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Disconnect to Reconnect: Lessons in Leadership and Teamwork with Marlo Campbell

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Disconnect to Reconnect: Lessons in Leadership and Teamwork with Marlo Campbell", an episode of Mick Unplugged Podcast published December 25, 2025 (45 min, about 8,762 words). It mentions 10 people, works and ideas, including Montego Bay, NC State, Marlo Campbell, Mick Unplugged, Love Sexy.

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Montego Bay, Marlo Campbell, Mick Unplugged, Secrets
  2. – 10:00: Marlo Campbell, NC State
  3. – 15:00: NC State
  4. – 20:00: Love Sexy, Montego Bay
  5. – 30:00: Attorney General
  6. – 35:00: NC State
  7. – 45:00: Annapolis, Love Sexy, Purple Rain
  8. – 45:29: Mick Unplugged, Montego Bay

Notable quotes from "Disconnect to Reconnect: Lessons in Leadership and Teamwork with Marlo Campbell"

  • We're doing something first and official for the first time ever. We're on site Montego Bay. I'm here with my best friend, Mr. Marlo Campbell. We're about to get some raw exclusive stuff. Marlo Campbell.
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  • Here obviously before. This is my third time back to the same resort here at Secret. So, shout out to Secrets. But man, like you're the first person that I looked up to when it came to just disconnect.
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  • Those, you see his shirt is blurred cuz I'm allergic to that, but you went to NC State, man. So, like one, why NC State or No, let's let's go back a little bit further.
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  • As can be. And then about 3 weeks later, Steph called and said, Hey, Prince's Alphabet Street Love Sexy Tour is coming to Greensboro. And Taika says, I can bring a friend. Do…
    about Love Sexy · at
  • Whether it's a partnership, whether it's a team of a thousand people at a big Fortune 500 company. Okay? You're you're part of a team. Most people are. Okay?
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  • Me and my boy Pat Noel were talking about this up in Annapolis, Maryland.
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People

  • Marlo Campbell — Person · 3 mentions · first at
    For the first time ever. We're on site Montego Bay. I'm here with my best friend, Mr. Marlo Campbell. We're about to get some raw exclusive stuff. Marlo Campbell.
  • Lucy Damon — Person · 1 mention

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    Could have just named all the French albums, but of course, I can listen to Purple Rain anytime, any place.

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  • Mick Unplugged — Concept · 2 mentions · first at
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Full transcript with timestamps

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged. And we're doing something first and official for the first time ever. We're on site Montego Bay. I'm here with my best friend, Mr. Marlo Campbell. We're about to get some raw exclusive stuff. Marlo Campbell. This is Mick Unplugged. Let us uncover the because that thing that drives you. That thing that fuels you. I'm ready if you are. Let's go.

Welcome to us, Mick. I just want to say thank you for uh for having me on and uh so so proud of everything that you're doing and and uh you know, just glad to be here in beautiful Montego Bay.

It's awesome, man. Like, we've been here for a few days together. Little couples retreat. Love the island. You know, you've been here obviously before. This is my third time back to the same resort here at Secret. So, shout out to Secrets. But man, like you're the first person that I looked up to when it came to just disconnect.

Mhm. Right. Like you have so much going on, right, with with soccer. We're going to get into that with the theme with your kids. You're a family man. And you always tell me, Mick, I got to have a little bit of time to to just disconnect from the row, man. Like, when did that become a thing for you? And why is that important for people to just be able to disconnect everyone? Well, I think that disconnecting is a way for you to reflect and um truly analyze what's going on um in order to make improvement in in your world, in your life, with the with but personally, professionally, with your family, with your friends. Um taking time to really appreciate also all the wonderful things that go on even when things are bad. Um, you know, taking this time away is is good just to spend time with with friends and family and and uh just know, you know, just figure out what's going on, what what what the next moves are. Okay.

Yeah. And you're a CEO, right? Like you you own multiple businesses. And I think a lot of times as leaders, as CEOs, we have this misconception that we've always got to be on, right? That there's this no days off utility. And I actually believe in no days off, but I also believe in taking moments so that you can be there for the people that matter the most, whether it's your team, whether it's your family or or whatever it is. And so for the the business leader that's out there, it never takes the time to recharge. What's your message for that?

That's you always got to remember where you where you started from. And the best way to do that is to take that step back and when you reflect upon where you where you started, where you are now, where you're going, okay, if you if you can't slow down just a little bit,

Mhm. then that's when you get yourself in trouble, okay, you start losing in touch with reality. Um and as we said, you know, when you you have your great team at work and you have your your people that you you're with all the time, but um helps you to understand, reflect, go back to really just figuring out who you are. you know, you know, when we, it's interesting. We we had a a great uh dinner with a couple other couples uh in February and we started talking about all the different things that we've done in our lifetime,

you know, professionally, okay? Just as from a from an income standpoint and every one of us had a story where we were here and then we did this and we did this and we did that.

Okay. Um but that's the story of life. I mean, you're building on your experiences, okay? And so so taking time away is a way to not take notes but just mentally take notes and just say okay oh this is this is where I've been this is where I'm going this was a good experience how can I duplicate that this was a bad experience what have I learned from that so that we can make it even better experience next time you know

yeah and for the person that's listening maybe you're not a business owner right having a disconnect is still important so you know like for me I'll spend time on a Sunday morning I'll spend in a couple hours, go sit over the back porch and just have some meat.

Mhm. Right. So, you don't have to go on vacations to disconnect. Like, that shouldn't be the only reason or the only way that you disconnect. What are some ways that you disconnect when it's not a vacation or whatever?

Well, I'm a professional napper, man. I, you know, I I can nap anytime and it's my it's it's my time. You know, 3:00 on a Saturday, Sunday, I'm going to relax. I mean, I'm just going to take that time to myself and and my family knows that, hey, this is this is when I got to I got to just got to sit back and absorb, okay, and recharge. Um but um similar to you, just just finding a little quiet place, you know. Um sometimes I I get accused of being quiet,

okay, but I'm I'm still on, but I'm just Mhm. processing, you know. I'm letting letting that uh

that that that computer regenerate. Yeah, you know what I mean? You got to get the reboot re the refresh and um

you know just whether that's sitting at home, whether that's going and hitting some golf balls

sometimes just just even just being with family is a good way of doing it. You know what I mean? Um, so, um, there's so many ways to do it, but, um, just just getting out of, uh, getting your mind away from the business side and just that we we keep using that word reflection,

but it's it's just really important that um, that you you take time to do that.

Yeah. I tell people all the time that like on your computer, you got to clear cash and data, right? Like that's your computer resetting.

You got to restart your phones. I don't care if you're Apple, Android, or whatever. Like, every once in a while, it's not operating right, so you have to restart it. um your phones and and all these technology platforms send you updates that you always have to do. And I think for your mind and body, you have to do the same thing. Like you got to be able to take that time and get that recharge, that baby or that restart.

Yeah. Yeah. So crypton important and I learned a lot of that from that. Like I we met 5 years ago now.

Yeah. And like we literally instantly became best friends which is crazy because as you get to know Marlo Campbell, everyone is his best. Like and I mean that in a very good way, right? You never met a stranger.

You always have that thing of, you know, it used to be what, six degrees of Kevin Bacon, right? Like I call it now you're two degrees from Marlo Cam. When did that become a thing for you? Like networking, introducing yourself, picking people up. Like when did that become a thing for you? I guess it probably started as a as a youth with um my background and where I grew up in in in the main streets of Crapree, I guess you will, you know, in Raleigh. Uh but no, it is it's interesting for me when when um we moved, we were in one part of Raleigh, we moved to a whole another part of Raleigh. We were one of we thought we were the only ones, but we were one of only two black families in an all-white neighbor. Okay.

And it's interesting as a six-year-old kid starting to build relationships with people that don't really know you

back in the 70s. Okay, that was different. Okay. But then I got introduced um to this wonderful worldwide game of soccer. Okay. And so when I got introduced to soccer, I never would have done it unless we had moved to this part of town. And I played a lot of sports growing up. I was fortunate. I'm pretty I was pretty athletic. Um, but I always every time I had to make a choice of what sport I was going to continue to progress with, it kept going back to soccer. Well, the thing about soccer, soccer is a worldwide sport. I mean, everybody everybody plays, okay? And so, you're always building relationships with people that are different. I mean, the game is the same. There's two goals, there's a ball, okay? You try to score, but you build up the teamwork, you build up the camaraderie, you build up the support system, you build up um adversity, you have some wins, you have some losses, you know. So, I I I think

that's when it all started. Okay. You go on to college and you play professionally and you and you do things. Everything that I do now is a byproduct of when I got started, when I was younger, okay? Never met a stranger. I don't judge. You know, people are going to be people. People are going to be different. Okay.

Um I always seek to understand where they're coming from. Okay? Even if I disagree, that's that's their that's their position. I can't get upset with them for their position. What I can do is understand it and maybe it either strengthens my position that I have or I'm helping them to understand, hey, you know what? Have you looked at it this way? And helping them to understand as well, you know. So, um I think that's one reason why I I I go out, people see me, I meet people, I have no problem, um just meeting people and just just playing on with it, you know. It's it's uh I think it makes it special.

Absolutely. Absolutely. So, let's go into soccer. For those that I know we've got your we've got your shirt censored and thank you. And for those that are watching, we are in Jamaica. It might be five o'clock. It might be 10 o'clock. It's five o'clock somewhere.

Cheers, my brother. Yes, sir. So, soccer, you went to this little school. Oh, for those, you know, you see his shirt is blurred cuz I'm allergic to to that, but you went to NC State, man. So, like one, why NC State or No, let's let's go back a little bit further.

Okay. Marlo Campbell, the soccer star high school. What was recruiting like? What was that? What were those moments? Uh back then soccer was still kind of growing. Okay.

But it was one of those things um whereas um again I was fortunate I was with the all the OD what is called Olympic development program. So, I'm traveling all over the country representing North Carolina region 3 um US uh national team camp U6 Kings and Colorado Springs and again just build again meeting people from different areas developing those relationships.

Yeah. So then when you get into the recruiting process, you know, for me, my father worked at NC State. I grew up always wanting to play for NC State, but I also entertained uh Duke and that other light lighter blue school um down the road from them as well. I'm not allowed to say that.

University champions USC. Okay, I'm not allowed to actually say those words, but

you know, so um and a and a few other schools here in North Carolina. Um, but I remember there was a game in high school and I had um really great teammates at Athens Drive High School. Um, but I remember a game where um, two of my best friends, Roy and Eric Lacier, had just been um, gotten red cards in the game before. So, I was solo,

quote unquote solo. Obviously, I had some great teammates, but I wasn't playing with my boys, okay, that we that we always used to do our thing with the next game. And I didn't know that coach Tarantini was in the stands, okay? And I went off.

I went off. I mean, I mean, I just because it was out of support for my brothers,

Roy and Eric. It was support for my my my teammates that that were just to this day. They're there's a great great great people. We end up winning the state championship that year. Mhm.

Okay. The first one for Athens drive. But I just remember that game and I remember just going off and I was like, "Okay." And we won. We're I think we're playing against Broton. They were number one in the state.

Mhm. So we won the game and I get home that night and I get the phone call. Hey, it's George Tarantini go speak to Marlin. I was like, "Okay, hey, this is he." And they said, "Uh, I want you I want you I want to offer you full scholarship according to NC State." And I was speechless.

Wow. And I said, "Can I call you back?" There you go. There you go. I I got the Tar Hills on the line.

I I hug I hung up the phone, went upstairs, told my mom and dad. I said, "I just got a call from George Tarantina in state." And they said, "Uh, what' you tell I said, "I got to call him back."

Like, "Man, you better get down there." Right. Right. Right. You know, so it was it was it was just unique. He was and it was special because coach, we all call him coach. He was originally from Argentina. His brother was the best defender in the world for Argentina and the 78 World Cup.

You know, this is this powerful, intimidating figure that was on the phone with me and I'm a 17year-old boy still, right? So, um, but he but he has this way of just just making you feel good. Okay. Of course, because when they're recruiting you, they love you. Okay. And then as soon as you get on campus, you're like, "Wait, I thought you like me, coach. What's up?" Okay. So, um, but he was like, "Yeah, I want you to be the first player from North Carolina to get to that I offer a full scholarship to." And I was like, "Okay, I'll take that. Let's go. Let's go."

So, I didn't I didn't know that, sir. So you were the first North Carolina homegrown athlete

that he offered a scholarship. Yep. Full scholarship. Yep. That's wild. Yeah. So

how's that make you feel to like say that out loud? No, man. I mean he uh it's always been special and um

you know co that's that's that's who coach is, you know, he was and I learned a lot. You you talk about just looking after people. Coach always wanted to look after the little guy. M

he always wanted to give people an opportunity. Okay. And even in in today's times, I you know, whether it's through any of my businesses or just in coaching, I've I've loved coaching.

And people always ask, "Well, I don't coach very much anymore." They said, "Do you miss the coaching?" Cuz they think the wins and losses.

Yeah. Like, "No, no, no. I miss it so much, but I miss the relationship." That's what you build with with your with your players. You build with your team. and and and I'm coaching youth. And so now these quote unquote kids are now 40, 36, 30 years old, rocking it, just repeating the cycle. And every time I run into them, it's just it's it's just such a special moment because I remember when you were seven. I remember when you were 17. I remember when you were this. I remember when we lost that, we were in it. I remember when you were going through this with your with your family. I mean, these are that's the relationship that you that you build.

And then so I learned a lot from from Tarantini with respect to no matter how he how he yelled at you or got on you, he loved you. Okay. And he just wanted you to be better.

You know, I think I think personally I think he was always upset with me because I never came on my recruiting trip.

Really? Yeah. So So I was set to come on. I had already I already did it. I already said, "I'm coming, coach." Right? He goes, "All right, I want you to come into this recruiting trip." I said, "All right, I'm going to come in." And then I got a call from a girl who was a friend, not my girlfriend, who says, "Marlo, you'll never guess who I'm babysitting for." She said, I said, she goes, "Prince's nephews, like the artist?" Yeah, the artist. Yes,

the artist. For one year, Ta Nelson lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. Interesting. and she lived in the same neighborhood as my friend. And she literally, she goes, "Next time I babysit, I'll have you come over." So, I went over to the house. Sure enough, President and sir, those were the two nephews. Okay.

All right. Met the boys. They were cool as can be. And uh and then about 3 weeks later, Steph called and said, "Hey, Prince's um Alphabet Street Love Sexy Tour is coming to Greensboro." And Taika says, "I can bring a friend. Do you want to come?" And it happened to be the weekend of my recruiting show.

So here I am. I got to call Tarantini. And I'm like, "Coach, I'm not coming. I'm not coming on my recruit. I know you you you sent me up for life, but yo, I'm going to diss you,

right?" Thinking about a hindsight as a coach. I'm like, man, I don't know how I would have accepted that, right?

But he probably hung up the phone like, "What what's up with this guy?" Yeah. So, we were able to ride in a limo from Raleigh to Greensboro with Taik Nelson, Inside the Gate, the whole nine yards, Prince Concert.

It was It was a wonderful experience, you know. Crazy. Yeah. And for those that don't know, um we've done karaoke four nights here in Montego Bay and Marlo opens up every night with either When Dubs Cry or Purple Ring, just so you know. So when he talks about Prince being his guy, he really does read that Prince is his guy.

Yeah. So so so much that that I want to unpack and unplug, man. So you know, leadership is my thing. My beauts is my thing, right? Like with the reason that we do what these of us do. And so I want to go to you cuz I don't think I've ever really asked you this question.

Oh boy. What's your beaut? What's your purpose today? Not the 17-year-old. Yeah. We're talking about the the over 40

parlor. Thank you for that. Just just slightly over 40. You signed the dismay. We're good. We're good. What What's your big cause today? What's your purpose today?

Feel like there's so many. Life is short and we all have experiences and what I've learned from a lot of my mentors is can you help the next one? Okay. And I think that's sort of my that's my because I think can I help the next one whether it's I have a friend of mine that's relocating and I had to talk to him about okay well do you want to stay in this even stay in the same field that you're in right now you know it's like you have these gifts you know you don't have to keep doing what you're doing you got options okay you're moving out of choice not being forced to move okay so if you want to get a refresh refresh And we've gone back and forth and sure enough he found something that is still related to his field but not the same field. And I felt great for him cuz he's excited. I mean he now I see the energy.

So for me that's a win for me. Okay. In my mind, not to say I'm taking any credit for it, but I just makes me feel good when I'm able to help somebody. Okay. when you can take what you've learned and why I do what I do, no matter what it is, is to try to help others. Yeah.

Okay. Okay. And I I I believe that because my worlds are so co-mingled that I it actually helps me give a different perspective than if I were just a soccer coach

or or just an insurance agent or just this or just that. So when you hear scenarios all of a sudden my database is saying okay this this this this let's get okay this is how I'm going to help or how I can possibly help or as you mentioned how who can I find to help cuz it's not just me

okay as they say it takes a village it's not just me say let me connect you with this person let me connect oh I got the perfect person

and I think that um I feel I feel incredibly um blessed blessed to have those relationships with wonderful heat.

Yeah. No, totally agree. The second thing I want to unplug, I have this huge parallel, right? I run this series on the connection between sports and leadership

and I tell people this all the time and I don't mean it exclusively but I personally believe that if you were the leader of your sports team you were a captain you were the the person that rallied the troops and me you make the most dynamic leaders in the business spaces

because you see so much and like in sport and it doesn't really matter the sport right

every match There's going to be adversity, right? There's going to be a let down and there's going to come a moment where you just got to be a dog and say, "I'm just going to do it anyway."

And to me, that's business, right? Like there's going to be adversity. There's sometimes you just got to roll up and say, "Hey, we're just doing this to Right."

What do you think about the parallel between business? I'm all about that. I think that especially, like I said, it doesn't matter which sport, but obviously I relate closely to soccer.

Yeah. And what people don't understand is that soccer is a game of mistakes. Otherwise, every time you got the ball, you would score,

right? Somebody's going to mess up, right? Somebody's going to mess up. So, do you point the finger at that person and then the next time you lose it, you point the finger at that person? No. No. No. Cuz we're a team. Okay. We're trying to process this to get to the promised land.

Okay. So, I'm a big believer in that that adversity. What you learn from sport, whatever it is.

Okay. you're gonna it's step step down step step down. You just want to keep your eye on what you want to do. Know your processes, your vision, what what's your ingame, where do you want to go? Okay, it's there's going to be some pitfalls.

So, um I do I definitely think that that translates and and and uh all about the okay, as a as a captain, as a leader, as a coach, okay, the job of a coach is to get the team ready. Okay, they can't play the game. They just got to get them ready.

So on game day, that's the players time. That's the fun time, right? That's the players time right there. Okay, we can't we can't we can't do it for them. Okay.

And so as a CEO, it's about just like I do it as a coach. When we don't win, I take the responsibility. Yes,

sir. Okay. I can't point the finger say you didn't do this. You didn't do that. You know what? I didn't get you ready to do that. Mhm.

How how could I have helped you be more prepared to get that sale? How could I have helped you to be better at

coaching this person? How could I help you get better at X, Y, or Z? Okay. That's that's the job. That's the role that a leader needs to take.

Okay. Because and then when you win, praise has to go to them, too. Absolutely.

Praise you can't take all the praise. You your name's going to be there, right?

But you can't do it without them. And you always got to let them know that, hey, you guys are rock stars.

So for the leader that's struggling, and they probably don't know they're struggling with this. So I want all the leaders and I don't care if it's a business, if it's your community, if it's your household, but you are a leader. If you're listening to the podcast,

if you are struggling with or not aware on how to give your team crates, cuz a lot of times, and you just said it, it's real easy to give criticism. And we see that a lot. Like I I say where most managers I'm not talking about leaders, where most managers fail is they don't connect with their team because they worry about the bodies. They worry about the gotchas. They worry about the you did this wrong. I mean, what's some advice to upreck your team?

I think that you got to remember where you started. Okay. You got to remember who helped you.

We all have those people. We all have them. I got them. I got my people on speed on speed bout, you know, that have that have helped me when I thought I was great.

Yeah. And I realized I'm not great. Yeah. Okay. They're where then I realize that's where I want to be.

Yeah. Okay. And I take those lessons. So I think that as you said, it's it's really easy to point the fingers. They say, you know, when you point the finger, you got three more coming back at you. Okay. And that's a that's a just a great concept to always remember. Okay. But yeah, I mean, we can all see it. Hell yeah, they messed up. But most times people know they messed up. Okay, why we got to rub it in? Okay, why do we have to make them feel even worse than what they already are? Okay, can we pick them up? Can we can we can we acknowledge and learn from it? Can we acknowledge and make it better the next time? Okay, that's that's really all that it is, man.

That's all it is. Yeah. So, second last question before you're wrapping the fire. For the parents that are watching Raising that don't have their kids in school, why is it important to have your kids in some type of sport? I'm going to say as soon as possible, but but whenever that becomes accessible for you. Why is having your kids in sports important and for their development in sport physically, for their mental, for their community association?

I I know you're a huge advocate of that. So, why is that important to you? Well, no matter what the sport is, I I I think it's more of a psychological thing. Okay. So the psychology of having a goal, achieving success, having a goal and not achieving success and learning from it, okay, it's a great mentor or whatever, whatever you're choosing to do, whether it's an individual sport like a tennis or a golf, okay? Um or a team sport like a basketball or soccer or lacrosse. Um the team sports just teaches people how to work together. Okay, we have to depend on each other but also people are dependent upon you.

Okay, so when you get into the workforce or you get into school or you get into whatever it may be, if you don't know how to work with others, you may struggle.

Okay, not everybody can be Picasso. Okay, okay, and just, you know, do their thing. Most people work on some sort of team whether it's a partnership, whether it's a team of a thousand people at a big Fortune 500 company. Okay? You're you're part of a team. Most people are. Okay? So, that's what sport teaches you. Okay? But also, if you're not involved in sport, if you're a musician, you're part of a band. The band is not clicking. And if the drummer is not doing his thing and the basist is not doing her thing, then what what's up? It don't it just don't sound right. I mean,

we've heard some really bad karaoke. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, they were off.

Cheers to You know what? But I can say that because I did it. Okay. Those who don't do it, I don't know if you can talk smack about those that are doing it, right? Okay. Okay. But, you know, it's, you know, so it's it's just really about being a part of a team. And I use that word team with whether whatever position I'm in, whatever whatever role that I'm in,

we call it a team. We're a team. This is my squad. Okay. This is what I'm rolling with.

And I think that that plays a really good part in um, like I said, dealing with that adversity in life.

No, I love that, man. So for all the parents seriously get your get your kids involved in Steuart again doesn't matter the sport but then also you be involved as well right like I would say it's almost worse to have your child in sport and then you don't show interest in what you're doing into their social degree into their physical and mental balamic as well. Um, as a coach, so this will be the last question before we hear rapid fire. As a coach, what are some things that you see parents should be doing better or differently as it

relates to their kids and involvement? Uh, aside from not, you know, wanting their kid to be the star quarterback or they quit when they can't be the goal.

Well, well, I it's interesting because I see it from so many different perspectives. I have three wonderful children that were involved in activities growing up. Um, and they're still involved in a lot of activities.

I think just being present for them, okay, is the first thing. Just being there, supportive, you know. Um, number two, making sure that you're not blaming their coach or their individual player.

Yeah. Okay. Because when they hear you start saying these things, then they lose respect for their coach. Okay? Same thing for a teacher. Same thing for whomever. You just want to make sure that um you're there to understand that you're there to support to your child and their team. Okay? And um and if they know that, then they're going to be a part of they're gonna they're want they will want to do a longer. They'll want to they'll want to they'll want to they'll work harder at it. They'll want to um do things to make you happy as a parent as well.

Okay. You know, so you know, we're we're all teaching each other. We all learn. You don't have to be older to be the teacher. You can be younger and still be the teacher.

The child can teach the parent about what it means to be supportive. Okay? Especially when it's when it's when it's tough.

Okay? Okay. When a when when a child is struggling with making their free throws or catching a ball or defending or scoring a goal, okay, it's so important that you know, you get out there with them and you say, "Hey, you got this." And again, this game is this game, this world life is psychological and how you approach it. Okay. Um, I always remember when I first got into the insurance business, I was out in Palm Springs, California, and there was a gentleman by the name of Keith Herrell, who spoke and he talked about his book, Attitude is Everything.

Yeah. And that's just resonated me ever since I was down. See, attitude is everything. It's all about how you approach it. Okay. And so, as a parent, your attitude is how everything and how your child is going to progress with whatever they do. Okay? Whether it's the school, sports, life, work, whatever it is, okay?

Your friendships, the people you meet, everything is going to be your attitude is everything. How are you approaching this? Okay. Is it open or are we just being close-minded?

Okay. And you got to give it a chance. Got to give it jazz. Totally agree. Totally agree. All right. You ready for some rapid fire?

Not really. You should take a sip. I'm coming in hot. I'm coming in with the heat. Coming in with the heat. All right. So, UNCC the school you went to, big rivals, right? And I don't care what colleges you went to, you know, you're rivals,

right? Right. What was your record against Carolina in soccer? Two and two. We won both games at home. They won both games at at their place.

Okay. Mhm. What about all sport? What was your record against Pokemon during your four years? Assuming you went four years.

Well, it is safe. Okay. Okay. We actually Well, actually, we went to class. Okay. So that part and we just didn't put on it at UNCC online. You were online back in the early '90s.

Back in the day we were online. Uh no, we we were hot. We were hot in cuz I was there again. You trying to tell my age, but when we were there, we were hot in every sport.

Okay. We took care of you guys. So there's no doubt. So you're not giving me a number. I can look

you in the eye and you in the eye. All sport. Carolina versus state when I was in school.

Uhhuh. All All sports. All sports. 73 and four. Bro, we only lost to state four times ever. All sports. Just, you know, little little brother status.

You know what? That that was just a time, you know, they call it the dark period. Is that Renaissance then? I don't know. Something like that. Okay. Um I I I can neither confirm nor deny what you're saying. Okay. Mhm.

But if you're getting your information from Wikipedia, I'm not sure if that's what's up.

No, it's 2025. We have more sources. Okay. Okay. We have sources. Okay. All right. So, your top five NC State basketball roster, and it's got to be like they got to be able to play a game, so you can't go like five point marks, right?

Oh, yeah. Give me your top five. So, we're going to put your top five against my top five. Oh, it's all

And we're going to let the audience tell us who wins these games. Oh, top five. Okay.

Yep. Your your starting five. Okay. I'm going to go with my boy Corkch. That's my dog right there, man. Chris,

all time assist leader NCAA when he left. Okay. So, he was fired. Okay. He was fired.

He was fired. And I got to go with his his his partner Ice. I mean, the best shooter ever to play

in the league. Okay. Yeah. In the league. So, you're going Rodney Monroe. Rodney Monroe. Okay.

So, you're going Rodney Monroe over Sydney Lo. Yeah. Yeah. You said you said I need five. You need five. Now, Whit's my boy. Now I mean you know Whit is strong today on this podcast.

You know what Wit Whit's a great passer. You know that's how they won a national championship. People thought it was a shot but it was a pass to Lorenzo Charles in 83.

Whit. Okay. You and I have had this conversation at Ted by Ted and Grill. You thought when it left your finger you told me this. You thought it was bottom of the neck. You told me that.

Yeah. It was smooth. That's what threw everybody off because everybody's looking around.

Uhhuh. But our man, rest in peace, Lorenzo knew what was up. It was a set play that Jimmy B had has drawn up. So that's what's up there. Okay.

That's not what we had told. Okay. All right. So you got two. You got your back court.

Oh, you got my back court. You know, small forward. We're going with the Oh, the greatest college basketball player ever.

Skywalker. Skywalker. David Thompson. He was MJ's idol. He was MJ's idol. Yeah. MJ was MJ was decent. Okay. We're talking college, not pro. College. He was the best.

He saw the jumper especially. Okay. That was a nice jumper. Okay. All right. I'll tell you what, man. My power forward, man. That's That's a Oh,

I'm keeping it with the guys I play with. I got to go with Googs, man. Tom Googlata beast.

The second best NBA career. Won't state you. That should tell you something right there. When shout out to Goose, you're a good guy. But yeah. Okay. Tom Pia. Yeah.

All right. So, we're doing fire and ice. Yeah. David Thompson. Goos. Now I really got to think about my center.

You sure do. I haven't had too many of them. No, you know, because everybody's a stretch five now. I'm see if I want a banger.

See who I could get. I Who you should say, but but we'll see if you say it. Who you going to say? Chris Washburn.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Absolutely. Oh, man. Getting this right to him very easily.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. my guy Washford. Yes. Yes. Yes. No, he could he could he could do it. He could he man, that's historic between him and Shakford,

man. But I don't know, man. I mean, Berles, I mean, if you're just going to go some height cuz I got to, you know, be somebody that's going to get some rebounds. I mean, that's a big boy. You talking about when they were playing at their prime.

Okay. I'm going to go with Berles. Okay. So, it's a good mix, right? Yeah. Okay. For the for to play against your JV squad. Is that what you say?

So, all right. Burlston at the five, Googs at the four, DT at three, y Rodney Monroe at the two,

at the point. Yes. You can pick my five. You can pick my five and we just watch them. Like, so, so for everybody that's watching and listening, they had to Google three out of those five. They had to

see this guy. This guy they had. So, I'm just going to go top of the dome because I can match that up.

Okay. So, I'm gonna go Phil Ford at the point. I could have gone Kenny Smith. I could have gone.

I could have gone Ed Cota. My guy, my point guard, Ed Cota. Okay. I'm going to go Phil for

Okay, fair enough. I So, you know, you brought up Jordan in the pro. People go watch Jordan play in college, bro. Like, like Jordan shot like 60% from the field in college.

Yeah, but he only took five shots a game cuz Dean was holding him back. That's all we had to do.

I mean, come on, man. Five for five. So I'm going Jordan. Okay, man. I could go anywhere. I could give you Vince at the three. I could I could go old school. I could give you Rick Fox at the three. Right. Like and you don't have to Google these names. You don't have to

Oh, Vanessa's husband. You don't have to Google these names. Rick will slap a taste at you. Um I'm going to go James Worthy of the three.

Oh, at the three? Yeah. Okay. I'm going go James Worthy of the three. Okay, that'd be a good match up him and dated. Okay,

that's why that's why I went there cuz I know he could he'll shut that down. Okay, that's that's easy work.

Big game James. Yeah, James. All right. At the four and five, man. Like I could go anywhere.

So, I'm going to give you hands at the four just because that's our that's our intimidating force down there. Shout out to TH T. You know, you're my guy at the five, man. Like, we could go stretch. I could give you Rasheed. I could put Antoine down there, the five, if I really wanted to. I could give you Brad Dohy. I could give you Sam Perkins. Like, I could just keep giving you name. I could give you I can give you all those names,

but I'm giving you the guy, okay? And this is a shout out to him. We lost him last year. I'm going to give a shout out to my guy, Big Grips. I'm going Eric Montage.

Eric Montage. No, that's a good call. I'm going Eric Mont. Mont is a great dude, man. Good people.

Yeah. Yeah. And I just I put that five just to shut your five down. Just to shut your

I don't think you have enough scoring. Phil Ford and Jordan are going to put up 40.

I don't think you have enough. I don't think you got enough scoring though. And you

are we playing with the three or without the three. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It It literally Phil Ford is deadly from three.

Phil Ford, even though he never saw a three, he is deadly. It's like Pistol Peak. Pistol Pete averaged 200 points a game. I know. No three point.

He would be deadly at the three. Bill Ford was that same guy. And you know we're going four corners

to shut it. Oh yeah. Is there is there a shot clock? It doesn't matter. What kind of rules we playing with?

If we go up 10, y'all are y'all are done. We go up 10. Y'all can't come back. Y'all have no speed on hotit. No speed. We got big grits to send everything.

I don't I don't know, man. I don't know. And Handsville is going to give you 25 boards.

All right. That was supposed to be rapid fire. You just we went on t. That's what Marlo and I do. Marlo and I do. All right. So, last last rapid fire. We were talking about this a little bit the other night. We were educating our spouses. Give me your top three albums of all time.

Oh. And I go with album not just off of a song. I'm talking about the complete track one to track 12.

Okay. If you had to just you going on a a trip and you got three albums you can listen to.

Okay. The whole time on rotation. Jimmy. Oh wow. Danger, man. Dangerous. I've got two and I'm trying to think of the third.

Mhm. I'm trying to think of the third. Mhm. And for those listening and watching, I want you to in the in the notes, give me your top three albums of all time.

So albums, full albums front to back. Yeah. the whole 45. Okay, here here's where we got to go. I'm gonna start with uh

I I got I think I I'm going start with one that definitely influenced me in high school and it I think it it set off a uh a whole generation of hip-hop. Okay.

B I'm going to go with 3A and 3B cuz they came out the same time. Okay, that's okay.

The fourth and that was Run DMC Raising Hell. Yep. And Beasty Boys License to Ill. Cuz you you were those came out at the same time and everybody was playing both of them. Yep. And I think what it did is it started

so many different trends in the music industry from those two albums. Okay. And you still hear tracks on them right now and people know those songs.

Okay. I'm gonna go off the track. Me and my boy Pat Noel were talking about this up in Annapolis, Maryland.

Led Zeppelin 4. Oo. You say front to back. Front to back. You are not fine. Led Zeppelin 4.

Yes. Is is is cuz they they show complete range. Yeah. On that. Oh man. Everything. Everything.

I agree. I agree. And I could have made this all about the artists, but I mean I could have just named all the French albums, but of course, you know, I can listen to Purple Rain

anytime, any place. Mhm. Controversy may be a better album, though. Which was his

another one with Reach. Yeah. Another one with Reach. No. So, I'm not going to go with the one that everybody wants me to say.

Okay. Which is Proper Rent. Okay. Um, interestingly enough, his Love Sexy album,

okay, you had to listen to it from front to back. Yes. He came out and said you cannot skip from from one track to another track. I remember.

So, if you really want to go with the ultimate front to back, it's got to be that one because you can't get to song nine without getting through one through eight first.

That is very true. That is also very true. I dig it, Barlo. Man, I appreciate you. And I wanted to tell you this. I mean, we see each other all the time. We talk to each other all the time, but I've never really told you this, man. Like, one of the things that I most admire about you, and you kind of hit it on every year, but being present with with all the things that you have going on, man. Your first job was being a dad.

Mhm. I say your second job is being a husband, right? You might reverse those however you want to, but that's what I admire most about you, man. like between you and Damon, man, like you you guys have showed me and not just told me, but shown me no matter what your schedule looks like, remember what your real job is.

That's to be a dad, be a husband. So, I wanted to tell you, man, like you and Damon are the two people that I booked to to help remind me of that on a daily basis because I mean, you know what our schedules are like, bro? Right. I mean, we're we're at home sometimes two days a week out of out of a month. Like like literally, we might be home two days a week out of a month,

but you can still be present. We can still find ways to make sure that you're impacted and making sure that you get time to be there for those that matter most. So, I just wanted to tell you to your face.

No, no, no. I I respect the hell out of you. No, no, no. I appreciate that, man. But as I said before, um, mentorship and inspiration comes from many levels. Okay. And it's and it's interesting. We were having a conversation yesterday with some young gentlemen

from from Canada. Mhm. And they're like, they asked the question, it's like, is this guy for real? And I said, man, there's one thing I know about Mick. If he says he's going to do it, he's going to do it. And to that you inspire me with that. Okay. So I may have some some more grays up here and some more

some more tooth and what do they say rings around my tree or whatever. Okay. But you know what? I'm always learning. Okay. And that that's what we always have to do. And you inspire me to be great. Just spending time with with you this this week. I mean you inspire me to be great. And so I just want to tell you that that man, love everything you're doing.

You are and and and you're not you haven't stopped and I don't see you stopping.

I can't You're not going to stop. Can't stop. Won't stop. That legacy. Yeah. Yeah. And uh

yeah, you you what you do, everything you do is in is inspiring to me. I appreciate that, brother. This is to you.

All right. to Montego Bay. And to all the viewers and listeners, remember your because is your superpower. Golden unleashing. You've been plugged into Mick Unplugged. Don't just listen, take action. Rate and subscribe. Follow me on social and get the full experience at mickhuntofficial.com. Keep building, keep leading, and most importantly, keep dominating.

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What is discussed in "Disconnect to Reconnect: Lessons in Leadership and Teamwork with Marlo Campbell"?

In order: 0:00 Montego Bay, Marlo Campbell, Mick Unplugged, Secrets; 5:00 Marlo Campbell, NC State; 10:00 NC State; 15:00 Love Sexy, Montego Bay; 25:00 Attorney General; 30:00 NC State; 40:00 Annapolis, Love Sexy, Purple Rain; 45:00 Mick Unplugged, Montego Bay.

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