Former pro player Rickey Hill shares from his incredible story which has been turned into a movie called The Hill releasing August 25 starring Dennis Quaid and Colin Ford.

He shares of being born with a degenerative spinal disease yet went on to play four seasons in the minor leagues with the Montreal Expos on Episode 70. 

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation with Rickey as well as producer Jeff Celentano…

1. How Rickey and producer Jeff Celentano persevered over 17 years in the ups and down to fund the production and what led to the breakthrough moment to be able to get this story out for all to see

2. How Rickey earned a second chance at a pro tryout which ultimately led to getting signed by the Expos

3.  Why you should go see the movie opening weekend August 25-27

Rickey's story shows that the obstacle which work against you can ultimately be used for a purpose bigger than yourself by inspiring others to reimagine what is possible when they face seemingly impossible scenarios.

To learn more about the movie, you can visit thehillmov.com or the Instagram page.

Former D1 college player Willie Shaw shares from his journey launching his career with NASA to currently living in Nashville working for a VC backed tech startup while songwriting and singing on Episode 69. 

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. Why he chose to get a knowledge based Bachelor's degree and combined it with a specific skill based Master's degree in Accounting 

2.  How he used networking to get his foot in the door to launch his career working with NASA

3.  He pivoted by taking a risk moving to Nashville to pursue songwriting and singing, why he turned down being on the hit show The Voice and how this led to getting signed by CAA 

4. Willie shares about his role at Remedy Technology, a VC backed tech firm, which is solving a niche challenge in the music industry and has landed Big Machine and Big Loud Records as clients 

Willie's story shows how taking calculated risks allows pursuing dreams to happen now versus hoping to go for it one day.

To connect with Willie, you can find him on LinkedIn or his website at willieshawmusic.com.

Former big league vet and Silver Slugger Award winner Michael Barrett shares from his 12 year MLB playing career, coaching in the Nationals organization and getting into business afterwards on Episode 68.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. The setbacks he faced in the initial years after making it to big leagues by 21 after being a 1st round pick out of high school and how he overcame them to have a long big league career. He includes the detailed story of making two costly errors on Opening Day 2000 in front of 52,000 fans as well as being demoted to AAA later in the season.

2. How current players can navigate playing in an analytics driven world without selling out who they naturally are as a baseball player

3. While Michael eventually established himself as a catcher, he played between third and catching in the early days of his big league career. He shares how he finds himself in a similar spot today in business wearing multiple hats running the Georgia Roadrunners travel ball program and acquiring his real estate and insurance license only a few years removed from coaching for the Nationals.

4. The trap of comparison and why it is imperative to focus on running your own race whether it be in baseball or business

Michael's story shows how to go beyond simply realizing a dream by achieving long term success within that dream. 

To connect with Michael, you can find him on LinkedIn or his website at barrettbaseball.com.