Justin Skinner – Professional Failure

Justin Skinner is a farm-raised entrepreneur, author, speaker and performance coach from the great Midwest. He lives in Springfield, Missouri with his beautiful wife Kendra Skinner, and their little dog Daisy. Justin played collegiate baseball as a two-way player and is now a full-time author and real-estate investor. His is the author of the book Professional Failure and host of the Professional Failure podcast, where he and his guests share stories and lessons learned form past failures. Justin has many stories of failures and the valuable lessons he has learned along the way to success. His is passionate about sharing these lessons he has learned with others so they may enjoy their own success in life. In his downtime, Justin enjoys travelling with Kendra, playing pickleball, having good conversations, and anything active. Justin Skinner Vroom Vroom Veer Stories Wonderful (gross) story about a dare in kindergarten; learned later that dare was "shameful"Stole a $10 necklace from a store on a dare; got a away with it, but felt so guilty he snuck back into the store and put it backAmazing story about a squirrel and moth balls; sometimes an effective solution also comes with unforeseen consequencesLearned a valuable lesson on a ski lift on his first ski trip ever; what to do if you lose a ski on the ski lift?Tried out for Major League Baseball after college; Chicago Cubs gave him a draft number; Gut punch--he did not get draftedWent through an identity crisis; who am I if I am not a professional baseball player; am I a professional failure? Got fired from a job and later realized that he was fired because he just wasn't doing a great job as an employeeStarted investing in real-estate and hosting rentals on Airbnb with his wife doing design; started talking to other entrepreneurs who had a different perspective on failure Connections Website