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8 Athletes & Entrepreneurs That Embrace Yoga as the Edge to Success
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Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:17:29 +0000
Incredibly successful athletes and entrepreneurs continue to embrace yoga as a powerful tool in gaining the mental and physical edge necessary to become a consistent top performer in the field and boardroom. The improved mental clarity gained from their practice allows them to remain calm in the face of pressure to make the tough plays […]
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Incredibly successful athletes and entrepreneurs continue to embrace yoga as a powerful tool in gaining the mental and physical edge necessary to become a consistent top performer in the field and boardroom.
The improved mental clarity gained from their practice allows them to remain calm in the face of pressure to make the tough plays when the game is on the line, or when game changing strategic decisions need to be made.
The enhanced energy and physical strength from a regular practice provides them the level of vitality necessary to be at the top of their game through an entire season, playoffs and championships, or during the long days of building and running a thriving business.
Here are 8 phenomenally successful athletes and entrepreneurs that found a winning edge through their yoga practice.
1. Daniel Loeb
Founder & Chief Executive of Third Point, LLC
$17.5B Assets Under Management Hedge Fund
Daniel Loeb is one of the most successful hedge fund managers in history and a regular practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga. He credits yoga with the ability to quiet the fluctuations and putting the mind at ease, learning to come out of difficult positions and persevering through difficult uncomfortable moments, and making decisions that are consistent with our moral framework.
2. LeBron James
Forward, Cleveland Cavaliers
2-time NBA Champion, 4-time MVP, 2-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA Rookie of the Year
Lebron James credits his yoga practice to increasing his stamina and endurance, which is useful in his often-needed long-playing minutes.
LeBron says:
“Yoga isn’t just about the body, it’s also about the mind, and it’s a technique that has really helped me.”
3. Victor Cruz
Wide Receiver, New York Gians
Super Bowl Champion, Pro-Bowl, NFL record holder longest touchdown reception
Cruz became a huge proponent of yoga after the mandatory classes for all rookies in pre-season training camp. After becoming an incredible sensation his rookie year, he credited his practice with providing focus, mental toughness and stamina for those long games.
4. Aaron Rodgers
Quarterback, Green Bay Packers
Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP, NFL MVP, 3-time Pro Bowl
Aaron Rodgers has come out and said he’ll most likely play into his 40’s thanks to his newfound love of practicing yoga. Aaron credits it with an increased amount of flexibility and sharpened mental discipline.
5. Russell Simmons
Co-Founder Def Jam, Founder Phat Farm
Russell Simmons started practicing twenty years ago and was immediately hooked on the presence gained from a daily yoga practice. Russell credits it with providing an increased amount of focus leading to flashes of creativity that helped him build his business empire.
6. Lionel Messi
Forward, FC Barcelona/ Captain-Argentina National Futból Team
FIFA World Player of the Year, FIFA Cup World Cup Champion
After heavy workouts throughout the day, Lionel Messi finishes his day with a power yoga routine that helps him rejuvenate his mind and provides harmony for a peaceful feeling.
7. Sergey Brin
Co-Founder, GOOGLE, Inc.
Sergey Brin has profound enthusiasm for his yoga practice and credits it with his ability maintain semblance in his life.
8. Dwyane Wade
Guard, Miami Heat
3-time NBA Champion, 10-time NBA All-Star, NBA Finals MVP
Dwayne Wade is such a huge proponent of yoga, he proposed to his wife on a yoga block! He is a fan of sharing the glorious physical benefits the practice of yoga has brought to his ability to perform on the court and maintain flexibility.
As yoga continues to gain prominence and become mainstream we should follow the example of the uber-successful who find mental clarity and discipline, physical stamina, energy and strength, and inner peace to gain an edge and become a top performer in our lives.
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6 Reasons Why Lebron James Letter is Actually a Success Manifesto
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Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:56:14 +0000
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I’ve been there through it all. Anyone who knows me in the slightest knows that I’m a die-hard heat fan. Besides perhaps Blue’s Clues or Dexter’s Laboratory (“Oooh! What does THAT button do?”), my first memories of watching television are of watching the Miami Heat draft Dwyane Wade out of Marquette University “with the 5th […]
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I’ve been there through it all.
Anyone who knows me in the slightest knows that I’m a die-hard heat fan. Besides perhaps Blue’s Clues or Dexter’s Laboratory (“Oooh! What does THAT button do?”), my first memories of watching television are of watching the Miami Heat draft Dwyane Wade out of Marquette University “with the 5th pick of the 2003 NBA Draft” (that last part being said with the voice of former commissioner David Stern’s dry voice in my head).
I witnessed Lamar Odom play in a Miami Heat uniform, back when he was better known for playing basketball than for marrying Khloe Kardashian. Later that year, he was traded to the L.A. Lakers along with Caron Butler and Brian Grant (remember those names, bandwagon fans? Didn’t think so.) for The Big Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal. Shortly afterwards, the Heat finally won their first title, with Wade averaging Jordan-esque numbers in order to slay the Dallas Mavericks after falling behind two games to none before winning four straight in 2006. I was at that championship parade.
I remember sitting in my dad’s living room as Lebron James announced “The Decision”, an event that will go down as one of the biggest snafus in free agency announcement history for everyone in the world except South Floridians, where that moment remains one of the happiest in Miami sports history. I cringed when we lost to the Mavs in 2011, and felt for Lebron as he suffered the biggest media backlash known to mankind for “choking” in the Finals.
I also watched, jaw dropped to the floor, the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals, where Lebron, outfitted with the scariest death-stare you could ever imagine, scored 30 points in the first half alone against the Boston Celtics in Game 6 to stave off elimination and save his legacy. I celebrated again in South Beach with hundreds of thousands of fans after we won in 2012, and watched Ray Allen’s unforgettable three-pointer against the San Antonio Spurs in 2013 live from my cell phone in a San Francisco BART station (of course, cheering at the top of my lungs in sheer joy with no regards to anyone else around me waiting for the train). And, most recently, I remember slouching in my seat at a restaurant in the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport as I witnessed the Heat lose to the Spurs in the latest NBA Finals.
What die-hard Heat fans will tell you, along with basketball aficionados alike, is that, while we are disappointed to lose Lebron to free agency, we are also extremely grateful to have watched one of the game’s all-time greats play in our team’s uniform night-in and night-out for four memorable years. I don’t think that will truly settle in until long after Lebron walks away from the game in a decade or so.
What I can also say is that there are a lot of lessons to learn from Lebron in regards to “The Decision” 2.0, particularly from his letter in Sports Illustrated in which he told the world about his return home. Here’s why Lebron’s letter is actually a success manifesto to be emulated and modelled after.
1) He Surrounded Himself With The Best Talent
When Lebron wanted to write a letter to the world making his decision about free agency known once and for all, he did so with the help of Lee Jenkins, one of the most acclaimed sports reporters in the world. Jenkins received high praise from the 15 other on-air journalists for ESPN who broke the story, all of whom would have loved to be the first to report such breaking news.
In his open letter, James also acknowledged that the reason he came to Miami in the first place was to play with top talent like Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and we saw the success that decision resulted in (2 MVPs, 2 rings, 4 trips to the NBA Finals, and an Olympic Gold medal). In Cleveland, he will certainly look to continue that trend, and the team has already begun making moves to acquire players like Kevin Love to surround James with winning pieces now.
Kudos to Lebron for surrounding himself with top talent, both on and off the court, over the last few years, and it serves as a great business lesson to the rest of us.
2) He Learned From His Mistakes
The first one-and-a-half years Lebron James was in a Miami Heat uniform were disastrous from a PR standpoint, starting with his primetime TV announcement that he was “taking his talents to South Beach” (such sweet, sweet words even now). As he has recovered from being public enemy #1 in the NBA four years ago (and has now arguably become the most lovable sports figure we have today), he has learned from his mistakes and has matured greatly. This time around, he kept things under wraps until he was ready to make his announcement, and then did so in humble and calculated fashion in his Sports Illustrated letter.
Lesson to all leaders out there – learn from your mistakes, and use those teachings to showcase your growth when given the opportunity. Everyone around you, from your employees to your co-workers, friends, family, followers, and fans, will respect you greatly for your growth in maturity.
3) He Didn’t Burn Any Bridges
Both in his letter and in his actions the past few days, Lebron was very sensitive to the key relationships he had built in Miami over the last four years. He met with the other two members of the former “Big Three” at the onset of free agency in order to give them first consideration in this entire process. He made sure to meet with Heat leadership face-to-face to hear their proposal and give them the respect they deserve. He even consulted Wade man-to-man on a long flight back to Miami from Las Vegas, where I’m sure the two of them discussed this move and what it would mean for their friendship.
In his letter, he wisely thanked Heat owner Micky Arison and Heat President Pat Riley for their time together over the past four years, and cited that the relationships he built here were near-and-dear to his heart. For us, we should use this as a lesson for times in life when we need to leave a job, end a relationship, reject a business deal, or otherwise have to part ways with those we become close to. There is a way to leave something or someone respectably, and Lebron James showed us exactly how to do so.
4) He Began Planting Seeds For Future Success Without Sacrificing For Today
Lebron does this in multiple ways with his decision to return to Cleveland, as well as in his letter. He’s returning to a young team that has the potential to keep a core nucleus of players intact for years and years to come, yet already have enough talent to contend for a championship this season and is already looking to add more talent and experience to the roster to try and win now.
With his brand, he secures current sponsorships and momentum by making this “fairy-tale” return reminiscent of Michael Jordan coming back to the Chicago Bulls from early retirement, while also providing the opportunity to cash in on future success and storylines that may come with potentially producing rings for the championship-starved city of Cleveland. Finally, in his letter, he already began to acknowledge some of his team teammates, which will go a long way towards building chemistry for his team come tip-off of the 2014-2015 NBA season.
In business, if you can “cover your nut” today while planting seeds for future success, you’re already doing a pretty good job of managing your time and potential opportunities.
5) He Showed Us That He Was The Bigger Man
It would be easy for Lebron to hold a grudge against Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, who wrote a nasty letter to James after his departure from Cleveland in 2010. It would be easy for Lebron to be angry at the Cavs fans who burned his jersey in the streets just minutes after he announced his decision to play in Miami and violently booed him at every reunion between the two teams over the last four years.
It would be easy for him to hate the media, who took every rumor of the last ten days and blew them up to epic proportions. However, all of that said, he put the past behind him, especially in his relationship with Dan Gilbert, in order to make the biggest impact possible for his hometown with his choice of returning. That’s not the easiest thing to do, yet that type of class is what epitomizes true success more than any paycheck, job title, or investment ever will. Well done Lebron.
6) He Acted With A Higher Purpose In Mind
While Lebron is undoubtedly the best basketball player on the planet today, this was not solely a basketball decision for him. As you can read in his letter, he acted with a higher purpose in mind, knowing that he was in a position to profoundly impact an entire city’s future for decades to come.
Not only can he potentially deliver a sports championship to a city that hasn’t had one in 50 years, but he sets a standard for hundreds of thousands of Ohio natives, from the 3rd graders currently growing up there to the adults who’ve moved on to other parts of the world, that Cleveland is a great place to live and a sound place to invest your professional and familial future in.
Lebron understands his impact in revitalizing his hometown, and understands the long-term ramifications his return can have on the city’s economy, growth, and collective psyche long after he hangs up his jersey. While we should all make decisions that benefit us today, we should also constantly be cognisant of our higher purposes in life and align our actions accordingly with our “calling” wherever possible.
It has been an absolute pleasure watching one of the greatest players of all-time play for my favorite NBA team the last four years, and as disappointed as Heat fans may be with Lebron’s decision to return to Cleveland, we should all be appreciative of the lessons he can teach us. He is certainly a class act, and his letter in Sports Illustrated should serve as a success manifesto for anyone looking to “make it big” in life (including all the former bandwagon Heat fans who instantaneously became bandwagon Cavalier fans upon hearing his announcement).
Thank you, Lebron. See you next year.
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(Video) The Branding Genius Behind Jacob The Jeweller & Jay-Z
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Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:26:04 +0000
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Entrepreneur and well known branding genius Steve Stoute tells the story of the part he played in the success of the “Jacob” watch with Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabov. Steve Stoutes business instincts are second to none, crafting amazing brand & marketing ideas for Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Lebron James, Justin Timberlake, Fortune 500 companies etc…. Steve […]
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Entrepreneur and well known branding genius Steve Stoute tells the story of the part he played in the success of the “Jacob” watch with Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabov. Steve Stoutes business instincts are second to none, crafting amazing brand & marketing ideas for Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Lebron James, Justin Timberlake, Fortune 500 companies etc….
Steve Stoute On Developing The Jacob Watch & His First Deal With Jay-Z
Read our older post with Steve Stoute: (Video) Steve Stoute – The King Of Cool
Steve Stoutes Story:
Steve Stoute, a great symbol of the American success story, he has a very comfortable net worth of $55 Million. He is an author, entrepreneur, advertising executive and most notably, American record executive. For about 9 years, he served as an executive an many different large music labels, including Interscope Geffen A&M Records and Sony Music Entertainment. While at Interscope he helped produce such huge acts like U2, Eve, Limp Bizkit as well as Eminem’s debut album. He then took his immense knowledge of the music industry and took it to the advertising world. It is said that he was one of the pioneers of influencing the way that blue chip marketers and famous musicians connect with consumers.
Steve Stoute founded the company Translation, which has married a lot of massive fortune 500 companies like McDonalds, State Farm and Hewlett-Packard and famous musicians like Beyonce and Justin Timberlake to name a few. Because of his immense success, in 2009 the American Advertising Federation inducted Steve Stoute into the Advertising Hall of Achievement, which cemented his position as a genius entrepreneur. If that wasn’t enough, in 2005 he became the CEO of a complete line of body and hair care products called “Carol’s Daughter.” Because of Steve Stoutes established connections, he was able to find many celebrity investors like Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. Chances are, he is still not even slowing down and lives a pretty damn good life. Good for him.
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8 Athletes Who Made More Money Endorsing Products Than Playing Sports This Past Year
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Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:34:01 +0000
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Professional athletes make more money in a year’s salary than most people make in a lifetime. When you add in the money made from endorsement deals, some athletes’ total earnings near the billion dollar mark. In fact, a few of these sports figures make more money filming a commercial than playing in a giant stadium. Especially golfers and […]
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Professional athletes make more money in a year’s salary than most people make in a lifetime. When you add in the money made from endorsement deals, some athletes’ total earnings near the billion dollar mark. In fact, a few of these sports figures make more money filming a commercial than playing in a giant stadium. Especially golfers and race car drivers who make most of their money hawking products.
Checkout this interesting list of the 8 Athletes Who Made More Money Endorsing Products Than Playing Sports This Past Year.
Jimmie Johnson – 62% spokesman, 38% athlete
Endorsements: $12,000,000
Salary/Winnings: $7,264,780
Jimmie Johnson has endorsement deals with Lowe’s Hardware, Quaker State, and Chevrolet.
Source: Sports Illustrated
LeBron James – 67% spokesman, 33% athlete
Endorsements: $30,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $14,500,000
LeBron James has endorsement deals with Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and State Farm Insurance.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Kevin Durant – 70% spokesman, 30% athlete
Image: Wkimedia Commons
Endorsements: $14,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $6,053,663
Kevin Durant has endorsements from Nike, Gatorade, and EA Sports.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Jeff Gordon – 76% spokesman, 24% athlete
Image: JeffGordon.com
Endorsements: $18,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $5,703,710
Jeff Gordon has endorsements from Pepsi, DuPont, Chevrolet, Quaker State, and Goodyear
Source: Sports Illustrated
Dale Earnhart, Jr. – 83% spokesman, 17% athlete
Endorsements: $22,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $4,572,930
Dale Earnhart, Jr. has endorsement deals with Wrangler jeans, Chevrolet, AMP Energy, and Adidas.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Phil Mickelson – 93% spokesman, 7% athlete
Endorsements: $57,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $4,185,933
Phil Mickelson has endorsement deals with Callaway, KPMG, Rolex, and Barclays.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Tiger Woods – 96% spokesman, 4% athlete
Image: YouTube
Endorsements: $60,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $2,294,116
Tiger Woods has endorsement deals with Nike, EA Sports, and Kowa.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Kevin Garnett – 43% pitchman, 57% athlete
Image: AP
Endorsements: $14,000,000
Salary/Earnings: $18,832,044
Kevin Garnett has endorsement deals with Zico and ANTA (his long deal with Adidas recently expired).
Source: Sports Illustrated
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The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities
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Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:35:55 +0000
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The Ranks are in and it looks like Lady Gaga came out on top as the #1 Most Powerful Celebrity based off Money, TV/Radio, Press, Web & Social Rank. Checkout the other 99 Top Celebrities and see who else made it in The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities List This Year!
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The Ranks are in and it looks like Lady Gaga came out on top as the #1 Most Powerful Celebrity based off Money, TV/Radio, Press, Web & Social Rank.
Checkout the other 99 Top Celebrities and see who else made it in The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities List This Year!
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(Video) Lebron James – Mr.Unstoppable
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Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:52:49 +0000
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Lebron James has the golden formula for success, he shows you here how its done. This short documentary of Lebron James gives you a short insight of what keeps him grounded, why he works so hard and why he is where he is today! At such a young age he has amassed success on a very high […]
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Lebron James has the golden formula for success, he shows you here how its done.
This short documentary of Lebron James gives you a short insight of what keeps him grounded, why he works so hard and why he is where he is today! At such a young age he has amassed success on a very high scale and continues to break new ground.
Lebron James – Success & Basketball
Nike Basketball – Lebron James: Rise AD
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(Video) Steve Stoute – The King Of Cool
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Tue, 17 May 2011 04:50:23 +0000
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This video features Steve Stoute, the man behind Lady Gaga, Rihanna and a number of other top artists and high end companies. Steve Stoute’s company “Translation” is a brand management firm that arranges strategic partnerships between Pop Culture icons (Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Lebron James, Justin Timberlake, etc.) and Fortune 500 companies. In this episode, Steve […]
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This video features Steve Stoute, the man behind Lady Gaga, Rihanna and a number of other top artists and high end companies. Steve Stoute’s company “Translation” is a brand management firm that arranges strategic partnerships between Pop Culture icons (Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Lebron James, Justin Timberlake, etc.) and Fortune 500 companies.
In this episode, Steve Stoute discusses the concept of cool and also talks about creating successful collaborations between Artists and Brands. His client roster includes companies such as Samsung, State Farm, Mc Donald’s, Target, Wrigley’s, HP and P&G.
Steve Stoute Discussing The Concept Of Cool
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