#125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Shane Parrish

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Paul Rabil knows what it takes to reach the top in both sports and business. In this episode, he teaches us the mindsets to succeed, where confidence comes from, and even tells us about the time Bill Belichick recruited him to play in the NFL.

Rabil spent 14 years as a professional lacrosse player in the United States and in 2019 co-founded the Premier Lacrosse League, where he played for the final three seasons of his career before retiring in 2021. He was a 10-time All-Star in Major League Lacrosse, where he also won two league titles. He also won two World Lacrosse Championship gold medals.

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0:00.0	to have that endless competitive streak,
0:03.7	you've gotta have a fire in your belly
0:06.3	morning, noon, and night.
0:08.3	The trait that I'm describing too
0:10.4	is really the 1% of the 1%.
0:12.9	And you know it when you see that competitive,
0:14.8	because it's kind of a competitive asshole
0:17.0	is what you have to become in sports at least.
0:20.0	And what I've learned in business and in life
0:21.9	is you've gotta be a competitive compromiser.
0:25.2	And that requires kindness, empathy, ingenuity.
0:29.6	But the same level of like aggressive competitive spirit,
0:33.2	but it's shifted in sports, it's binary,
0:35.2	you can just tackle someone and win.
0:37.6	Can't do that in life.
0:39.1	["Soulful Music"]
0:55.4	Welcome to the Knowledge Project.
0:57.5	I'm your host Shane Parish.
0:59.6	The goal of this podcast is to master the best
1:02.0	what other people have already figured out,
1:03.6	so you can unlock your potential.
1:06.7	We interview world-class doers and thinkers
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