Overcoming Obstacles: Mike Weaver's NHL Success Story
Channel: Starts With Me
Date: 2023-06-04

Join host Mike Stroh in this special episode of State of Mind Podcast, where he engages in a thought-provoking discussion with NHL veteran Mike Weaver. Gain valuable insights into Weaver's background, his remarkable NHL career, and his journey as a defenseman in a sport where size often mattered. Learn about Weaver's approach to the game, his ability to anticipate and read the ice, and how he turned his passion for hockey into a lifelong pursuit. Get ready for an episode filled with captivating stories and valuable life lessons.

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My name is Mike Weaver, playing the NHL for for 13 years, 15 years pro me being a 5'8 defenseman.
Five nine. I made it back in 2000 and typically you had to be six feet. They wouldn't even look at you otherwise. So I basically eat pucks for a living. It was something that everybody has to find their their unique niche in the in the world. And it's the same with hockey. You have to concentrate on something that you do well and repeat it every single time with consistent with consistency. But so that you I read one thing in particular was like five of you were lying down trying to block a shot at once or something. I was reading just about you, developing your niche about being a defensive player, basically. Is that sort of what you mean by this? Finding your your. Yeah, so to speak.Well, it's something that all through my life I was told by my coaches you probably would be better up in forward because of your size. And I always I always loved proving people wrong.

0:00 Intro
3:15 Reading the Ice
4:54 Seeing the Bigger Picture
10:34 The Secret to the Game
12:43 Teaching Hockey
15:35 Life before NHL
18:00 Tales of the Undrafted Puck Eater
21:00 Learnings, Lessons, and Life
35:33 Journaling
40:19 Teaching the Mindset
42:20 Hardships 
44:40 Not being Good Enough
49:20 Seize the Moment
50:00 Divorce
50:38 Finding Something that you Love
54:33 Movember
55:27 Unseen reality as an NHL Player
1:02:05 Doing things Differently
1:04:40 Mental Health
1:07:55 Mentorship Program
1:08:50 The Preparation Guy
1:18:14 Stress and Hardships
1:20:54 The Richest Man in Babylon
1:23:15 Future Plans
1:28:39 Outro