The Post Game Podcast Ep. 45 - Christian Ponder: Expectations of a 1st Round Pick, Performance Anxiety, and Founding The Post
Christian Ponder is a former NFL Quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers.
He played college football at Florida State University and was drafted 12th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
After retiring in 2016, he started down the wealth management path, but missed the competition and community aspect to the locker room.
He founded The Post, an invite-only leadership network for athletes to come together post playing career and make the transition from sports to business.
What You’ll Learn About:
- The expectations of an NFL 1st round pick
- Performance Anxiety
- Building confidence with kids
- Quarterbacks being in the right system
- The transition out of the NFL
- How he started The Post
- Investing in self-awareness
Timestamps:
(0:00) – Intro to Christian
(2:40) – Christian’s Football Roots
(5:45) – The Journey to Florida State
(9:20) – Tough Freshman year
(11:00) – Confidence from Jimbo Fisher
(13:15) – Replacing Brett Favre
(14:00) – Added pressure as a 1st round pick
(16:30) – Performance Anxiety
(18:10) – The Root Cause
(20:00) – Relationship with his kids
(21:40 – Decision to walk away from the NFL
(24:25) – Sam Darnold
(26:00) – Cycle of 1st round QBs
(28:00) – Starting his career after football
(30:20) – Influence of our environment
(33:50) – Transition out of sports
(36:15) – Starting The Post
(39:00) – Finding his co-founder
(40:00) – Biggest challenges of starting a business
(43:15) – Long Term vision for The Post
(47:15) – Building the brand one step at a time
(48:45) – Self Awareness
(51:30) – Where to find Christian
Links:
Email: Christian@thepost.co
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