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The Jon Gordon Podcast

Godwin Igwebuike | Having Faith in God's Plan

The Jon Gordon Podcast

Jon Gordon

Leadership, Teamwork, Success, Positiveuniversity, Jongordon, Health & Fitness, Positivity, Education, Positiveu, Happiness, Teambuilding

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Postive U, Jon is joined by professional football player, Godwin Igwebuike. Godwin's journey in the NFL has had many up's and down's, but this had led him to completely rely on God's plan for his life. His story is truly remarkable, and a testament to what happens when you trust God even in the quiet moments.

Connect with Godwin:

https://www.instagram.com/akagodwin/?hl=en

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You. And today, my guess is Godwin, E.G.

0:12.3

B.K. Godwin, how you doing?

0:14.7

I'm doing good. You nailed the last name. I see you.

0:17.6

I was gonna say that I pronounced it right.

0:19.2

You did. I said, you did. You practiced. You practiced.

0:22.0

Hey, I was, I was, I was working on it. I want to pronounce your name right.

0:25.5

It's a cool name. Where does the name originate from?

0:28.0

It's Nigerian, actually. My dad was born in Nigeria.

0:31.3

He came over here as a kid. So I carry it in my lineage.

0:35.3

That's awesome. What about your mom?

0:37.5

My mom was born in West Virginia. She might be in Nigerian some years ago, but

0:42.4

just the, she's black and then my dad is Nigerian. So I'm not sure where she's from.

0:47.6

We got to do the 23 of me or something.

0:49.7

That's awesome. I've met a lot of Nigerians. There's something incredible about the Nigerians.

0:54.9

There's like this incredible spirit. Where does that come from?

0:59.8

Have you noticed it as well? For sure. I haven't been yet.

1:04.0

I'm not going to lie to you, but I'm so excited to go.

1:07.7

There's definitely like a spirit of excellence that Nigerians carry that I'm sure you're

1:11.6

familiar with as well. And that I kind of, you know, my dad definitely brought that.

1:15.9

My mom did too, but culturally speaking, Nigerians, there's a spirit of excellence and

1:21.9

education of hard work and just, you know, just getting after it, which I think is really cool.

1:27.8

And a lot of guys are in NFL or Nigeria. I think it's a growing number, guys, honestly.

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