Andrew Diamond: SiriusXM Manager, Sports Partnerships and Marketing – Work In Sports Podcast - a podcast by Brian Clapp - Work in Sports

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Hey everybody, I’m Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged Learning for WorkInSports.com and this is the Work In Sports podcast.







I have an ongoing internal dialogue - no I’m not talking to myself, I’m not that old or senile yet - no, I’m constantly asking myself “what else?”







This has become a little bit of a joke between my wife and I, she was on a job interview once years ago, and the interviewer started with a broad question about the role, and then for the next 30 minutes just kept repeating “what else?” every time my wife paused.  







While I think this is a terrible interview technique -- it is a pretty good question to ask yourself about yourself. 







I do this often and in many ways. 















With my kids, I wonder - again in my head -- what else can I be doing to help them become good people?







What else can I teach them that school may not? Maybe it’s life skills, maybe it’s about the history of racial oppression, maybe it’s about climate change and sustainability? 







I wonder “what else?” can I do to be a better husband, mentor, friend, volunteer, member of society -- the list goes on. What else?







I have an industry friend who always talks about the extra 1% you can do -- similar concept -  he’s always telling people it doesn’t have to be huge, it just needs to be 1% better than everyone else...and this is just another way to get into a positive mindframe of doing a little more. 







I’m not perfect at it, sometimes I ask myself “what else” - come up with a good idea for something more I can do, and then cease to actually do it. Turns out, you make less of an impact when you don’t actually do the stuff you think about doing. Who knew? 







Anyway, the reason I bring this up is not out of self-importance or even a desire to be transparent…  it’s because my mind has been raging lately about the podcast, this here show. 







What else?







I feel like I should be doing more, that the traditional industry expert interview style is good and I enjoy it thoroughly, but maybe we need to break through and push a little more. I don’t know, I don’t have it all figured out yet, but I feel there are some more creative approaches I am yet to unlock but will continue to work on.  







With that in mind, I am taking a bit of a different approach to today’s show… a little shift that i think is pretty cool.







Today’s guest is Andrew Diamond, Manager of Sports Sponsorships and Marketing for SiriusXM - cool job right? Andrew has also worked for Octagon, FanDuel, Topps and more - he’s a pretty interesting dude. 

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