Episode 70 Dream Makers with Jim "The Rookie" Morris

Relationships & Revenue with John Hulen

English - October 02, 2021 03:05 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB
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In this episode, John talks with Jim "The Rookie" Morris - motivational speaker, author of the books The Rookie: The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream, and Dream Makers: Surround Yourself with the Best to Be Your Best, former MLB pitcher, teacher, husband, dad, and grandfather. Jim played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and is the inspiration for the movie “The Rookie.”

Listen to this episode to learn more:

[03:04] - How to get a free signed copy of Jim’s book

[03:55] - What makes Jim’s story so compelling

[06:12] - His journey from a high school teacher to relief pitcher

[11:47] - The big opportunity to play Major League Baseball

[25:19] - How his injuries curtailed his baseball career

[27:44] - When he got diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease

[31:08] - The time when he couldn’t remember the week of Christmas

[32:18] - The time when he was tired of living

[33:36] - The physical and verbal abuse he got from his father

[37:41] - The time when he heard a voice saying you’re healed

[40:07] - Why there is a feather on the front of the book

[46:53] - His secret of dealing with setbacks

[50:50] - How Jim strengthens his personal relationships

[53:39] - The difference between failing and failure

[56:25] - Jim’s transformation into the person he is today

[01:09:20] - What made him become an entrepreneur

NOTABLE QUOTES:

“Surround yourself with the best to be your best.”

“People from the outside may put different obstacles in front of your way. But you need to get those people in your life who are going to tell you that anything is possible.”

“Don't let anybody ever dictate to you what you're going to do with your life.”

“I wanted to talk to, not talk at or not talk down to because when we're building relationships, there needs to be trust involved and they're not going to give you their best unless they trust you.”

“We can live up to the challenge or we can live down the challenge.”

“You cannot be successful out of the house if you’re not successful in the house.”

“Failing means I’m trying something new, I didn’t do it right and now I have an opportunity to learn from it and get better. Failure means an active choice that I have made to do nothing.”

“Our pain is never for us. It’s actually for other people because it provides us the opportunity to be able to help others who are in the same situation that we used to be in.”

“When we work through the pain, it provides us the opportunity to get to our purpose and ultimately to our platform.”

“We have to make sure that we don’t put somebody else in the same pain that we’ve been through.”

“Isolation hurts relationships terribly, and takes away not only the other people but takes away the money too.”

“You’re born with your name and you die with your name. But what you do in between is a legacy that you leave behind for everyone else. And you’ve to decide what type of legacy you want to leave.”

“Remember who you are and whose you are.”

USEFUL RESOURCES:

https://www.jimtherookiemorris.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jimtherookie morris

https://www.facebook.com/JimMorris.TheRookie

https://twitter.com/JimTheRookie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimtherookiemorris

https://www.dreammakersbook.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/ProEdgeManagement

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