If you ask entrepreneur and former NFL player Dhani Jones what he does for a living, he’ll say he reads the Matrix. His insatiable curiosity and experience in a vast array of worlds has made him a conduit of information. Whether it’s through his investments, his TV shows, or his consulting work – Dhani likes to help people make sense of the world with his unique perspective. A perspective that is deeply rooted in his love for football. Dhani joins Breaking Schemas hosts Marcus Collins and John Branch to chat about his path from the University of Michigan to entrepreneurship and strategic advising, how football has helped shape that journey, and why he believes the key to success is saying yes. *Breaking Schemas is a production of the Yaffe Digital Media Initiative at Michigan Ross and is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Disruption occurs when you take chances13:25: People always say, when you're young, you think you're blazing the trail; you're older. You look back, and you realize it's just a beaten path. I understand that quote too, but there's a couple of paths that are a little bit less beaten. So you have to be able to move downhill, take your chances, and take a shot. And sometimes, the more experiences that you have, the more times you've had to fall down. But that also means that you have an opportunity to understand what it's like to get up.An advice for folks who want to disrupt their career and category24:34: If you want to disrupt the category that you're in, you can't do what everybody else is doing. I think that's pretty simple, but the challenge with that is that you have to be willing to accept the consequences of going about things differently. And so that's two. And then the third thing is that you have to understand what your risk tolerance is.The faster the game goes the slower the thought process is 21:46: The biggest jump that people have when they go from high school to college and college to pros is the speed of the game. And that's because everybody is all of a sudden amped up their processing speed, right? If you think about the iPhone number one versus iPhone number 3000 that we're on right now, the processing speed has increased; therefore, you're able to do more things much more quickly, right? Same thing in sports, but that's also the same thing in saying yes. You have to be able to delineate between whatever that yes is and the yes that will be. And be able to decide, based upon previous experience and being able to process that much more quickly, where you should focus your yes on or your next yes to be.Show Links:“Dhani Tackles the Globe” TV seriesDhani’s LinkedIn

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