Book Description About the Author Marques Ogden is a former NFL athlete who is originally from Washington DC. He was raised by a single father, who taught him and his brother Jonathan about the importance of ambition, drive, and hard work. After his NFL career he started a construction business, and grew it into one of the largest minority subcontracting businesses in the city of Baltimore. After making a bad mistake, Marques had to file a chapter 7 bankruptcy. Today, Marques is an inspirational keynote speaker, executive coach, and business leader. He is married to his wife Bonnie, and has two beautiful daughters, Ava and Farrah. Read more Customers Review: On my flight from Seattle to Las Vegas I read Marques’ book.This is from someone (me) that has struggled his entire life being cut from a childhood team, my one shot in an NFL training camp, fired as a consultant, laid off as an employee, and one who’s own rebranding took way too long. Marques is one of my football brethren who encouraged me register as an NFL Alumni, even though I was just in camp, nothing but love foe the passion this man shows in life, and his writing!Regarding the book…Wow! I’ve always loved Marques’ passion and willingness to be vulnerable, and he’s knocked it out of the park on this one!Vulnerable, witty, snarky at times, but simple. He’s a real class act and I appreciate what Marques is driving! A baller on the field in football, business, and in life!!
Reading the Success Cycle, Marques felt like he was a mentor and friend sitting right there with me, sharing his life’s high’s, challenges and experiences. His three keys for achieving goals hits the mark with a great way of looking at it from both a personal and business perspective, which is not always easy to do. Since Marques has experienced the intense spotlight of the national stage from his NFL career, keynote speaking, executive coaching and running a business, he shares and gives great insight from a business and personal perspective that others can benefit from.
Excellent book and the Author is a pretty awesome guy! Most inspirational person I have ever had the privilege to speak with. Much appreciation for your excellence in all you do! I will be recommending this to as many people as possible.
I absolutely loved this book! I couldn’t put it down! It is full of inspiration as well as practical advice to help you achieve your goals in business and in life!I highly recommend it!!
A story of hard work, humility, and getting back to business basics. In The Success Cycle, former NFL player Marques Ogden shares, with raw honesty, his story of first careers ending unexpectedly and the hustle he put in to rebuild his new career from square one. A great read and no-nonsense advice for those looking for motivation to embark on a journey in entrepreneurship, or anyone looking to take a leap and transition smartly into a new chapter in life.
This book is a must read for everyone. Not only is this book a great guide for succeeding in business but it can also help you succeed in your personal life as well. Marques is very transparent in this book and shares his stories in order to help others. Marques wrote this book in a way that is very relatable to people in all walks of their life! Be sure to carve out some time to read this book, once you pick it up you won’t want to put it down!
I have had the pleasure of being coached by Marques for the past 8 months. This book is everything that I expected it to be. So many good takeaways. That practical steps needed to shift your mindset and/or expand your brand, are right here. Thanks coach for an amazing product. I’m putting these tools to use. Ambition. Drive. Hard Work. Rinse and Repeat! I appreciate you sir!
This is a page-turner, easy to read, with good advice that is presented in a conversational tone, including short checklists. Ogden’s personal story and how it has affected him is very compelling.A must read for anyone who wants to achieve anything in their life, personally or professionally! |
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