Aaron Golub - A Vision For Greatness

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the Aww Shift Podcast, our guest is Aaron Golub. He is a motivational speaker and became the first legally blind athlete to play football in a Division 1 game when he was at Tulane University. He was a captain in his senior year and went on to also become an NFL free agent. Aaron never let his limited vision get in the way of his success. Aaron’s grit, determination, and effort enabled him to earn a spot on the Tulane team, and the respect of his teammates, coaches, and fans. His planning, passion, and perseverance enabled him to be successful. Today, he will share with us how his work ethic made him overcome the challenges in his life and how he made the impossible, possible.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:57]</span> <strong>Why should we listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I faced a lot of obstacles in my life and I find ways to persevere and overcome all of them. I don't care about other people’s opinions, and it's something that allowed me to achieve the goals that I've set forth for myself in the past, and hopefully will allow me to achieve the goals that I have in the future.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[5:02]</span> <strong>Valuing your own Opinion</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I care about opinions in the sense of respecting everyone's opinions. I love constructive criticism. I respect everyone’s opinions but the only opinion that I truly value is my own.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[5:27] Your own opinion is the only thing that matters. That’s the only one that you really should value. You should respect everyone's opinion, take advice from others, have constructive criticism, but at the end of the day, you only need to value your own.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:13]</span> <strong>What’s different about you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think the biggest thing is that people don't unde