Finding Your Summit
Summary: Mark Pattison is a former NFL player, entrepreneur, philanthropist and mountaineer who is now climbing the Seven Summits. Through his life’s journey, business, sports & charity work, Mark has been fortunate to meet some of the world’s most incredible people who share their stories of how they overcame obstacles to succeed and what their driving force was.
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Podcasts:
020: Colin O’Brady, from being burned over 25% of his body to setting the world record of climbing the GRAND SLAM in 139 days..
019: Cory Procter on Developing Grit, Dealing with Hardships and Stories From NFL
018: Dianette Wells on Conquering the Seven Summits to Overcoming the Tragic Loss of Her Amazing Son
017: Erik Weihenmayer on The Catalyst for Confidence
016: The Modern Day Renaissance Man, Steve Azar
015: Kathy Eldon on Sharing Our Journeys
Mark interviews his long time friend and former teammate Morten Andersen. He is the all-time leader in games played; he also holds the distinction of being the all-time leading scorer in NFL history. Morten retells his story when he was out of football for almost 2 years hoping to comeback and become the all time leading scorer. It was a painful period in his life not knowing how it would turn out but he did come back and was just inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. http://MarkPattisonNFL.com/podcast
Scott Parazynski is a marvel of accomplishment. He was raised overseas before coming back to the states and attending Stanford. He then went on to become a doctor at that same university before being admitted into NASA program to become an astronaut. He is the only person to have both flown in space and summited Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. http://MarkPattisonNFL.com/podcast
In 1985, Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, which grew to become the largest time tracking Software Company in the world. In 1994, Timeslips Corp was sold to Sage, plc. While at Sage, Mitch went on to run all of Sage U.S. as Chief Operating Officer, a division with 300 people with a market cap in excess of $100M. Mitch was nominated for Inc. Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 1989 and 1991 and won "Best Entrepreneur" in 1989, by The National Association of Legal Vendors. http://MarkPattisonNFL.com
Jerry Robinson played 13 years in the NFL. He attended UCLA where he was a three-time All American, was voted 10th in the Heisman Trophy race as best player in the country and then was drafted in the 1st round by the Philadelphia Eagles. Jerry played in the Super Bowl for the Eagles, made Pro Bowls and then was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders which is where we connected. Jerry talks about his adversity growing up, losing his brother to a gun shot wound and other things that he overcame.
Mark Bonchek is a PhD from Harvard and is on a mission to update leaders’ thinking in a digital age. He received his doctorate in Digital Strategy back in 1997 and was clearly ahead of his time as the internet was just taking off. Love his title: Chief Epiphany Officer!! Who wouldn’t want that?
Joe De Sena is the CEO and co-founder of the Death Race and the Spartan Race. He is also the author of Spartan Up: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life.
Chris Long is currently a defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams as the 2nd overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.
007: Laura Doyle on Marriage and "The Surrendered Wife"
006: Shark Attack Victim Mike Coots
