EP 40. Finding Success On and Off the Pitch with Former International Footballer Eyong Enoh
03/14/23 • 72 min
In today's episode, Ryan speaks to Eyong Enoh, a Cameroonian former professional footballer. Eyong is the CEO of 4P Baller, an investor, a keynote speaker, a life coach, and the host of the Enoh Reunited Podcast. During the span of his career, Enoh experienced top-level football on four different continents.
At the age of 28, Enoh found himself on the unpleasant side of the market window and had to spend half a year at home. During this period, he had a chance to pen down his journey, identify the gaps, and launch 4P Baller. 4P Baller is a sports management and educational agency which helps aspiring, active and transitioning professionals escape the pit hole of bankruptcy at retirement.
Tune in to learn more about:
- Getting laughed at during his initial football experiences
- The challenges athletes face when scaling up
- Taking the risk to opt for his football career and putting aside his academics despite opposition from loved ones
- How his dad's tough motivation drove him to explore his dreams at different levels, places, and cultures.
- Stepping from Cyprus to South Africa and Amsterdam with his focus intact
- How staying at home due to the closed market window helped him delve into his 2nd wind
- Penning down his sporting journey into a magnificent book and how it has formed his 2nd wind trajectory
- How he is helping professionals achieve all-round success
... and so much more!
Are you looking for Career Clarity for your next step, for more information, or to book a consultancy, make sure you check out
Links:
Website: www.4pballer.com
LinkedIn: Eyong Enoh
Instagram: @eyongenoh_official
Podcast: ENOH REUNITED - AFC JAX
Resources:
How to Become a Successful Professional Footballer: The 4p's to a Successful Career by Eyong Enoh
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
In today's episode, Ryan speaks to Eyong Enoh, a Cameroonian former professional footballer. Eyong is the CEO of 4P Baller, an investor, a keynote speaker, a life coach, and the host of the Enoh Reunited Podcast. During the span of his career, Enoh experienced top-level football on four different continents.
At the age of 28, Enoh found himself on the unpleasant side of the market window and had to spend half a year at home. During this period, he had a chance to pen down his journey, identify the gaps, and launch 4P Baller. 4P Baller is a sports management and educational agency which helps aspiring, active and transitioning professionals escape the pit hole of bankruptcy at retirement.
Tune in to learn more about:
- Getting laughed at during his initial football experiences
- The challenges athletes face when scaling up
- Taking the risk to opt for his football career and putting aside his academics despite opposition from loved ones
- How his dad's tough motivation drove him to explore his dreams at different levels, places, and cultures.
- Stepping from Cyprus to South Africa and Amsterdam with his focus intact
- How staying at home due to the closed market window helped him delve into his 2nd wind
- Penning down his sporting journey into a magnificent book and how it has formed his 2nd wind trajectory
- How he is helping professionals achieve all-round success
... and so much more!
Are you looking for Career Clarity for your next step, for more information, or to book a consultancy, make sure you check out
Links:
Website: www.4pballer.com
LinkedIn: Eyong Enoh
Instagram: @eyongenoh_official
Podcast: ENOH REUNITED - AFC JAX
Resources:
How to Become a Successful Professional Footballer: The 4p's to a Successful Career by Eyong Enoh
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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EP 39. How to Strike a Balance Between Your Dedication to Athleticism, Academics, and Your Passion, with Myriam Glez
In today's episode, Ryan speaks to Myriam Glez, a former French-Australian Olympic synchronized swimmer and the founder and CEO of Athletes Soul. After representing the French national team at the Sydney Olympics, she retired to attend Business School, then went into the corporate world and eventually resumed her sporting career.
Following her second retirement, Myriam founded Athletes Soul, a non-profit organization that supports athletes that are transitioning out of sports. Her goal is to raise awareness about the challenges of athletic retirement by helping them take advantage of a community of former athletes.
Tune in to learn more about:
- How Myriam switched focus between her Olympics career, academic, and the corporate world
- Myriam's first retirement from a synchronized swimmer to attend business school
- Importance of more process goals rather than outcome goals
- Transitioning twice from being at the top end of elite sports
- How she is using her experience from dual retirement to help other athletes in their transition
- Why it is valuable to allow other people to help you out in your transition
- More gems for athletes trying to balance through niche sports
...and so much more!
Are you looking for Career Clarity for your next step, for more information, or to book a consultancy, make sure you check out
Links:
Website: www.atheletessoul.com
LinkedIn: Myriam Glez
Instagram: @glez.myriam
YouTube: @Athletes Soul
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EP 41. Goals are Markers to Your Journey Not An End, with Ex-Professional Freestyle Skier James Matheson
In today's episode, Ryan speaks to James Matheson, a former double Olympian who represented Australia at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. James is also the host of The Athlete Collective Podcast having retired from freestyle skiing to the corporate world over a year ago just after the Beijing Winter Olympics.
He initially moved into banking and payments consultancy, and then into one of the fastest-growing payment tech firms. James believes in the power of storytelling and his Athlete Collective Podcast uncovers untold stories from athletes who are often portrayed from a singular perspective.
Tune in to learn more about:
- James's earliest sporting memory and how he was introduced to skiing
- His pathway to becoming a professional skier
- The sacrifices his parents made in support of his sporting career and transition
- The amazing life of an Olympic skier
- The limbo between sports and 2nd wind that athletes find themselves in
- How he transitioned on his terms and had an end date for sports
- How he has reframed his success right now
- Why purpose is ever-changing and not an end goal
- His gems to young winter athletes
and so much more!
Are you looking for Career Clarity for your next step, for more information, or to book a consultancy, make sure you check out
Links:
Website: www.theathletecollective.com
LinkedIn: James Matheson
Instagram: @jamesmatheson333
Podcast: The Athlete Collective
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