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Back to Episodes#078: Jesse Iwuji - NASCAR Driver, US Naval Officer & Entrepreneur
Description
What matters more? Where we start? Where we finish? Or how fast we drive the course we set for ourselves? NASCAR Driver, US Navy Officer and entrepreneur Jesse Iwuji joins Fran Racioppi to show how hard work and focus will close any gap on the open track of life.
Fran and Jesse cover growing up un-athletic in Texas the son of Nigerian immigrants, earning a spot on the US Naval Academy Football Team, deploying multiple times on ships, pursuing his dream to race cars, and his recent partnership with NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith to launch his own NASCAR team; Jesse Iwuji Motorsports.
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Learn more about Jesse at jesseiuwji.com and follow Jesse on social media @jesse_iwuji.
Highlights:
-0:00 Welcome to The Jedburgh Podcast
-3:28 Why your starting point in life shapes
-7:48 Leadership lessons from the US Navy and getting to know your people
-10:48 Jesse seizes his dream of becoming a race car driver
-15:25 Partnership with Emmitt Smith and Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
-19:27