The Dangerous Truth About Why Your Game Isn’t Taking Off…

Dre Baldwin
2 min readDec 16, 2020

HOW TO GET OFF THE BENCH AND IN THE DAMN GAME…

Some people come across me now, seeing the way that I present myself, and assume that I’ve always been the “star.”

That it’s been easy for me because I’ve always been talented, privileged and “favored” for opportunity.

They say: “You wouldn’t understand MY situation, Dre — you’ve probably always been one of the better players and had it easy because of your talent. You don’t know what it’s like to *not* be one of the better, privileged ones.”

EXCUSE ME?!?!

I played ONE year of high school ball — as a senior, because I wasn’t good the first 3 years — and averaged 2ppg.

Walked on at a D3 college that had never produced a professional ballplayer.

Hustled my way into Overseas Basketball, back when there was ZERO information about how to even do it.

After sports, I had no “in” to the business world.

I’ve never had any content (written, video, audio) go viral. But I never stopped publishing. That consistency adds up.

When you see me on a stage speaking, or guesting on someone else’s show, it’s because I SOLD myself to get that opportunity or appearance. Selling myself is a skill…

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Dre Baldwin

The Discipline to Produce Your Best On Your Toughest Days. It ain’t for everybody. #TheThirdDay Creator of #WorkOnYourGame. DreAllDay.com