5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Former athlete, cancer survivor and Director of Player Engagement at SignaturePRO, Rob Vaka joins Eric for an insightful conversation about overcoming obstacles, money management with former athletes, being grateful in every situation and how to succeed in life after retirement.
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0:00.0 | Mindset's the number one factor. |
0:07.0 | Yes, you have to eat as well as you can. |
0:11.0 | Yes, you have to get rest and sleep. |
0:13.0 | Yes, you have to have people that love you. |
0:16.0 | But mindset, what you tell yourself, just the same way when you played for the Buffalo Bills or |
0:21.7 | Louisville or at Elder. What you tell yourself is possible is what you're probably going to |
0:27.5 | manifest and live out. Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood. Our guest this week is Rob Vaca. |
0:39.7 | Rob has helped create Signature Pro, a community of the firm Signature FD. |
0:45.8 | They help athletes, entertainers, and people with wealth avoid the pitfalls of what money can bring. |
0:51.9 | Rob has raised over millions of dollars in the philanthropy space. He's |
0:57.7 | beat cancer and we will hear that story and it's phenomenal and I love his mindset that he talks |
1:03.5 | about throughout this podcast. Rob dresses in a unique way and you can find him on Instagram and follow |
1:10.4 | along. Rob lives by three core principles, |
1:14.3 | giving more than he gets, living with an attitude of gratitude and investing in and building people |
1:20.2 | up and that will come through through this podcast and the way he impacts people. Enjoy. |
1:27.0 | Rob, welcome to the show. |
1:29.2 | Eric, it's great to be in Louisville with you, man. |
1:31.6 | Thanks for having me on. |
1:32.6 | Absolutely. Why don't you start off by giving the listeners some of your story, where you grew up, |
1:36.8 | sports you play, college attended, early career life? |
1:40.2 | Yeah, I'm a Jersey short kid. |
1:41.6 | I think most people that meet me probably don't see me as a Jersey guy. |
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