25th Hour Ideas Michael Gallagher

In the season 4 of the 25th Hour Ideas podcast, we explore Bill Walsh's influential book Finding The Winning Edge. Episodes will focus on sections of his book including leadership, competition, and people. We'll take Walsh's principles of 1) having a singular focus on perfection and 2) viewing coaching as teaching and apply them to building a great team.Where to listen, subscribe, rate, and review: Apple PodcastsSpotifyNewsletterBlogTwitter Thank you for listening!

Nicholas Conte has been up to a lot since our last episode two years ago. He’s the first return guest, and the wisdom shared here about being a better coach, teammate, and friend is invaluable. Timestamps:(1:40) What’s changed for us the past two years(6:50) Perspective on coaching(10:16) What keeps players and teams from reaching their potential?(20:30) Being nice(27:30) Building up others(31:40) What we'd go back and change (48:20) Being a good teammate(54:10) Having a winning min...

Tarun Sharma is a lawyer, early member of the Conduct Detrimental team, co-host of two podcasts, co-founder of the NIL clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, and so much more.I loved hearing from Tarun about joining the Conduct Detrimental team, his passion for sports and sports law, relationship building, and a phenomenal success story about finding and developing a community of people passionate about the same thing. Timestamps(1:00) Background(4:00) Takeaways from working i...

Arjun Menon is another rising star in the football analytics community. He’s a research and development intern at Pro Football Focus, co-host of the Take the Points podcast, a prominent contributor to football analytics Twitter, an honorable mention at the 2023 Big Data Bowl... and he’s still in college. I learned a lot from Arjun during this conversation about the difference between football and other pro sports when it comes to analytics, what the future will look like for publicly ava...

Tej Seth is a rising star in the football analytics community. He’s the newest data scientist at SumerSports, a prominent contributor to football analytics Twitter, and his group was recognized as an honorable mention at the 2023 Big Data Bowl. I learned a lot from Tej during this conversation about how to think about data, what he looks for when watching a game, and the importance of associating your work with a personal brand.Timestamps(1:47) Combining analysis & public speaking(3:...

Andrew Petcash is a rising star in the sports business world. A former D1 college basketball player, he’s the founder of Profluence and a thought leader in breaking down the business of athletes and sports.I learned a lot from Andrew during this conversation about content creation, discipline, consistency, and building a brand from scratch.Timestamps:(1:23) How would you describe yourself?(4:33) Autographs vs quote tweets(5:52) Supporting each other and sharing wins (9:30) Habit tracking...