Warrior Mindset

Breaking down Ryan Holiday’s (@ryanholiday) Daily Stoic post on the 7 Stoic Keys to being Courageous.

Ruth Gordon 👏Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

The list as presented:

1. Remember that we suffer more in imagination than in reality.
2. Don’t try to picture everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand.
3. Be OK with looking foolish or stupid.
4. Adversity Reveals – look at difficulty as a sparring partner, a chance to prove yourself.
5. Consider what else you’ve been through. What you’ve had the strength to endure.
6. Quit worrying about what other people will think.
7. Remind yourself that without difficulty, no one can ever know what you’re capable of, not even you.

This is a great way to frame approaching daily courage and as Coach Divine likes to say, Fortune favors the brave.

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Great article on hacking your daily and nightly productivity.

Connection
Movement
Visualization
Schedule

There is a great worksheet you can use to help get you started as well as build some great habits.

Read the full post and get the worksheet on Medium:

https://betterhumans.pub/hack-your-productivity-with-this-5-point-nighttime-worksheet-7bb1aa0c9edf

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Discussing how you cultivate a Growth Mindset and combat mediocrity in your life. Dr. Matt is one of the most positive minded people I’ve met and I always learn new ways of looking at life from him.

Dr. Matt Hux

Lead Doctor at MaxLiving West Columbia.

Chiropractor. Health Consultant. Speaker. Developer. Storyteller.

He has lived in 5 states and 2 countries. He has been married to his wife, Mel for 10 years and they have 3 children and a fourth on the way! He enjoys good coffee, eating keto, traveling, and spending time with family. His mission in Columbia is to prevent unnecessary suffering and help others reach their God-given potential. He is fueled by his wife’s journey with chronic illness and hopes to point others towards healing and a maximized life.

Links from the show

Max Living – https://westcolumbiachiropractor.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Hux/100009884858279

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/drmatthux/

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A great discussion about Christian’s adventure on the show The Selection as well as his history of extreme events and training. I’ve been a fan of this man for some time now ever since I saw him on the show. I had prepared a bunch of questions to help ease us along and get into the mindset of what it’s like to walk the path of the warrior but in listening to his stories he just exemplifies it by the way he is in life.

Links for things we discussed in the show

Live for a living

Run2Heal – 3,140 mile run from New York to San Francisco, on August 22, 2018

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/run3000miles/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/christian.griffith.11/

StrongFirst Kettlebell Certification – https://www.strongfirst.com/

About Christian

From his website Run2Heal: https://run2heal.hfc.org/christian-griffith-runner-resume

My sexual abuse does not define me, it fuels me. I am not a victim, I’m a fighter. I have completed over 100 races of marathon distance or farther, racing over volcanoes, across deserts, and through tropical jungles and infested swamps, all over the world. I’ve earned my 50-mile bib at World’s Toughest Mudder on CBS, took a beating on American Ninja Warrior on NBC, and survived Hell as a finisher on THE SELECTION: Special Operations Experiment, on History Channel. I have successfully completed the Fuego Y Agua 100K Trail Ultramarathon in Nicaragua more times (3) than anyone else in the history of the race.

I’ll never be a one-trick pony. In my early years, I missed a lot of potentially great experiences because I thought I was “too cool” to do anything but beach sports. Now, I want to try everything and do anything healthy and productive that challenges my body, mind, and spirit thoroughly. My motto is Live for a Living. I strive for it every day.

• 2017 History Channel reality documentary series, The Selection: Special Operations Experiment.
• 2017 NBC American Ninja Warrior participant.
• 2016 World’s Toughest Mudder, 50 miles & 170 obstacles completed in under 24 hours.
• 2015 Survival Run Australia – Queensland, Australia.
• 2015 Monsters Inside Me, Season 6, Episode 2, on Discovery’s Animal Planet.
• Fuego Y Agua 100KM Trail Race – Isle de Ometepe, Nicaragua.
• Over 100 marathon/ultramarathon races, six 100-mile races & eight 50-mile races.
• Over 20 obstacle course races including Spartan Beast, Iron Warrior Dash & Rugged Maniac.

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This is an older interview I did for another podcast that was never launched. Reluctantly posting it but some of you have said to get it out there... So here you go, yours truly being interviewed for the SOCO Podcast form a few years ago.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/warriormindset/support

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How do you prepare to be “present” during an event or performance? Well, it’s not easy, but there are ways to get you ready one big one is to train your mind. Overcome fear and performance anxiety with Gene and Aaron as they go over these topics.

Training for Courage to Perform Your Best Every Time

We train and practice our skills, but training our minds to focus when we’re nervous is how we reach our potential. Read Article

Article on Medium by Tania Moonen

The Courage of Being vs. Doing
Controlling Your Fear
Training Presence
Practice Your Skills and Your “Being”
Mental Exercises To Train Courage and Presence

Three States of the Warrior’s Mind

Zanshin, Mushin, Fudoshin: Apply the ways of Karate-do to harness the Warrior’s Mind

Zanshin — The Fighting Mind

Definition: Total awareness, alertness —being aware of your surroundings and enemies, while being prepared to react.

When we choose to live intentionally and act with purpose we no longer fall victim to whatever happens to us throughout our day.

Mushin — ‘Mind No Mind’

Definition: A mind not fixed or occupied by thought or emotion and thus open to everything.

If we remain cluttered mentally, focused on something else, something other than what we are immediately engaged in — we fail.

Mushin is the state of mind that is not fixed on any one thing, not cluttered up by your everday thoughts or emotions. In combat this is essential because you must not try to guess what your opponent is going to do next, you must simply experience and react to them.

Fudoshin —The Immovable Mind

Definition: It is a philosophical or mental dimension to Japanese martial arts which contributes to the effectiveness of the advanced practitioner.

When you set your mind on something and let NOTHING stand in your way to getting what you want or achieving your goal that is Fudoshin. It doesn’t mean to achieve your goal at all costs, doing it without bringing harm to others is essential. But the central concept is the unbreakable will to finish what you started.

Zen practice teaches us about the four sicknesses of the mind (or “Shikai”) which are; anger, doubt, fear, and surprise.

More on this in the article here.

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In his article Leo Zeballos ponders “4 Stoic Ideas That Are Changing The Way I Think and Live“. This one made me really think through some things and I wanted to share it with you.

Stoic Philosophy

Stoicism has been a common thread though some of history’s great leaders. It has been practiced by Kings, presidents, artists, writers and entrepreneurs. Marcus Aurelius. Frederick the Great, Montaigne, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Theodore Roosevelt, General James Mattis, —just to name a few—were all influenced by Stoic philosophy.  From The Daily Stoic

I mentioned The Daily Stoic in my ramblings and I would highly encourage you to dig deep into this website for a full back history of Stoic Philosophy and the stories of the famous philosophers who we now utilize in our meditations.

366 Meditations Book

A great book that I have personally used over the years is 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living.

The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you’ll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms.

By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you’ll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.

4 Stoic Ideas That Are Changing The Way I Think and Live

by Leo Zeballos

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1. Our Judgments About Reality Are More Harmful than Reality Itself. Be conscious of your perceptions and judgments about a negative situation. Don’t force your perceptions to be positive, but tyr to make them 15% less negative than they are
2. Remember To Bring Your Attention To the Things That You Do. Remember to live. If you become aware you’re living on autopilot and only reacting to life, bring your attention to the things that you do.
3. If An Obstacle Gets in The Way It Doesn’t Mean You Should Quit. An obstacle doesn’t mean you should give up. Instead, it’s a sign that you’re on the right path and you need to continue.
4. Learn To Embrace Your Weirdness and Accept Yourself. Embrace your weirdness. Don’t stop caring about what other people think, but realize it’s more important and easier to accept yourself rather than crave acceptance from others.

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In this episode Gene and Dan Jackson talk about what it means to have empathy for others, how to think about it in your daily life and how it can greatly affect change in your life.

Dan Jackson

M. Ed .Coach Education and Athlete Development
@themariettamarlins
@flgridleague @gainesvillewild Assistant Coach
@atlanticgridleague Co-Founder
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www.atlanticgridleague.com

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In this episode Gene and Aaron go through a post by Lukas Schwekendiek on 15 Productive Habits that you can have or develop. Some of these are obvious but as we say in the show, sometimes we aren’t doing the most obvious things we need to be doing.

The 15 Most Productive Habits You Can Have

by Lukas Schwekendiek

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1. Wake up at the same time
2. Start Strong
3. Listen to an Audiobook/Read a Book on your commute
4. Write down your Goals before you go to bed and after you wake up
5. Take Great Breaks
6. Journal Once A Day
7. Decisive answers
8. Keep a To-Do List with you
9. Remove Useless Apps
10. Spend 5 Minutes a Day Cleaning
11. Keep a Schedule/Planner
12. Challenge Yourself
13. Engage with at least 1 Person further than you
14. Stick to your Choices
15. Laugh

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We are joined by Tony Blauer [@TonyBlauer] creator of the SPEAR System [@Spear.System]. With 40+ Years in martial arts, self-defense, defensive tactics, and the combatives industry he likely has more experience in teaching Self Defense than anyone alive. He has a saying that rings true not only in Martial Arts but in LIFE; “People who manage fear, manage to fight”, listen in as we dig into what getting to “know fear” can do for you.

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