We recently connected with Brandon Rembert and have shared our conversation below.

Brandon , appreciate you joining us today. Before we get into specifics, let’s talk about success more generally. What do you think it takes to be successful?

I believe that there are a ton of factors that make someone reach success, but the main 3 that I think are the most impactful when it comes to reaching success are consistency, persistence, and work ethic. Consistency is key to be successful in any day. Consistency is showing up and doing something repeatedly no matter how you feel. Consistency is a high value trait and any employer would love an employee who’s consistent. Persistence goes along with consistency in my opinion. Persistence is the tenacity to keep going even when you want to stop. Having the quality of persistence is good when completing long term projects or chasing after something that has delayed gratification. Persistent people keep showing up when impersistent people do not. Lastly, work ethic is another important trait to success. I feel like people underestimate the power of just working hard. Working hard and going the extra mile is a way to separate yourself from the competition. I firmly believe that hard work is a key ingredient to reaching success.

Brandon , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Brandon, and I am currently a Major League Baseball scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates. I’ve been playing baseball ever since I was a kid and got into scouting because I wanted to stay around the game of baseball. My ultimate dream was to play in Major League Baseball, but that chance was shot down after going undrafted after college. Wanting to stay in the game, I started off as basically an intern with the Pirates and then worked my way up to being a full-time scout with the organization. I am incredibly thankful to be apart of this great organization and am appreciative of the people around me who pushed me to get to where I am. In this life, you need people. I believe what sets me apart personally is work ethic and consistency. I pride myself on my work ethic and showing up being the same person everyday. The thing that I’m most proud of is grinding from the bottom and staying the course – not giving up when things got hard. Being consistent and persistent is what helped me get here today.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

When I was 13 years old, I was at baseball practice and dove for a baseball and fractured my hip. I had to have emergency surgery that same day. I couldn’t walk for months on end. The doctor told me that I was most likely never going to play baseball again. That news got me down a bit, but also like a fire under me and sparked my determination to prove him wrong. Fast forward years down the line, I was playing baseball at the Division 1 level in college and winning awards that I never imagined I would win. Never let someone tell you that you can’t do something.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Something that I had to unlearn was the idea that my value was in my performance on the baseball field. As a former athlete, I loved hearing the cheers of the crowd after hitting a baseball as far as I could. It was such a good feeling. When the cheers came to a halt and it was my time to hang up the cleats, I realized that I wasn’t as happy and would look to cheers from other people to give me worth… those cheers never came. I realized quickly that I put my identity and self-worth in my success. That was probably one of the most challenging things that I had to do. It was a deep soul search. After years of work, I no longer put my identity in success and I know who I am outside of baseball.

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Jonathan Austin