#328: Jacob Turner – From Pro Baseball To Finance

Jacob Turner was the ninth overall draft pick in the 2009 MLB draft. He played for 11 years as a  professional baseball player.  In this conversation, we spoke about the flow state, identity change, the importance of discipline, building your second chapter, and the importance of admitting the truth. (0:00) Intro (1:45) First Round Draft Pick (4:39) Early Days As A Baseball Player (10:50) Discipline (12:39) How Does Getting Paid Change Passion? (14:43) Making $5.5 Million As A Minor Leaguer (22:15) The Flow State (28:01) Misunderstanding About The MLB (32:12) Quitting (36:02) Second Chapter (43:01) Psychology of Money (44:20) Money And Happiness (47:10) Identity (51:44) Admitting The Truth (59:37) Downsides of Pro Athlete? (1:05:58) Parenting (1:09:21) 75 Hard (1:13:01) Social Media (1:16:48) Thinking Bigger (1:30:01) Reviewing Game Footage (1:34:18) Challenge Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel – https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681 The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz – https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Thinking-Big-David-Schwartz/dp/0671646788 Jacob's Links  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSuddenWealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ TheSuddenWealth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesuddenwealth  My Links   ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com   🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda   🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda   🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda   📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda   🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda