Abundant Blessings: How to Turn a Setback Into a Setup with Tywanna Smith - Episode 99

What if you were unable to pursue the one thing you’ve built your career or life around? What would you do next? Oftentimes, when you spend a lot of time doing something, it can be hard figuring out who you are when you're not doing that thing. Tywanna Smith is an award-winning sports manager, best-selling author, speaker, and former professional basketball player.  Tywanna tore her ACL in high school which forced her off the court. During this time, she discovered new passions, who she was outside of basketball and what she wanted to do when she stepped off the court. Twyanna learned How to Turn a Setback Into a Setup. 

ABUNDANT BLESSINGS

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In this episode with Tywanna Smith we  talk about:

• [Time] How to tap into your unique voice
• [2:45] Giving yourself grace
• [5:16] Tywanna tearing her ACL and turning a setback into a setup
• The importance of mentorship
• [11:57] COVID and the Blessings from it

                                    TRANSCRIPT

Do you want more out of life? Are you ready to live boldly in pursuit of your dreams? 

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                      How To Turn a Set Back Into a Set Up 

Give Grace 

Looking for new ways to tap into your power and voice? Tywanna shares her 1st tip of why we should give grace to ourselves.

Tywanna Smith: “The first thing I would say to any athlete, give yourself some grace. We have a lot of things going on, a lot of pressure, a lot of scruti