Ep. 976: Scott O'Neil Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
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Michael Covel
4.6 • 732 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Scott O'Neil, one of the most recognized, connected and dynamic executives in the sports and entertainment industry today. He has more than 25 years of experience leading NBA, NHL and NFL teams and leagues, including the National Basketball Association, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils.
The topic is his book Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- Sports Business
- Sports Executive Career
- Be Where Your Feet Are
- Business Internal Management
- NBA Teams
- Work-Life Balance
- Have a Big Vision
- Success in Life
Jump in!
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I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.
To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/
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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Trend Following Radio, where great thinking comes alive. |
| 0:10.9 | Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings. |
| 0:21.2 | I am your host, Michael Covel, not filtered, raw, honest. |
| 0:27.4 | That's my passion. |
| 0:33.5 | One of those fun stories today that I have the good fortune to be a part of because I never know who I'm going to talk to exactly on this show. |
| 0:43.1 | Today, it's the CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers professional basketball team and the New Jersey Devils professional hockey team. |
| 0:53.4 | My guest is Scott O'Neill, and we are talking about |
| 0:56.6 | his new book, Be Where Your Feet Are, Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving. |
| 1:03.9 | It's got to be fun to have a gig where you get to be around so many fantastic athletes to watch |
| 1:09.8 | up close and personal. |
| 1:12.3 | I mean, Scott gets to watch as often as he wants, up close and personal. |
| 1:17.5 | Joelle Embed, Ben Simmons. |
| 1:19.4 | These are two of the best basketball players that have ever lived. |
| 1:23.3 | That's no hyperbole. |
| 1:24.9 | Top 100, I'm sure. |
| 1:27.2 | So that's just really fun. But how do you get to be in the |
| 1:29.8 | position to be the CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers? You just know there's got to be a good story there. |
| 1:37.8 | And there is one of hard work, one of serendipity, one of a little luck, and one of being very persistent and dogged and not |
| 1:47.3 | quitting. Because isn't that the whole key? Don't quit. Persevere. Don't stop. Keep your eye on the |
| 1:55.8 | goal. Keep pushing. So many people don't do that. So if you do that, hell, you've already got a leg up. |
| 2:03.7 | Without any further delay, let's jump right in and get a bunch of these great life lessons from Scott O'Neill. |
| 2:27.3 | I want to know what professional teams you are currently CEO of because I start to go through your bio. |
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