Eric Wood

And what did that feel like for you when you took that on?

Oh my gosh, it's funny, but thank you for explaining that because I can totally see how when you were in the NFL, everything's coming at you and you're just responding your own truth.

You know, that's not that hard.

However, when you look conversely at preparing a speech, rehearsing a speech, and then getting on a stage where no one's asking you any questions, you are carrying everything.

That is incredibly different and a tremendous amount of pressure.

So kudos to you to making that transition.

At all, at all.

Well, what's funny is most speakers, this is every speaker agent I work with tells me this, have the hardest time with the live Q&A.

So that's something that you have a gift and a lot of prior years doing it.

So good for you.

That definitely separates you from most speakers.

All right, let's talk about your new book, which just came out, Tackle What's Next, Own Your Story, Stack Wins and Achieve Your Goals in Business and Life.

Why did you write this book?

You know, and one thing that I've learned having written two books now is that the feedback that you get from people when you hear that you change someone's life by a story that you shared or a tactic that you shared with the reader, that feeling of, oh, my gosh, if you impact one person, it was also worth it.

You're obviously impacting others.

so many more than just one person.

So I'm so proud of you for taking this leap yet again into the unknown, definitely taking on some butterflies, you know, like you said, with putting a book out there, which is so different than these other things that you've done, but continuing to grow and model for others what's possible, even though it might be scary at times.

So just wanted to say congratulations on that leap.

Congratulations on the book.

And where can people find you and where can they get the books?