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Watch This NFL Player Turned Entrepreneur Explain How He Keeps Challenges in Perspective

There are many options available to former players after your time in the NFL. A route several players have found success with is that of the entrepreneur.

Nov. 27, 2017 Entrepreneur

Shawne Merriman, CEO and founder of apparel and sporting goods brand Lights Out Brand, has had to balance adaptability and focus on the field and in business.

We caught up with the former NFL linebacker at the Entrepreneur Live conference in Los Angeles earlier this month. In the above video he shares with us what he thinks it means to be an entrepreneur in three words, how he thinks about challenges and makes difficult tasks more manageable, his best tip for staying focused and what he does every morning.

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