Episode 375 - NFL Pro's Secret: Why Success & Achievement Can Never Heal You | Derwin Gray

About this episode

Derwin Gray discusses the identity trap faced by high-achieving entrepreneurs and offers insights on finding true freedom.

What does a free safety's job of reading offensive plays have to do with the schemes the enemy runs against entrepreneurs? Everything. Derwin Gray — former NFL Pro Bowler, pastor of Transformation Church, and author — joins Justin Forman to expose the identity trap that sends high-achieving entrepreneurs spiraling, and to lay out the only playbook that actually leads to freedom.

People in this episode

Host: Justin Forman

Guest: Derwin Gray

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• identity
• success
• freedom
• spirituality
• NFL
• high achievement

Keywords

• entrepreneur
• identity trap
• NFL
• success
• freedom
• Derwin Gray
• spirituality
• high achievers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Transformation Church, NFL

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