Mindset5 min
Thirteen cuts, one lesson
I was released from NFL rosters thirteen times. Somewhere around the ninth, I stopped hearing a verdict and started hearing a question.
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Success leaves clues. Write them down.
Jed has kept a journal since before his first NFL camp. These are the entries worth sharing — on money, mindset and the business of being an athlete.
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Money6 min
Nobody explained my first paycheck to me
I was an accounting major with an NFL contract and I still had no idea where the money went. That gap is the reason Money Vehicle exists.
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Journal4 min
Write it down first
The most valuable thing I did in seven NFL seasons had nothing to do with football. It was a notebook.
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Mindset5 min
Be a pro: confidence, trust, value
'Be a pro' is the most common advice in professional sport and almost nobody defines it. Here's what I think it means — in three parts.
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Business Athlete6 min
You are a business, athlete
The day an athlete signs, they become a company with one employee and no operating manual. Here's the first page of that manual.
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Money5 min
Money buckets, or why your paycheck needs a plan before it lands
Cash management is the least glamorous part of financial planning and the part that decides whether the rest of it works.
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