Pro Athlete, real estate investor on the side, our guest for today is Hakeem Valles, the founder of Perspective Global Media. Hakeem is an advocate to spread financial literacy in the professional athlete scene. When he is not out there grinding on the field, he’s on social media posting content and sharing his financial knowledge.
[00:01 – 07:49] Opening Segment
- Hakeem talks about his time off from the NFL
- Currently trying to get back to the professional scene
[07:50 – 15:28] Teaching Financial Literacy to Pro Athletes
- Hakeem talks about teaching financial education to pro athletes
- Creating a podcast about pro athletes in real estate
[15:29 – 25:28] Running a Media Production Company
- Hakeem talks about his business, Perspective Global Media
[25:29 – 33:41] The FINAL FOUR
- What’s the worst job that you ever had?
- An ambassador for Love Beets
- What’s a book you’ve read that has given you a paradigm shift?
- What is a skill or talent that you’d like to learn?
- I’d like to learn French.
- What does success mean to you?
- “The consistent pursuit of happiness is success to me. It’s finding that what lights you on fire continuously.”
- Connect with Hakeem online. See the links below.
- Final words from me
Tweetable Quotes:
“It can be slightly a reason why some guys go broke is in the NFL, and I’m not sure about the other pro sports. Everything kinds of gets done for you and it gets easy to get complacent with everything, on top of that, your finances.” – Hakeem Valles
Resources Mentioned:
- Pro Athletes in Real Estate podcast (coming soon)
- Carrot Theory
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar
You can connect with Hakeem on LinkedIn. Visit their company website http://perspectiveglobalmedia.com/ and book a call with him!
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