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All 1N Moments - Pivot or Perish: Embracing Life's Major Transitions
All 1N Moments - Pivot or Perish: Embracing Life's Major Transitions
Jake Fine and Braxston Cave dive deep into the art of pivoting in life, sharing personal stories of major transitions from the NFL to business and exploring how embracing change leads to growth and new opportunities.
• Signs that it's time to pivot include feeling stuck, unmotivated, or outgrowing your current situation
• The younger generation often fears committing to a career path, but you'll never know what's right until you try
• Professional athletes must train with a "no Plan B" mindset while knowing their careers will be extremely short
• Don't be afraid to take advantage of learning opportunities just because they're uncomfortable or unfamiliar
• Initial discomfort in a new path doesn't mean it's wrong - sometimes you need to push through to know
• Successful people adapt and focus on what they could gain from changes rather than what they might lose
• The most valuable pivots often require fully committing rather than going "half in, half out"
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Welcome back to the Go On Podcast. I'm Jake Fine.
Speaker 2:And I'm Braxton Cave and on today's episode we're going to hit you guys with another quick hitter, all-in moments, and this episode is going to be on pivoting in life. But before we get started, two things. One at the time of this episode, we are fresh off of the quick little storm that came through town.
Speaker 2:Yes, and my wife and I. We lost power for a couple of days, and so we were bouncing around and stayed at a friend's house and trying to drag the kids around. You don't realize how much stuff you need for like one day of your kids until you have to move stuff out of your house. And so we're through it. Now things are good. No, no damage to the house, you know.
Speaker 1:Thank god for that you don't, you don't realize how, how important electricity is.
Speaker 2:Oh man, I mean the things that we take for granted, I tell you it's, it's. I mean just the simple stuff. Like you know, we're in the middle of potty training with Asa right now.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah.
Speaker 2:And you know flushing toilets. You don't realize how like ingrained that is in your brain to flush the toilet. We're like, oh no so. But it's all good, caffeine and Jesus is getting us through and we're going. But the second thing is just recapping on our on our episode that we did with Nick. Just incredible, great reviews from people. I enjoyed it, I know you enjoyed it. But just listening back to all the nuggets of wisdom and you know the things that Nick's been through was really incredible.
Speaker 1:Just to sit in front of him and hear there's a lot in that two hour segment that we did. Like you know, I was locked in the entire time. I didn't say much in the episode. I was like just infatuated. I was like looking at him like dude, you are just got me in a trance. But yeah, it was.
Speaker 2:it was really good it was good to have him on. Yeah, so if you guys haven't had a chance to listen to that, we split it up into episode one. Episode two with Nick Urincar. It was an epic couple of episodes, so go ahead and go back and listen to those if you haven't.
Speaker 2:But, getting into today's episode, pivoting in life. You know, both you and I have had to make some major pivots, and obviously in two very different worlds, and so we wanted to talk through that with you guys today and some of the lessons we've learned, and maybe try and correlate our stories to something that you guys are going through today to maybe help you hit that pivot and transition into something maybe you're called for and so, jake, you want to hit us with your pivot.
Speaker 1:Yeah, before I dig in, you know a lot of people. I mean there's probably a few people out there that don't know. You know a pivot in life would be, you know, feeling stuck, unmotivated. Maybe you've outgrown your current situation. You know it could be your job, relationships or even your mindset. You know, the signs are always there, you just have to pay attention. But the pivots I've made, I mean I know I'm probably not done. There's probably going to be more in the future, which I already know there will be, like the podcast. I had to make a pivot. You know businesses. You know they just don't always go as planned. Sometimes you burn out, you know you do it for so long. You're like you know what this is not where I see myself doing. You do it for so long you're like you know what this is not where I see myself doing. So you just make that pivot in life and in the business world and go a different direction and you know it's a new thing all the time that you're learning and you'll know. You know right away.
Speaker 2:And one thing I want to add to that because I have a lot of conversations with some of the younger generation that's up and coming, whether they went to school or they decided to jump right into work. A lot of the conversations I have with them they're searching and searching and searching for the perfect job and I'm like you're never going to find it.
Speaker 2:You've got to jump in and try things out and, honestly, you're probably going to hate it, but then you're going to know. I have this conversation with some of my younger family members and it's almost like they're scared to try things because I mean, maybe it's a fear of failure, maybe it's just fear of I'm going to get into something that I'm not going to like, and it's like you can very easily pivot, but once you know, you know I'm going to get into something that I'm not going to like.
Speaker 2:And it's like you can very easily pivot, yeah. But once you know, you're never going to know until you gain that experience and know whether this is something that I enjoy or it's something that I'm not, and then you can course correct and try something different.
Speaker 1:So it's just really interesting. You've had to make some pivots, I've made some pivots.
Speaker 2:You know, you know, I, I, I told you this story, you know, a few days ago, but I'm going to try and relate my, my football story to maybe like a more, you know, normal career path. And you know so I was saying imagine training every day since you were nine years old to be an accountant. Right, I'll use an accountant as an example. An accountant or a nurse, or a chef, whatever, whatever you want that career path to be. But you, you know, at nine years old, you practice it, you fall in love with it, you have a passion, you go to camps and you travel around, you go to these different things and your family invest money into this. You know, and all along knowing that the, the role of being an accountant won't last forever.
Speaker 2:I don't think people look at it, you know, when it comes to professional sports, they don't look at it with that type of mindset, like would you jump into being an accountant and going through all that? If you knew that at 24, 26 years old you wouldn't be able to do that anymore. It's totally different. Yeah, you know. So I look at it as you know, when professional athletes go through these, you know it doesn't last long, right. Nfl not for long, right, but you have to go into it with the go-all-in mindset, because there's there's no plan b. If you want to get to that level, regardless of what you're you're going to do, there is no plan b.
Speaker 2:You know, people used to ask me all the time, like Brax, what if? When I was in high school, brax, what if you don't go to Notre Dame or don't get a college scholarship? Like it wasn't an option? Yeah, didn't? We didn't even like talk like that at my house. You know, brax, what if you wouldn't have made it to the NFL? It, it wasn't an option?
Speaker 2:Yeah, in the back of my head, did I know I was getting a Notre Dame degree? Of course I did, cause that's still you know, but I wasn't like, oh, I'm going to dip my toes in here and hopefully I get picked up and I can play, and if not, I'll just go be whatever. It was never something that I would even think about or talk about. Um, and so I hope that that puts it in perspective, what it's like from you know what, what I'm going to use air quotes here of, like a normal job versus, you know, playing, a professional sport. And so you know, my pivots were, you know, nfl to business and, like I said, I didn't have anything lined up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I had a huge network, knew a lot of people. So, like you know, my thought in my head was it's going to work out whenever I'm done playing like I'll, I'll figure it out. And so, you know, made the pivot from football to a professional career, you know, a pivot to being a dad. In the middle of all that, and you know, I went, once I got into the business world it was, you know, I went from. I thought I was going to be taking a medical sales job. Um, thank God it was not the right thing for me.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So, you know, jump into the manufacturing world as a trainee, and I go from a trainee to you know, leading a small group of people to then, you know, leading, actually leading a manufacturing group to leading a distribution group, to leading a customer service group to lead leading an insurance claims group, like pivot after pivot after pivot. And to me, the only way I looked at that was I'm just putting another tool in my tool belt right. I knew I jumped into manufacturing. I didn't know a damn thing about manufacturing but I was willing to learn, seek to understand mindset, and you know a lot of people.
Speaker 2:I think that maybe was a separating factor from me, from some of the other people that jumped into it around the same time as me, was I was not afraid to fail. I knew I didn't know anything. So to me I'm like I got nothing to lose anything. So to me I'm like I got nothing to lose. You know I'm going to come in, I'm going to ask a lot of questions, probably a lot of stupid questions, but you know, as the saying goes, there's no stupid question beside ones that's not asked. And so you know, one of my biggest action items or takeaways I would give for you guys is that, like, don't be afraid to take advantage of an opportunity to learn and grow just because it's uncomfortable or unfamiliar territory, like to me, like those are the greatest opportunities because there's no expectation at that point, so you can dive all into it and learn as much as you possibly can.
Speaker 2:And again, you may hate it. I mean I remember going through it. I've told this story before. Like my first month in this new job I came home and I told Natalie I remember going through it. I've told this story before my first month in this new job. I came home and I told Natalie I'm like I think I messed up, I think I made the wrong decision. And thankfully she told me stick with it.
Speaker 2:But there's times when it's not going to be sunshine and rainbows, oh yeah, but you have to push through that and actually know.
Speaker 1:Give it enough time to know whether it's the right thing for you or not, you have that voice in your head telling you to quit. It's just funny how you talk about the accountant story and you know, it makes me think of phil knight, because he was an accountant and he sold shoes out of his car that's what you know. That's how nike started. Didn't he start out? Wasn't it selling like phone books, or something?
Speaker 1:like that yeah, he was doing phone books and then shoes, right, so yeah, but I mean, yeah, he was an accountant it's like any successful person that you maybe look up to, didn't start in what they're doing what you know them as today yeah yep, just like any other big company, usually didn't start in the area or the industry that they're in today.
Speaker 2:They had to make a pivot and took advantage.
Speaker 1:I just, you know, the problem is most people just fear the change. That's the big fear they have is change. They worry about what they're going to lose instead of focusing on what they could gain from it. And you know, the most successful people in life are the ones that who adapt. You know, adapt or die, that's what I say. And, um, they don't let their ego or fear keep them trapped in something that's not working. So that's, you know, usually successful people, that's what they do. But you know, you said it before you know you gotta go all in. You can't go half in, half out. It doesn't work. Yeah, so, but yeah, quick and easy, quick and easy, quick hitter. But if you guys, you know, as we in this quick, quick hitter episode, if you guys, if it hits you, if you guys feel it inside your heart, you know, share it for us, tag us, I mean, that's what helped grow this thing. Word of tag us, I mean that's what helped grow this thing.
Speaker 2:um, word of mouth, that's the big thing about what we use and, uh, share it for us. And yeah, at the end of the day, if you're, if you're in a position like that right now, you're going through a pivot shoot us a note like we'd love to, I'd like to talk through it with you guys, maybe relate an experience, learn from each other. Um, that's what this is all about, so don't be afraid to reach out.
Speaker 1:But that's it, man.
Speaker 2:That's it. See you on the next one. See ya, thank you.
