Summary:

Welcome to Happiness Simplified, a weekly podcast about the simple things that can make your life awesome. This week, Kayvon and Dai answer the question “What it takes to always be a competing person.” Tune in to find out how competition can make us better, the negative aspects of competition, and why athletes are as dedicated to recovery as they are to training.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

00:28 – Introduction to the podcast

02:04 – Today’s episode is inspired by a question

02:34 – “Always be a competing person” question

02:51 – Dai always competes with himself – always trying to keep one step ahead

03:31 – Always strive to be better

05:20 – There are advantages to competing against yourself

06:04 – How competition is defined for Kayvon

06:20 – The negative aspects of competition

08:00 – If you’re going to do something, just do it 100%

09:10 – Never compete with your family, but be accountable with them

09:50 – “You will feel like a winner when you give it your all”

11:55 – When you don’t give your all to something, you know it, and will regret it

12:45 – Dai shares an example of competition through the Olympics

13:37 – The Champion’s Mind book by Jim Afremov

15:00 – Athletes take recovery as serious as training

16:50 – Dai shares his experience with recovery

17:51 – Everything that you do, do it like a champion competitor who is always competing

18:12 – Tell us what you do to be a champion or what you’re struggling to be a champion at!

18:52 – Connect with Dai and Kayvon on Twitter

19:00 – Subscribe on iTunes and leave a feedback

19:29 – Feel free to share this episode with someone you care about

3 Key Points:

Always do your BEST because you’re competing to create your BETTER self.

In whatever you do, act like a CHAMPION competitor.

Competition pushes us to our limits but the rewards won’t be what we want unless we keep our goals in mind.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives