Making It Out of America's Most Dangerous City to Become Elite | Dana Howard

Raj Tut is joined by Dana Howard, a former NFL linebacker and college sports legend. He played for the University of Illinois, St. Louis Rams, and Chicago Bears. He was also able to transition from football to business - becoming successful entrepreneur that owns a construction company focused on infrastructure projects. Through hard work and perseverance Dana was able to avoid the pitfalls of growing up in East St. Louis, Illinois to build an elite life. On this episode, Raj and Dana discuss: Growing up in East St. Louis What he learned about hard work in his football journey How he got into the business of construction The parallels between sports and business Topics: (00:01:26) How Dana survived East St. Louis (00:05:00) Dana's first experiences with football (00:07:01) Deciding on which college to accept a scholarship from (00:10:52) What it took to become one of the nation's top prospects (00:14:08) How sports compliment life (00:20:10) The impact redshirting had on his mindset (00:25:21) When Dana knew he was going to make the NFL (00:31:50) Life after NFL teams started to recruit him (00:34:05) Life after football (00:35:50) How he stays motivated (00:39:15) The parallels between life, and sports (00:40:52) The parallels between business, and sports (00:45:50) Hole In One - Dana's advice for you to improve your life and business Support our Sponsors: Storyboard Living - If you are looking to sell a multifamily property in the St. Louis region or Southern IL/MO please email [email protected] Follow Storyboard Living on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/storyboard-living Raj Tut on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/ItsRajTut LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajtut/ Instagram: instagram.com/ItsRajTut TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itsrajtut YouTube: youtube.com/@ItsRajTut Leave a review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/country-club-conversations/id1709895268 Leave a review on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ovakj2lJMS7GLqgBdt766 #business #businessideas #multifamilyindustry #realestate #motivation #multifamily #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #rajtut