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Want to get more out of the AM Excellence (AMX) experience?

Consider joining the AMX Fight Club, a community of highly driven, ambitious individuals looking to challenge themselves, grow and fight for what they want in life.

Want to get more out of the AM Excellence (AMX) experience?

Consider joining the AMX Fight Club, a community of highly driven, ambitious individuals looking to challenge themselves, grow and fight for what they want in life.

Want to get more out of the AM Excellence (AMX) experience?

Consider joining the AMX Fight Club, a community of highly driven, ambitious individuals looking to challenge themselves, grow and fight for what they want in life.

This is the second in the series called Spaniard Fight Stories. It's not about The Spaniard in the cage, it's about one of us applying A Fighter's Mindset to a primary life challenge. Today the Fighter is none other than The Spaniard's co-host Dread, who shares how he and his wife Janet are facing two diseases that bring uncertainty to their future. This has recently led Dread and Janet to start sharing their lives in a new podcast—an example of fighting back against circumstances. Dread emphasizes that they have too much gratitude to move forward without joy. Speaking of which, you'll get a kick out of the scenes from back when Janet managed a motel. Shady stuff!

This discussion was inspired by a little fighter girl thrilled to receive an autographed picture of The Spaniard. Her delight led to a recollection of childhood heroes. Most of you will recognize their names. You'll see that The Spaniard and Dread both had an early start in their interest in maximizing human potential—even if some of their heroes were not flesh and blood. Seek out the show notes for this one, because they feature a watercolor painting mentioned during the episode. It is the work of our own mysterious Dread.

Recent episodes have mentioned The Spaniard's latest book signing. Now you get to be on the scene where The Spaniard autographed "Driven" and talked to friends and fans, some of whom went over to a corner for quick interviews by Dread. This will take you back in time for glimpses of The Spaniard as student, athlete and annoying little brother. Okay, okay, the word "annoying" is not applied, but isn't it safe to assume? Another word to listen for is "blowout." Yup, it means just what you think it means.

This episode is a catch-up conversation filled with lessons. After a longer-than-usual gap between recordings, The Spaniard brings Dread up to speed on new developments in his career: recent talks delivered, new appearances planned, and the launching of advertising for The Spaniard's Mindset & Toughness Camp next summer (tell a young male athlete about it!). All of this illustrates the value of charging forward into new experiences while seeing learning opportunities everywhere. Also: The Spaniard is wearing Beats headphones, and this ties to a discussion of The Spaniard's future in rapping. Kinda.

Want to get more out of the AM Excellence (AMX) experience?

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Want to get more out of the AM Excellence (AMX) experience?

Consider joining the AMX Fight Club, a community of highly driven, ambitious individuals looking to challenge themselves, grow and fight for what they want in life.