Do Hard Things A Podcast With Gabe Lullo Ft. Cris D'Annunzio

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"I wasn't making myself an NFL player. I was making myself behave like an NFL player before anybody believed that I could do it." - Cris D'Annunzio Cris spent three years buried on Princeton's depth chart, bitter and barely playing, to the point of calling Joe Paterno to ask about transferring to Penn State. He stayed only because he'd never quit anything in his life. Once the hope of football working out left the room, his ego left with it, and he started writing everything down, tracking every input, with no expectation it would lead anywhere. It led to an honorable mention All-Ivy League season and a shot in the NFL. Then Wall Street, managing over $500 million in client assets. Then…