What You Know Is More Important Than Who You Know

Who are you when the external success is stripped away? Darrin Charles, former NFL athlete turned Actor (speaker/educator), realized it comes down to trusting yourself to develop internal success.

Today, Darrin is continuing to entertain and inspire audiences, working on films and other creative projects designed to help people uncover and discover more of who they are and what they truly want out of life. He speaks to athlete’s guiding them through their transition and journey from the game of sports to the game of life. He also helps people envision new dreams and bigger goals – and what it takes to get there.

Dive into the episode to learn what can happen when you get comfortable with trusting yourself and developing your internal success.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 04:01] Opening Segment 

• I introduce today’s guest, Darrin Charles
• Darrin gives his background 
• Hiding behind athleticism 
• Darrin’s family upbringing

[04:02 - 14:40] Getting Comfortable with Trusting Yourself

• Darrin’s entrance to full-time football
• Getting signed by the Chicago Bears 
• Realizing that the sports career has to come to a close 
• Not setting your goal far enough 
• Darrin talks about making a big transition
• Feeling secure and trusting yourself
• Navigating feeling like you’re letting down people 
• Getting comfortable with trusting yourself
• Shifting from external success to developing internal strength
• Going on an adventure of developing the internal person
• Creating a new network of relationships 
• Seeing the value of the inner world
• A quick word from our sponsor

[14:41 - 22:16] Darrin Charles on Building Your Network

• Who you know or what you know? 
• What you know is a great start
• Giving your what as value to the who 
• Who you know is ultimately more important
• Darrin’s key strategies to network 
• Find a value or skill to bring to the table
• One of the best values you can give is kindness
• Know the “why” behind your networking 
• Your network is the answer to what you’re looking for
• How to check your intentions when networking 
• You won’t know until you understand yourself 
• Darrin’s work with helping student-athletes 
• Darrin talks about providing value through his book club

[22:17 - 27:26] Closing Segment  

• Darrin’s advice to his younger self
• Giving resources to get educated 
• Push the kindness factor and crack open the door to possibility 
• ThE RaNDoM RoUnD
• How to connect with Darrin
• Links below 
• Final words 

 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“A part of me felt that I had achieved what I set out to achieve… In many ways, I didn’t set my goal far enough.” - Darrin Charles

“Any pursuit that is beyond what you’re capable of is really about trust and faith… You learn that even in your failures, it’s setting you up for another success.” - Darrin Charles

“Everything you want is within a conversation and everything you want is within your network that already exists.” - Darrin Charles 

Resources Mentioned: 

• Darrin Charles Bookclub YouTube

 

Want to connect with Darrin? You can follow him on Instagram and LinkedIn.

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