Niyi Sobo Interview: Warrior Mind Podcast #291
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In this episode of the Warrior Mind Podcast I interview a wonderful young gentleman and ex pro NFL player, Olaniyi Sobomehin. We talk about goal setting, mental rehearsal, energy management and self-talk.
We tend to assume the successful are simply gifted. Or perhaps just lucky — at the right place at the right time.
Olaniyi Sobomehin is not one of those people.
But he does have one thing most lack: vision and self-belief.
A middle child with a life long dream to play in the NFL, Niyi lacked the natural gifts required to even earn a college football scholarship. Friends and family repeated the refrain: be realistic. Niyi ignored the advice, invested in himself and walked on the Oregon State program with little to no chance of seeing game time.
But sheer determination, exceptional mental toughness, and an unparalleled ability to out work everyone on the field turned this no name walk on into a running back for The New Orleans Saints, where he finally realized his childhood dream playing alongside NFL greats like Drew Brees.
A voracious reader able to translate wisdom into actionable practices, Niyi understood that the tools he relied upon for athletic success would apply equally to life after football. So upon retirement he turned his professional focus to I’m Not You — a platform to help young athletes develop the habits, strategies, systems and techniques required to maximize potential in sport and life.
Niyi’s approach has little to do with physical training. It’s about overcoming mental limitations. It’s about mindset. Because the relationship one has with one’s self is what ultimately dictates outcomes.
In other words, it’s an inside job.
Enjoy this podcast interview with Niyi Sobo
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Today we talk about the strategies Niyi distilled from playing at the highest level of sport and how these tools can be applied to unlock your own inner potential.
Specifics include:
- how to overcome a talent deficit
- developing confidence through facing fear
- techniques for developing a mental edge
- what holds most athletes (and people) back
- the common habits of the most successful athletes
- the benefits of affirmation & visualization techniques
- morning routines to optimize your day
- why he surveys his family weekly; and
- why getting uncomfortable is the key to success
I love this guy’s passion. Niyi’s enthusiasm for life and devotion to service is infectious, buttressed by a perspective germane well beyond the boundaries of sport. So even if you’re not an athlete, this conversation delivers. Chocked with copious gems applicable to every facet of personal and professional development.
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