
The Post Game Podcast
#62: From Pro Ball to Business: How Athletes Win After Sports with Charlie Ruiz
Charlie Ruiz is a founder, facilitator, motivational speaker, executive coach—and former professional baseball player.
He was drafted in the 10th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies. Since retiring from pro ball, he has over a decade of coaching experience, including 700+ trainings and 3,000+ coaching hours working with founders, start-ups and growing companies in high-tech.
What You’ll Hear About:
-Former Pro Athletes talking about their story
-Awareness of high performers
-Multi-tasking doesn’t exist
-His Four C’s method
-Learning Presence
-95% of CEOs are former athletes
-Stagnation and taking ownership
-Finding out what you don’t want
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Intro to Charlie (2:30) - Chabot and Long Beach State(4:15) - The mental game (7:15) - Conviction (10:45) - Pro Ball and Injury(13:15) - Now what?(18:40) - Focus on the current moment (20:50) - Staying present (23:40) - Awareness (26:00) - Willing to get uncomfortable (30:00) - Coaching and development after sports(32:30) - Reinvention (33:50) - Overcoming stagnation (35:00) - The leap to entrepreneurship (38:45) - Leaning into your powersLinks:
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