Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker. I'm the co-host of

Positive U. And on today's episode, John Talks with a China Robinson, a college basketball

and W-N-B-B-ba analyst and reporter for ESPN.

She's a dynamic TV personality, communication strategist, and keynote speaker.

During this conversation, she shares some of the lessons she's learned from

successfully transitioning from a star athlete to a respected broadcaster. She talks

about the importance of embracing your uniqueness, becoming your own brand, why you need to ignore the critics, how to fight

negativity, self-care, and a defining moment in her life that helped her excel when she

wanted to give up. Lachina is a great example of someone who creates their world

from the inside out.

And like LaChina, you can too, when you realize

that you have the power to transform

any environment you are in. You can be the coffee bean. To learn

how, grab a copy of the new book, The Coffee Bean, by John Gordon and Damon West.

It's a simple lesson to create positive change. Just go to coffee bean book.com. All right, let's

join John and LaChina. Hey, I'm John Gordon with positive you, and today my guest is with China Robinson

with China how you doing? I'm doing well John thank you so much for having me.

Well I love your name I have to ask you first off where did you get the name La China?

Well I have to tell you off the top that I've gotten several different versions of

this from my mom so you kind of have to pick which one you like the most. And the one I've kind of settled on over time was she met a woman on a bus and the woman's name was Lathina and she took her through the whole West African origin and it means morning sun and morning glory.

That's what my mom said and so I don't know where along the line she decided to change the TH to a

C. She mentioned something about the way it's pronounced it in some countries like the TH and the

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