbook, I have CJ McCollum,

0:03.2

Shooting Guard for the Portland Trail Blazers,

0:05.7

and, of course, host of the Pull Up Podcast.

0:09.2

And we're going to talk about how do you build

0:11.4

a personal and professional brand from inside the

0:15.6

MBA bubble. Join me for all of this and more on the playbook. This is

0:20.6

entrepreneurs the playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest 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.

0:36.0

I'm your host David Melzer.

0:38.0

This is Dave Melzer with Entrepreneurs The Playbook and I have CJ McCollum.

0:42.0

He is an NBA player if you didn't know for the

0:44.0

Portland Trailbladers. He is imprisoned in the bubble right now but he's still

0:48.0

the co-host of the Pull-Up podcast with one of my friends co-host

0:51.4

Jordan Schultz. Welcome to the playbook, CJ.

0:54.0

Thanks for having me on, and I appreciate it.

0:56.8

Well, it's such an interesting time.

0:59.2

We're just talking about your Disney watch that basically self-contains you within the bubble.

1:05.1

You know my biggest question right now is you know living in the bubble and playing basketball

1:09.2

is one thing but people forget like you have an entire life you have a podcast you have businesses

1:14.8

you have a family how are you best dealing with that side of you know the constraints of the

1:20.6

bubble with a normal life.

1:23.0

Yeah, it's been tough, but we figured out ways to adjust.

1:25.0

Having been here almost three weeks now,

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