You hear the word thrown around often..."He's mentally tough." "Dang, talk about mental toughness." "You can't rattle that guy; he's so mentally tough." But what the heck does mental toughness actually mean? Mental toughness can be defined as the "measure of individual resilience and confidence that may predict success in sports, education and the workplace." [...]
During this interview, The Spaniard says, ”I love the fact that I got to wrestle for you. You’re one of a handful of the legendary.” He says this of Cary Kolat, who was one of his college coaches shortly after Cary had just wrestled in the Olympics. This was on top of an eye-popping record [...]
I read not long ago that each one of us is guided by one of two things: faith or fear. It makes sense: You live your life with the faith that'll it'll all work out, somehow, or, you live your life in total fear...of everything. When I was in the middle of my Spanish teaching [...]
Here's the deal. It's one of two things: Believe you CANNOT do it, and it's a 100% guarantee that you WILL NOT do it. Believe you CAN do it, and not matter how small or minute, there is always a chance that you WILL do it. I talked myself into losing two state championships in [...]
I've been up for an hour and a half. It's not that I couldn't sleep, it's that I didn't want to sleep. Waking up early has become a good habit of mine in the last year or so. Not too long ago, my mentor/financial advisor secretly planted a seed inside of me that struck my [...]
I am 3/4 of the way into Shoe Dog (the story of Nike), and I'm at the crossroads of wanting to finish it this second and not reading a sentence more because I don't want it to end. Almost ten years into creating his company, Phil Knight is still fighting tooth and nail to gain just a [...]
For the past two years, since my most recent fight, I've been figuring out my path, trying new things and experimenting to see what gains traction. In that time, we've created A Fighter's Mindset - The Spaniard Podcast, AM Excellence, The AMX Fight Club and much more. Slowly, I've found my niche audience and honed [...]