Episode description

How do you know when it's a risk worth taking? Or how do you balance the decision between short term satisfaction and long term advantage? As today's guest will show, it starts with having honest conversations with yourself about what your end goal is . Today we have Buchi Okafor joining us.  Buchi is currently at Under Armour where he's the Lead of Direct to Consumer Pricing Optimization - but his path to get there came with a few leaps of faith. 

When Buchi was in undergrad at Miami University of Ohio on the football team, he worked his way up to starter his junior season. Just a few months after his breakout year came to a close, he gave up his scholarship to intern at Under Armour. While he eventually earned his football scholarship back and continues to excel at Under Armour full time he will share with us how he weighed the tradeoffs in giving up his scholarship for a summer opportunity he couldn’t pass up. 

Today we discuss: 1) How he secured an internship and full time offer without any previous work experience due to football 2) How he weighed the tradeoffs in giving up his scholarship for an internship 3) How to take full advantage of your university to position yourself for success