Ben Batory, an Amherst College classmate of mine who played professional basketball in Costa Rica, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Malta, Switzerland, and Mauritius, has taken an unconventional path to Wall Street. Today, Ben is SVP and Head of Trading at Franklin Equity Group, but in this conversation, he talks mostly about his role as Boys Basketball Program Director and Varsity Head Coach at Menlo School in Atherton, California. As you’ll hear, Ben has made himself a student and practitioner of what I’ll call the pursuit of the better.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why the world needs more athletes
• His approach to building a resilient, healthy, and winning culture in sports and work
• How Ben connects with teenage athletes, developing durable character and life skills in the process
• The Amherst classmates (and one professor!) he wants me to interview next

Resources Ben mentions:

• A manual for life he wrote for his daughters
• The creed he wrote that was inspired by the Holstee Manifesto
• A presentation he delivered for a master’s program that leans on Chinese art for your evolution to servant leadership
• The syllabus he presented to his basketball team and their parents before the start of this season

You can email Ben at benbatory@gmail.com.