Mindset is the Key to Success with Vernon Fox III

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Vernon Fox III is a retired football player, husband, father, coach, consultant, and international public speaker. Fox played for the San Diego Chargers, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins, and Denver Broncos. He was awarded MVP for Special Teams He was raised in a strong Christian household where his father was physically and emotionally present in his life. Vernon speaks fondly of his father as a positive role model; he was a faithful and stable figure in Fox’s life.

When it comes to success, it’s really about your mindset that makes you successful, not your skill set. If you have a strong mentality to persevere through hard times, you’ll be ten times more successful than the person with just a strong skill set. Mindset requires training and practice, it doesn’t just happen overnight.

Excuses are justifications for losers; it's you trying to find an escape route. A reason is something that's outside your control. Most people will try to find a way to turn their excuse into a reason, and you can't live life that way. If you own up to what you can control, and you understand what you cannot control, you can separate it from the beginning. When you do this, you end up not living by the excuses.

Perseverance is not something you are born with. It’s something you learn and adapt to. You have to decide within yourself that you aren’t going to quit, no matter what life throws at you. You’re going to pick yourself and try again tomorrow. This is how you become successful no matter what your skills are and no matter where you come from.

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0:00.0	We are men, we are warriors, we are dads, dads with a purpose, dads with an edge.
0:10.6	We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:14.8	We have one shot in life to be a dad.
0:20.6	Why not make it epic?
0:25.3	Hey, what's up guys, welcome to the dad edge podcast.
0:30.4	I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show.
0:34.1	Hope you guys are having an amazing week and here we are, Vernon Fox III.
0:38.9	He is a retired professional football player, husband, he's a father, coach, he's a consultant
0:44.7	and an international public speaker.
0:47.3	He played for the San Diego Chargers, the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, and
0:52.2	the Denver Broncos, oh yes.
0:54.7	He was awarded MVP for special teams.
0:57.6	He was also raised in a Christian household where his father was physically and emotionally
1:02.4	present in his life, pretty cool stuff.
1:05.2	Vernon speaks fondly of his father as a positive role model.
1:08.8	He was also a faithful and stable figure in his life.
1:12.0	Today, we are going to be talking about perseverance and when it comes to success, it's really
1:17.3	about your mindset that makes you successful, not necessarily your skills.
1:21.8	If you have a strong mentality and you can persevere through hard times, you'll be ten
1:25.8	times more successful than the person with just a strong skill set or talent.
1:31.8	Mindset requires practice, it requires training.
1:35.4	Definitely doesn't happen overnight, it is an absolute skill.
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