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Striving for any goal can be a long and arduous road.  Most of the “naturals” who are enjoying success were actually forged over years and years of development.  But luckily there is hope! I was recently messaging back and forth with a fighter that I help...

11 February, 2016

It exists in every domain imaginable. Whether you are looking for success in Finance, Marketing, Sales, Weight Loss, Relationships, Athletic Endeavors or any other number of categories you can find people who claim to have the formula. In earlier days people spent their lives in...

02 February, 2016

Sparring in the gym has a certain rhythm. No matter what kind of practice you are doing the beginning is the same: a touch of gloves or fist bump then both partners disengaging before beginning to reengage. It is considered poor sportsmanship to gain an immediate edge and...

26 January, 2016

Recently my friend Jeff wrote a great article over at his blog Dirty White Belt.  It touches on a topic that is near and dear to my heart in discussing Competition Mentality.  Jeff’s blog is an amazing wealth of knowledge and perspective on grappling, but...

23 January, 2016

How do you approach your job or favorite hobby? Is there a specific way you relate to it? One of my coaches from Team Quest, Bryan Harper, always said that in essence there were only 3 types of fighters and that which type would determine how they needed...

22 January, 2016

I started grappling in 2006 and by that time Marcelo Garcia was by far one of the most beloved grapplers around.  He had already won 2 World Championships and 2 ADCC titles and was considered the best pound-for-pound grappler alive.  His style was amazing in...

12 January, 2016

The concept of market inefficiencies was something which originally came my way through reading about Mark Cuban’s strategy in building his basketball team. The condensed version is that Cuban always tried to diagnose what “everyone” was doing and then do the opposite to exploit the value ignored...

05 January, 2016

Some people are against goal setting.  Choosing an arbitrary time to resolve to make large changes in one’s life does seem a bit odd.  However, anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love goal setting.  I use the end of the year to reset,...

01 January, 2016

Welcome to the Blog The calendar is about to turn and that means it is my favorite time of the year.  Time to reflect, time to reset, time to re-prioritize, and mostly time to set new goals.  As such I have a lot of thoughts I...

29 December, 2015