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What do athletes have that entrepreneurs and anyone looking to reach max potential can learn from? It’s their work ethic. Hardcore, unrelenting, straight up grind-this-sh*t-out work ethic that shows up and does the work Every. Single. Day. Recent numbers report approximately 8% of the American population are millionaires. What’s stopping the masses from achieving wealth and success on their own terms? You could say politics, social issues and a lot of other things, but the reality is those reasons are not stopping everyone. Jim Rohn said, “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” In this episode, these high level athletes share tips to help you develop a champion mindset. We know how important the work is to do, but consistency is key, and the process includes doing the right things everyday no matter what.

“What you create, creates you” Anthony Trucks, Former NFL Athlete

Tips to help you develop your champion mindset:
1. Do the right things every day, consistency is key.
2. Dream the big goal and believe you’re capable of achieving it.
3. The way you make others feel around you is important.
4. Do the hard things with intention to be prepared.
5. Push through the pain in pursuit of your goals.
6. Be average with extraordinary dreams and desire
7. Always outwork the competition.
8. Help people in their journey to fuel your own journey.
9. Sometimes you have to tap into your dark side.
10. Growth requires body, mind and spirit connection

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Champion Mindset
1:23 | Champions Dream Big
6:54 | Champions Know People
15:41 | Champions Do Hard Things
20:49 | Champions Push Thru Discomfort
27:50 | Ordinary with Extraordinary Dreams
33:02 | Out Work Everyone
38:05 | Champions Help Others
41:32 | Tap Into Your Dark Side
45:12 | Body, Mind & Spirit

QUOTES:

“If you have this burning desire inside of you [...] then you just need to go full force and kind of block out all the negativity and everything else that is around you telling you that you can't do it.” Nastia Liukin [5:03]

“The leadership aspect, it is the opportunity to get so many people to believe in one thing that makes everybody better so that everybody wins, and in order to do that you have to make everybody have value and feel valuable.” Michael Strahan [8:02]

“Without doing hard things, we will go backwards in life, we'll go backwards in the way we feel, we go backwards in the way our mind develops.” James Lawrence [15:42]

“The ability to push really hard past the initial, ‘you're in pain, you're in pain, what are you doing stop right now’, like your body says for survival mode was just a reality that I knew that it was going to get make me better, and it was going to be over soon.” Dotsie Bausch [25:49]

“You could literally go accomplish anything in your life, if you have these extraordinary dreams and an equally extraordinary desire to, to achieve them.” Devon Harris [28:33]

“The journey is about helping other people. It's about really loving what you do and who you are, but loving the fact that you get to do what you love for other people.” Lori Harder [40:59]

“In order for us to grow as a spirit or warriors, no matter if it's physical, or just theoretical, [...] You have to have a good unified body in terms of body, mind, spirit.” Rickson Gracie [45:43]


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