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Damon Lembi: What is the 3 step approach to dealing with imposter syndrome or self-doubt?

By admin on December 26, 2023

After dedicating the initial 22 years of his life to the pursuit of becoming a Major League Baseball player, Damon Lembi pivoted in 1995 to help his father (Walt Lembi, Founder of Learnit) by investing his heart and soul in Learnit to help individuals gain the knowledge and confidence they need in attaining their professional goals through the value of education. Damon has a deep commitment to the Learnit team past and present and the San Francisco Bay Area community as a whole, where he was born and raised. Damon attributes Learnit’s longevity and success to the ability to surround himself with “A” players and taking advantage of learning / evolving through past mistakes. Outside of Learnit, Damon is an avid reader, moviegoer, and live music fanatic. Most of all, Damon loves spending time with his wife, children—Lucy and Wally, and his dog.

In episode 417 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out how Damon ended up at Arizona State University, what he learned by playing for three Hall of Fame D1 baseball coaches, what Damon’s dad was like dad and what was his vision with LearnIt, what is a “The Learn-It-All Leader” as he describes in his book “The Learn-It-All Leader: Mindset, Traits, and Tools”, what is the 3 step approach to dealing with imposter syndrome or self-doubt, how we can get honest feedback from our teams or student organizations, are we going to benefit as a society from AI or is this tool going to threaten us in the future, how we can build a great team, and when to use Sir Richard Branson’s mantra of ‘screw it, let’s do it’ decision-making. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZhqpB_Pk3s

David Pruden: What does sportsmanship mean to you?

By admin on December 6, 2023

David Pruden lives in the Metro Detroit Area in the state of Michigan. He was homeschooled for the majority of his educational career before attending and graduating from Bloomfield Christian school in 2019. He recently graduated with a degree in Political Science from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. David enjoys sports and was a varsity athlete in Basketball and Baseball during his time in high school. He aspires to become a Lawyer in the field of Contract Law. His goal is to create his own multi-purpose sports agency in the future. He has a passion for encouraging young people and playing sports.

In episode 411 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what it was like for David to be homeschooled instead of going to a public school growing up, what he learned as an athlete growing up, why he decided to choose Wheaton College for his undergraduate degree, what sportsmanship means to him, what his advice is to new college students regarding their academics, how college students can manage their money, how he was able to set goals and hold himself accountable, what he plans on doing now that he has graduated from college, and what his dream multi-purpose sports agency looks like. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9EpkXdK2ms

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Cecil Harris: Would ‘King Richard’ have done the same thing Will Smith did to defend his family?

By admin on March 29, 2022

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22615520/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Our next guest is Cecil Harris, a sports journalist who has covered major tennis events including the US Open and the Women’s Tennis Association Championships in New York. He has written for the NY Times, the Associated Press, and USA Today. He is the author of several books, including “Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters” and “Different Strokes: Serena, Venus, and the Unfinished Black Tennis Revolution”. In Will Smith’s Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a tearful Smith, 53, referenced Richard Williams, calling him “a fierce defender of his family. “Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams,” Smith said. “But love will make you do crazy things.” I wondered if this was really true.

In episode 227 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, I ask Cecil Harris about the Will Smith slap of Chris Rock and whether “King Richard’ Williams would have done the same thing to defend his family. We find out why Cecil chose Fordham University, how Venus and Serena Williams revolutionized tennis and inspired generations of female tennis players, why top black players still underrepresented in the world of tennis, details on the under-reported scandal of why no African American umpire has officiated a US Open men’s or women’s final since 1993, how we can remove the elitist attitude that sometime persists in the tennis community, whether Simone Biles made the right move with her mental health considering she knew the pressures of being an Olympic Athlete, why that story went viral but we heard much less about Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open, whether there is a generational divide when we talk about athletes and their mental health, why the Yankees so dominant in the late 90’s but have struggled to get back to that spot in the 21st century, the professional struggles that have characterized the entry of African-American hockey players into the mostly white sport, and Cecil’s favorite restaurants in Yonkers.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI8HS68p8lM