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." [...]
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 [...]
Shoe Dog is an amazing book. Told by Phil Knight, the creator of Nike, it chronicles the rise of one of the world's foremost brands on...anything. Nike, as we know it today, is the best of the best. The "swoosh" was always the "swoosh." Michael Jordan always repped Nike. Right? Nope. Not by a long [...]
*The inspiration for today's blog comes from Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, creator of Nike Phil Knight talks about his desire to work for himself and create something he can call his own. Have you ever felt pride in something you've done/created? This idea takes me back to one of my former wrestling coaches at LHU, Mike [...]
John Maxwell is the authority on leadership. He has written numerous books and traveled the world studying and teaching others how to be great leaders. In his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Maxwell covers 21 useful, achievable laws of leadership. They are not complex. They do not cost lots of money. They are there for [...]
You're a teacher. You're a businessman/woman. You're a stay at home parent. You run a gym. You're a financial advisor... What do mindset and mental toughness have to do with you? Every night for the last four months, my wife and I are awoken by our son, Rocky, multiple times. A solid night's sleep is [...]
