VP of NFL Players Association & ESPN Analyst Sam Acho Joins the Zeigler University Guest Speaker Series

 

VP of NFL Players Association & ESPN Analyst Sam Acho Breaks Down

"What It Takes To Win" During Zeigler University Guest Speaker Session


This past Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 9-year NFL Veteran, ESPN Analyst and author Sam Acho joined the Zeigler University Guest Speaker Series with a presentation on What Winning Really Means.  The Zeigler University Guest Speaker Series invites entrepreneurs, athletes, innovators and leaders across different industries to share their stories and points of view with the Zeigler team. Acho's session discussed what really goes into winning and what love really looks like as well as how it can take you to the next level of "being you."


KALAMAZOO, MICH (August 15, 2022) - ESPN Analyst and 9-year NFL veteran Sam Acho joined Zeigler's highly successful Zeigler University Guest Speaker Series this past Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Acho, who is also the VP of the NFL Players Association, spoke about the importance of love when it comes to winning, and what it takes to really see yourself as a winner and perform like one.

 

Acho spoke about what love looks like when winning is the end goal. When people think of love, many times this can be seen as a lot of the effortless and easy things, however, the other side of love is also equally important. That side is more about sacrifice, serving, pain and authenticity.


 

Being able to have team members and customers that count on you takes a level of sacrifice in one way or another. This is because many times when you are serving the interests of others, that may require you to put your ego aside and do what's best for the collective. Having this mentality will ultimately set you up for success and give you the tools you need to win. 

 

Through serving you may experience pain and sacrifice but doing what's best for the team means learning more about them and learning to work together. The other level of this is self-love and authenticity. Being true to yourself while learning to work as a team has its own rewards, and may lead you to learn even more about yourself as opposed to having the mindset of ego and being only out for yourself. 



Acho emphasized throughout the presentation just how much love can take you to the next level because it really helps you learn more about "being you." Having that extra trust, empathy, and kindness towards whomever you consider to be part of your team, allows for you to work on how you handle the other side of the coin, which would be holding them accountable and allowing for forgiveness.


These emotions can be processed through therapy, writing, and speaking, although he says like everything else its an ongoing process and what may work for one person, doesn't work for all. For him, personally, being able to speak at leadership development presentations like this one has helped him. Besides being Vice President of the NFL Players Association and analyst for ESPN, Acho is author of "Let the World See You: How to Be Real in a World Full of Fakes!"


The 9-year NFL veteran has played for Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Bucs.  



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