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Josh Dobbs
Growth Mindset
Transform performance and work-life balance with Josh Dobbs, speaker and NFL player with aerospace engineering expertise. Josh works with organizations to build self-confidence, overcome adversity, and achieve peak performance, recognized with the prestigious Torchbearer Award.
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Josh Dobbs is an NFL quarterback who combined a demanding sporting career with academic achievement, graduating with an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering in 2017, a field that has earned him the nickname rocket scientist among fans and commentators. In his senior year, he threw for 2,946 yards and 27 touchdowns against just 12 interceptions.
Josh was awarded his university's highest undergraduate honour, the 2017 Torchbearer Award, recognising his achievements on the field and in the classroom. He is also an advocate for alopecia awareness, having lived with the condition since the third grade, and speaks openly about what it has taught him about self-confidence and maintaining a positive outlook under pressure.
Josh speaks on balancing competing demands, building genuine self-confidence, and maintaining perspective through setbacks, drawing on his own experience managing elite sport, academic study, and a public health condition at the same time.
Josh embodies the epitome of resilience, balancing a successful NFL career with academic excellence in aerospace engineering, making him a unique beacon of determination and discipline. His journey overcoming alopecia and achieving greatness on and off the field offers invaluable lessons on self-confidence, perseverance, and positive outlooks in the face of adversity. Booking Josh as a speaker will inspire your team or business to transcend limitations, fostering a culture of relentless pursuit of success and personal growth.
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Josh Dobbs draws on his dual career as an NFL player and aerospace engineering graduate to frame talks around managing competing demands, using his own academic and athletic record as a concrete reference point. He incorporates his experience of living with alopecia as a case study in building self-confidence under visible adversity.
Josh Dobbs speaks on balancing competing demands, building self-confidence, and maintaining perspective through setbacks, drawing on his experience managing elite sport, academic study, and living publicly with alopecia. He graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering in 2017 and received the University of Tennessee's highest undergraduate honour, the Torchbearer Award, the same year.
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