EPISODE · Mar 21, 2021 · 33 MIN
NFL Player Mistakes: Lenny Walls on Humility, Growth, and Life After Football
from My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership · host Mark Graban
Former pro football player, Certified Personal Trainer, and more... Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake51 My guest for Episode #51 is Lenny Walls, a retired professional football player who played for four NFL teams and three teams in the Canadian Football League. He is now a San Antonio-based Certified Personal Trainer, entrepreneur, coach, mentor, and community leader. I had the opportunity to meet Lenny when I was living in San Antonio and I did a number of personal training sessions with him, as I wrote about here. His businesses and community ventures include Walls Next Level Fitness, the Breaking Down Walls Foundation, Walls2Walls Coaching, and Walls2Walls Capital. In today's episode, Lenny shares some reflections about his "favorite mistake" -- not the money-losing investments, but his self assessment that he lacked humility "during his most successful time in life." We talk about what Lenny learned from his NFL experience and that time and how he's applied it to his second career. I had the chance to ask Lenny about his mindset on making very public mistakes on the field -- when do you take the time to learn and correct? We talk about his phrase "the hustle is entertainment" and we also chat about workout mistakes that many people (including myself) have made. All that and more... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-mistake/support
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In this episode of My Favorite Mistake, former NFL cornerback Lenny Walls reflects on the biggest mistake of his career—not financial losses or injuries, but lacking humility during his most successful years in professional football. Lenny shares what it’s like to make very public mistakes on the field, how NFL players are trained to develop a “short-term memory,” and why that mindset matters in business and life. The conversation also explores leadership, personal growth, fitness mistakes, mentorship, and how lessons from the NFL shaped Lenny’s work as a coach, entrepreneur, and community leader after football.
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