Lessons from Wrestling Rings to Podcasting Studios: A Chat With Warren Marlowe
By Paul Maglietta
Life is often described as a wrestling match where you grapple with challenges and face opposition with strength and grit. Such is the life tale of Warren Marlowe, a podcaster, family man, and professional wrestler. Marlowe’s journey is both inspiring and enlightening, recounting his life instances of grappling with challenges, pushing past the odds, and emerging victorious.
Embodying Multiple Roles
One of the most striking aspects of Warren Marlowe’s life is his ability to wear multiple hats. How often would one associate the words father, spouse, podcaster, and wrestler in the same line? Unlikely, right? However, Marlowe comfortably embodies all these roles, painting a picture of a man deeply passionate about his family, profession, and passion. He admits that balancing these diverse roles can be challenging, yet the desire to eliminate the lingering “What If's” propels him forward.
Lessons From Sports
Marlowe has always been fond of sports. As a high school student, he held his own in both basketball and football. His transition from sports to becoming a family man after learning about his impending fatherhood is indeed noteworthy. The joy of fatherhood, however, was mingled with challenges when his son was diagnosed as borderline autistic.
Realising the need for patience and resilience, Marlowe, notwithstanding all odds, made tough decisions to prioritize his family life. He halted the pursuit of professional sports, turned down opportunities in semi-pro football, grappled with a painful separation, and even overcame depths of despair.
Embracing of Challenges
His life path has taken several twists and turns. From sporting fields and wrestling rings to personal battles, his narrative underscores endurance and resilience. His wrestling career was put on hold following a wrestling injury, which left him unable to lift his newborn daughter. This was a stark awakening moment, a sign that perhaps it was time for a detour.
His moments of quiet introspection led him back to wrestling. He embarked on rebuilding his physical strength, getting back into shape, and more importantly, wrestling again. Shaping his life around these experiences, Marlowe emphasizes the value of perseverance and consistency, which he indicates is the cornerstone of his life.
Wrestling: More Than Just a Game
While wrestling may often be dismissed as 'fake,' the physicality involved, the commitment required, and the potential injuries sustained are very real. Recalling his wrestling days, Marlowe draws parallels between wrestling and life. Wrestling exposed him to humility, persistence, and marketing. He highlights branding and respect as some of the key lessons he took home from the wrestling ring.
Patience and Persistence Are Key
The hallmark of Marlowe's journey lies in the virtue of patience. It is the backbone of his story through his battles in life's wrestling ring. Along his journey, he learned to value the process, to embrace persistence, to deal with setbacks diplomematically, and to never shy away from hard work, for shortcuts only offer temporary relief.
Conclusion
In conclusion, life will often present us with wrestling matches of our own. It is up to us whether we choose to step into the ring, persistence in hand, and tackle the challenges or retire to the limitations of a life half-lived. In the words of Warren Marlowe, let's commit to starting from the beginning and making it to the end, for the fulfillment drawn from such a journey is priceless and deeply gratifying.