All Who Wander with Anne Taylor Hartzell

Terry + Tenacity: Staying the course

Episode Summary

"Consistency and staying the course" w/ Terry Hollimon, former University of Washington running back, family business owner, TV, radio, event host, and dad of 4.

Episode Notes

How Terry Hollimon found his way as a star high school athlete, overcoming a nearly catastrophic shoulder injury to play football at the University of Washington, to making a career out of supporting the family business, raising 4 kids, and following his passion as a dynamic and energetic host for TV, radio, podcasts and events.

In this episode you will learn: 

• Terry's family history and struggles his dad and family overcame growing up in rural NE Arkansas on a sharecroppers plantation, and how a football scholarship changed his dad's life, and the life of future generations of their family.
• How after suffering a catastrophic shoulder injury in the 9th-grade doctors told him he wouldn't play football again, and how tenacity and grit led him to a successful college career at the University of Washington with some of the top football players in the country at the time.
• The lessons he has learned as an athlete about the importance of mindset, consistency, and staying the course and how he applies this to all aspects of his life.
• The importance of a good support system and staying organized to reach your goals. 
• How Terry juggles work and family life with four kids and why being a present dad is important to him.

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