SportsCenter Anchor Lisa Kerney on Growth Mindset, Vision, Being Present

Lisa Kerney (0:00)

It's never a question for me if I'm going to do something. If I want to do something, I'm going to do it.

And that's how I feel about everything I go about in life. So if I want to be at the highest level at SportsCenter, and if I want to do a particular show, then I will reach out to whichever boss I might be and say, hey, this is what I'm going to do. Because what do we have to lose if we wait to, and just keep to ourselves what we want to do, then we're betting against ourselves from the very beginning.

Michael Gervais (0:40)

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Now, this conversation is with Lisa Kerney. Lisa is an anchor of the evening and night editions of SportsCenter. And in this conversation, we learn what it's like to have a childhood dream and how, more importantly, it is to make decisions that map on to making that childhood dream come to life. When we see people who are doing what they've always wanted to do, they have much to teach us about what it takes to set a long-term vision and how to persevere through the ups and downs that come along that journey, and also how to fuel the passion that's required to play the long game. And Lisa has definitely played the long game. She's bet on herself, she's bet on her skills, and she's bet on her family structure to support and challenge her along the way. And what I wanted to learn from Lisa was how she seemingly has been able to juggle so many facets of her life, both family-wise and professional-wise. And while there's no silver bullet, there rarely is, she points in the importance of being able to go for big challenges, and we talk about what she means by that, and how important it is for her to be really open to coaching, and not just saying that, but being really open to getting better and to learning and to taking that feedback.