Why Having People Who Get It Matters (Rep.005)

Episode five. Big week. Michael Cunningham (@7mlc) flew in with his wife, and it's been incredible having them here. There's something about being around people who actually get what you're doing. Not just supportive people, but people operating in the same arena who understand the specific challenges of building a solo creator business and personal brand. It's rare to find that, and it's been really validating. I also had a conversation with Maple Roo, an endurance nutrition brand, about potentially working together. Not just as an athlete ambassador, but bringing Brace in to help with their content strategy and athlete partnerships. I love the idea of working with brands that support athletes well, and this feels like a natural fit. We'll see how this progresses! And on a personal note, my wife and I finished our final birth class this week. I've got more imposter syndrome about becoming a dad than anything I've ever done. But I also know I can't be a good father if I'm not the best version of myself first, so that's the focus. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Michael's visit and surrounding yourself with the right people 02:45 - Maple Roo brand conversation 07:15 - Final birth class and imposter syndrome #weeklyrep #athleteentrepreneur #behindthescenes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ I'm Noah Cavanaugh, ex-professional footballer turned triathlete and brand strategist. This channel is the unfiltered look at what I'm building, how I'm training, and the mindset behind it all. On this channel, you'll find: → Behind-the-scenes of building Brace and working with clients → Triathlon training as a former team sport athlete → The honest reality of career transitions after sport → Lessons on personal branding (that I'm learning in real-time) If you're an athlete thinking about what's next, or already in the middle of figuring it out, this channel is for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎯 Want structured personal branding education? Subscribe to the Brace channel: @BraceAthletes 🔥 Join the FREE Brace Community: https://skool.com/brace 📩 Weekly newsletter: https://noahcavanaugh.com/newsletter ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 CONNECT WITH ME: → Instagram: @noah.cavanaugh → LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/noah-cavanaugh → Website: https://noahcavanaugh.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Music I use: https://share.epidemicsound.com/2yesys 💼 My recommended tools & products: https://noahcavanaugh.com/noahs-picks As an Amazon Affiliate, I may earn commissions from purchases through these links. Thanks for supporting the channel!