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The Dr. Josh Axe Show

Why I Chose Faith and Family Over Football | Eric Decker

The Dr. Josh Axe Show

Dr. Josh Axe

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

How do you reinvent yourself and find purpose outside of career success? Ex-NFL star Eric Decker shares his playbook Our guest today is former NFL wide receiver Eric Decker, who had a standout 8-season career. Now, Eric is the president of his wife Jessie James Decker’s fashion brand, Kittenish. Eric opens up about the challenges of shifting identity after professional sports, making the jump to business, and strengthening his marriage, faith, and family. You’ll discover: What true success looks like after status and championships How to balance marriage, family, and work in a new season of life The importance of basing your identity on faith and values Secrets to developing confidence and strong leadership How to build a circle of mentors and positive influences Advice for leaving a lasting legacy and make a difference As an entrepreneur, husband, and father, Eric shares his playbook for reinventing yourself, strengthening relationships, finding purpose, and building a legacy that lasts. Tune in to discover guidance for your own journey of growth and leadership. Want more of The Growth Lab with Dr. Josh Axe? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram Twitter Facebook Tik-Tok Follow Eric Decker Instagram Follow Leaders Instagram Twitter Facebook Email Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I think it takes time to think about what is your passion, you know, what do you enjoy?

0:04.0

Yeah.

0:05.0

How do you involve that into every day?

0:07.0

I understand we all have a responsibility to take care of ourselves and a family or whoever that may be.

0:13.0

So you have to provide financially in a sense, but how do you include your passions in that?

0:19.0

And then once you do, like, commit to it. Same thing. Like, commit to that, that direction and live in there and like, and go through a six months, go through a year and then reevaluate. Okay, is this, is this what I want to do? No. All right, I'm going to pivot here. If it is, you know, just keep putting your energy towards it. But I think it comes down to

0:38.5

just kind of like taking a step back and looking at like, all right, what do I love to do? Do I love

0:44.0

working with people? Do I love, you know, building things or just being being a part of, I don't know,

0:49.1

some service industry? You got to figure out what that is that gives you that fire within.

0:56.5

Hey, everybody, Dr. Josh Axe here.

0:58.5

Welcome to the Growth Lab, where each and every week we cover the science behind how to grow yourself, your health, your wealth, and take your career and relationships the next level.

1:07.7

Today we have Eric Decker on the podcast. Super excited to talk to him today.

1:12.5

We're gonna dive into how to go from,

1:15.0

really how to change your identity.

1:16.7

I mean, this is something that I think is so important for people.

1:20.5

Is identity, who are you, or how do you become someone new?

1:24.5

How do you reinvent yourself?

1:26.4

We're gonna talk about those things today,

1:27.7

but Eric has had an incredible career, an incredible NFL career with the Broncos and the Jets and the

1:34.2

Titans. He was a leader receiver one year. And he's a person who, you know, actually one of his

1:39.5

other, this isn't a claim to fame, but he grew up close to where my wife and my family grew up in Minnesota.

1:45.9

And so anyways, we're going to talk about a lot of stuff today, but we're going to talk about,

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