Finding Wins in Losses and Lessons From a Professional Rodeo Athlete With Riley Wakefield

This episode is full of new and exciting ways to look at winning and losing and fear and failure. Riley's experience as a professional rode athlete is only part of what makes this conversation great... Riley has a stoic type personality. He's very contemplative. It's obvious that being diligent in his pursuit of greatness is of utmost importance to him. Enjoy the show! Listen for a couple of gems like this: "A lot of really high-level guys that are so business-like in the arena...they may let other stuff bother them, they may have family stuff going on, they may have all this stuff going on their lives when it comes to the arena, and they miss a calf, or they make a mistake or something goes wrong, they walk out like nothing happened, and then they just go on to the next one." "I think it's more of what I can give back. And it I would say it gets me past just results in the rodeo arena, you know, and I want other people to feel that too. I also enjoy or I also joined the may well, I guess, not joined, but I also work with the Make an Impact Foundation, which works with and does conferences, and things like that raises money for suicide awareness. And it's because that's something I'm really passionate about, you know, that there can be buckles there can be winning, there can be a success in life, but all in all, there has to be a reason behind all of this or else, what are we doing it for? — This episode is sponsored by Keppa Coffee - Coffee for the Hidden Gems in Sports: www.keppacoffee.com This episode is also sponsored by Irys - The best platform to improve coach and athlete communication to build mentally strong and resilient athletes: www.getirys.com — Join the TYBO Circle: A free way to get early access to certain episodes, learn about what we are up to, and a sure-fire way to never miss a release https://www.tybopodcast.com/subscribe