Episode 42 — Navigating Life Outside of Being a Student Athlete —with Conor Baucum

Being a student athlete can easily become one’s identity. From working to get good grades mainly for sports, to working day in and day out with a team for years that become like a family. When that gets taken away, it can be devastating learning how to live life outside of being a student athlete.Conor Baucum grew up playing lacrosse and continued to play all throughout college. Not only was the sport basically his entire life, it was his identity. When he graduated college, navigating life and not being a student athlete wasn’t easy. After college, he started out working in the finance industry and went on to find the team environment he longed for at a tech company. Most recently, Conor has been consulting with entrepreneurs helping them to scale their businesses.On this episode of Success is Subjective, Conor joins Joanna to share his journey going from a premiere men’s lacrosse program to navigating life outside of being an athlete. Even when it didn’t seem possible or worth it, he managed to find a new sense of success for himself. Listen in for Conor’s insight on how he’s managed to navigate finding passion and purpose outside of sports and what the journey has taught him.What You Will LearnThe expectation to go to college to pursue lacrosse Conor’s experience as a student athleteBeing in a NCAA school The transition post college as a student athleteLosing the identity of being a lacrosse player and how that devastated ConorHow a not so great job can still teach you a lot!Desiring to be apart of a team environment again and how a tech company helped Conor find thatHow COVID has allowed Conor to slow down Navigating learning disabilities in schoolIt’s okay to not know what you want to do and it’s okay to take time to figure it outConnect with Joanna Lilley  Lilley ConsultingLilley Consulting on Instagram Lilley Consulting on Facebook Success is Subjective on Apple PodcastSuccess is Subjective on Google PodcastSuccess is Subjective on iHeart RadioSuccess is Subjective on SpotifySuccess is Subjective on StitcherSuccess is Subjective on AmazonSuccess is Subjective on AudibleSuccess is Subjective on Tune in RadioSponsored by: www.ParentTrainers.comEmail [email protected]