Learning With Interesting People • Episode 2: DeMoine Adams: Former Nebraska Cornhusker football player, National Champion, Pro football player, Motivational Speaker, Mentor, & PhD Student • Listen on Fountain
Episode 2: DeMoine Adams: Former Nebraska Cornhusker football player, National Champion, Pro football player, Motivational Speaker, Mentor, & PhD Student
Episode 2: DeMoine Adams: Former Nebraska Cornhusker football player, National Champion, Pro football player, Motivational Speaker, Mentor, & PhD Student
In episode 2, DeMoine Adams (@DeMoineAdams) discusses his journey of learning from being raised by his grandparents in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to being a a Division I college athlete and successful student at the University of Nebraska. DeMoine discusses the importance of having mentors and teachers who have a growth mindset and see the potential of their learners. DeMoine discusses the importance of peer accountability and modeling. DeMoine recognizes that learners who exhibit grit and determination are not afraid to ask for help and to utilize the resources around them. DeMoine explains a difference maker for him as a football player and learner was he was surrounded by coaches who leveraged his strengths."Leaders don't create followers; they create leaders."-DeMoine Adamswww.DeMoine-adams.com
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The Learning With Interesting People Podcast is a periodic interview-style podcast with interesting people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives how they and others around them learn. Dr. Chad Lang (@Chad_mLang), PK-12 school administrator and researcher, is the host and aims to provide a introspective, fun, and unique perspective to how people of all backgrounds learn and adapt to be successful in the 21st century.