Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brandon Rembert. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Brandon , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you tell us a story about a time you failed?

I remember when I first started working with my current organization that I’m with. There were a lot of new programs that I was unfamiliar with, specifically this software that we used for a lot of our video cutting and housing. I was thankful to have co-workers that guided me through the process early on, but I eventually got to the point where I wanted to be able to navigate the program on my own and not have to ask others for help. The first time I tried on my own, I could not figure it out and had to ask for help. The second time, same result. The third time, same result. I kept failing over an over again, until eventually it all clicked and didn’t have to ask for help anymore when navigating this program. I kept chipping away. I kept trying again. I kept going back. I believe that experiencing that continued failure helped me master the program in an even better way than I would have if I didn’t get to experience that failure.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I work as a Development Scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. I started with my current organization after playing Division 1 college baseball at Alcorn State. My true dream was to play professional baseball, but things didn’t end up that way. I’m thankful to still be involved in professional baseball. My first year working for the Pirates, I got to spend a year in the Dominican Republic. That year was such a great year for me because I got way out of my comfort zone and was able to attain major growth professionally and also on a personal level. I loved the Dominican culture and their high energy way of playing baseball. With my current role with the organization, I will be evaluating amateur talent and gather video on players. I hope my work leads to us ultimately drafting the best players possible and leads to success at the Major League level.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

My entire life I wanted to be a professional baseball player. In my final season of college, I had an injury that sidelined me for the majority of the season. That stripped away my opportunity of possibly playing baseball professional. I knew I wanted to stay in the game and am thankful to have had in opportunity to stay in the game of baseball at a professional life, making my dream come true in an unexpected way. I never threw in the towel, even when things didn’t look like they were going my way.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

One lesson I had to unlearn was to stop waiting on things to come to me. I know in life that there are times to wait and situations where you have to be patient. I thought if I wanted something, it would possibly come if I waited. Now I’ve learned just to go get it. It requires action to achieve and attain something that you want in life. I’ve learned when to be patient, but also learned when to take action and go get it. One instance of this is when I recently moved into my new role in scouting. I had a passion and interest in scouting. Instead of just waiting on possibly a job in scouting, I took action on things such as writing scouting reports to show that I had a willingness to learn and get better at evaluating players. I was thankfully offered a new role in the scouting department. I believe that me taking the initiative to write those reports and get better at it definitely played a role in landing the new role that I’m in.

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