John Strong
Play-by-Play Announcer at FOX Sports
FOX Sports ⚽ play-by-play. Formerly with NBC, the Portland Timbers and SportsRadio 750 The Game. Spending time with my family instead of checking my mentions.
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1 week ago |
medium.com | John Strong
There’s a special kind of anxiety that creeps in as you build a business. Self-doubt. Endless learning curves. Mistakes you didn’t see coming. Accidental wins you can’t quite replicate. If you’re brave enough to step out on your own, odds are you’re more of a doer than a reflector. So when something breaks, your instinct is to fix it. Fast. You grind, hustle, and keep pushing, buying into the unspoken belief that if you just work hard enough, you’ll eventually “arrive” — whatever that means.
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2 weeks ago |
medium.com | John Strong
I genuinely believe more people should consider pursuing self-employment — not just for the financial upside or autonomy, but for something deeper and less talked about: the development of a richer interior life. Entrepreneurship forces a kind of self-awareness and personal growth that’s hard to come by in more conventional career paths. And while the journey is difficult, I’ve found a set of practices that make it not only bearable, but deeply rewarding.
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3 weeks ago |
medium.com | John Strong
I’m not someone who naturally leans into mindfulness. Never was. Even though I grew up in a spiritual home, even though I was surrounded by prayer and emotional awareness from a young age, my internal wiring has always pushed toward reason, productivity, and forward motion. I like frameworks, outcomes, strategy. Sitting still to “observe my thoughts”? That always sounded like something for people with too much time or not enough responsibility.
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4 weeks ago |
medium.com | John Strong
Years ago, I stood in front of my dad’s church at the age of eight, Bible in hand, and gave a message on justice. Not comfort. Not grace. Not the soft, sweet shepherd Jesus that most would expect from a child. I chose justice. I called out the church on whether we were really doing enough to serve the marginalized. That fire hasn’t gone out. It’s dulled at times — life has a way of sanding the edges — but like clockwork, it flares back up. The ache.
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1 month ago |
medium.com | John Strong
Before you readSubscribe to my Substack hereSee real time experiments on IG, FB and LI. Alright, here is this week’s essayThere’s a tension I keep bumping into — a kind of emotional and spiritual whiplash that lives in the gap between conviction and open-mindedness. And I think a lot of founders, reformers, and purpose-driven people feel it too. I’m deeply convicted that our workplaces should be designed for underdogs — for marginalized groups, late bloomers, and people on comeback stories.
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A view from up high tonight in Houston! Copa America rolls on into the quarterfinals on this Fourth of July, Argentina vs Ecuador live on FOX with coverage beginning at 8pm ET/5 pm PT https://t.co/fHLZox7CUs
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