Gifted for Success: Embracing Your Unique Talents with Nick Lowery | MDIDS2EP24
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When we align our innate talents with our business endeavors and commit to putting in the necessary effort, we unlock a profound sense of joy that goes beyond what we accomplish. This joy stems from using our life skills to create meaningful contributions and making a positive impact on others much like my guest, Hall of Fame athlete, Ivy League scholar, 3-time Presidential aide, Author, Poet, Teacher,and Philanthropist Nick Lowery.
In a world that often tries to mold entrepreneurs onto one track, it becomes crucial to think independently, retain our individuality, and nurture our creativity and love.
It's time to unleash your potential and create a meaningful impact on the world around you.
Get ready to be inspired and find your true calling!
Key Highlights:
- Ego Appetite (2:03)
- Do Something You Love (6:49)
- Show Them Who You Are (13:38)
- How Can You Say No To Love? (18:52)
- The Journey (24:38)
- Self-Awareness (33:57)
- The Great & Powerful Oz (40:23)
- It Will Be Tough (45:19)
About the Guest:
Nick Lowery believes we can bring the world closer by embracing the beautiful complexity of the human experience. He believes that each human being is uniquely gifted and can make a unique contribution to bringing us together as human beings first and last. Hall of Fame athlete, Ivy League scholar, 3-time Presidential aide, Author, Poet, Teacher, Philanthropist, even Wall Street Stock draft champion, Nick transcends athlete stereotypes. Nick has been featured on ABC’s 20/20, World News Tonight, Nightline with Ted Koppel, HBO’s Inside the NFL, David Letterman twice, MSNBC, CNBC, Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post and the New York Times. With a Harvard Masters, Nick worked during his career in the off-seasons for President Reagan in Drug Abuse Policy, and for both President George HW Bush and President Bill Clinton in the White House Office of National Service, helping launch both the Points of Light Foundation and Americorps,the domestic Peace Corps dedicated to inspiring generations of young people in service to their country.
Nick was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2009 as the most accurate kicker in NFL History, the Chiefs All-Time leading Scorer, and with the most field goals in NFL History when he retired from the NFL. Nick founded Champions for the Homeless 17 years ago, supporting St. Vincent De Paul homeless shelter, comprising 61 celebrity volunteer events that bring a human face to the homeless in Phoenix, and featured on “Something Good” on Arizona Family’s Good Morning Arizona recently. (https://www.azfamily.com/2022/09/26/champions-homeless-give-back-valley/ ).
Just this past 2 weeks, Nick helped bring 100 Ukrainian Jewish refugees from Poland to a new home in Israel, working with Christians United for Israel, (CUFI).
Nick is the brand ambassador for COPA Health, focusing on mental health awareness. He is now the Brand Ambassador for Alzheimers Treatment Centers of America (ATCA), a watershed in the comprehensive treatment of Alzheimers, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, including CTE.
Nick is featured 3 times in the recent movie "Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy". He is also the Brand Ambassador for El Bandido Yankee Tequila, featured just last month in Forbes Magazine.
Nick;s Champions for the Homeless was recognized at the Super Bowl this year, and in 2019, Nick was presented the Steinberg-DeNicola Super Bowl Humanitarian Award by legendary agent Leigh Steinberg and 2 times Super Bowl Champion Patrick Mahomes. A Cancer survivor, Nick was also chosen for the American Cancer Society’s Pillar of Excellence Award, the Arizona Interfaith Movements’ Lifetime Achievement Golden Rule Award, and was the 2019 CNBC Stock Draft Winner (beating the previous year’s winner, Sharktanks’s “Mr. Wonderful” Kevin O’Leary, by 40%!). Nick was featured nationally on Fox News’ Faulkner Focus for making Phoenix the first city in the country to provide free Covid testing for the homeless in April of 2020.
National Awards: Nick was 5 times NFL Man of the Year for both the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets. He is the winner of the NFL Player Association’s foremost Humanitarian award, the Justice Byron Whizzer White award, the US Jaycees’ TOYA “Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award” (won by Elvis and JFK), and the National Community Service Award from United Cerebral Palsy for his work with disabled and at-risk youth.
Connect with Nick Lowery:
For more information, contact Nick at: [email protected].
Website: nicklowery.com
Website: nicklowery.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicklowery88/
About the Host:
Paul Finck is The Maverick Millionaire™. Paul brings to the table a vast array of knowledge and skill sets from 36+ years of sales, marketing and entrepreneurial life experience. He has consulted in numerous industries, including the Medical, Dental, Financial, Retail, Informational Marketing, Direct Sales, Multi-Level Marketing and Speakers/Coaches/Trainers. He is a former mortgage broker, real estate agent and investor. Starting with a desire to be great, Paul learned from several of the biggest names out there and Dared to be Different – he dared to be a Maverick. His successes include moving multi-millions of dollars in Real Estate, and over $20 million in informational products. With his primary focus on multiple streams of income, he has built up several businesses in Informational Marketing, Network Marketing, Real Estate Investing and now speaks and coaches internationally, teaching others how they can create this success in their own lives while Doing It Different – The Maverick Way.
Paul is well known for his success and his awesome family, and has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, CNN Live, The Jane Pauley Show, The Montel Williams Show, local Channel 8 and Channel 11 News, Parents Magazine, and most local newspapers in his home state of Connecticut.
Connect with Paul
https://www.themaverickuniverse.com/
https://www.instagram.com/paulfinckpro
https://www.facebook.com/groups/maverickuniverse/
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