256: Vince Nance | The Waffle Anarchist
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 ā¢ 874 Ratings
šļø 9 July 2019
ā±ļø 38 minutes
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Summary
What do cage fighting and gluten free waffles have in common? Vince Nance. Vince and Joe De Sena cook up a great interview that discusses operational leadership, the rigors and rewards of Brasilian Jiu Jitsu and the importance of women's self defense. Anarchy has never tasted so good!Ā
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LESSONS
- Don't punch unless you mean it (always act with full intention
- Start where you are!
- Adjust as needs changeĀ
- Leave deep tracksĀ
- Designate mental real estate to your commitmentsĀ
- Legacy = people, love and actionĀ
- You can't make excuses and learn at the same time
LINKS
https://anarchywaffles.com
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TIME STAMPSĀ
0:00 The Col, Johnny & Dr. L introduce episode
1:15 Dukecannon.com sponsor intro
1:40 Vince & Joe De Sena begin by making waffles
4:30 Battling with the pancake tycoonsĀ Ā
5:30 Growing up with martial artsĀ
8:30 Lessons from the cage
11:30 Dukecannon.com sponsor break
15:00 Efficiency of living where you workĀ
16:00 Women's self defense trainingĀ
18:15 Leaving your tracksĀ
19:00 The illusion of starting at the end
21:00 The keys to Brasilian Jiu JitsuĀ
23:00 Letting go of your own preconceived notionsĀ
25:00 Importance of women learning self defense
26:00 Organizational leadershipĀ
27:00 Keeping the ego in checkĀ
30:15 The Colonel, Johnny & Dr. L discuss how to apply these lessons to your lifeĀ
37:55 Dukecannon.com sponsor close
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CREDITS:
Producer ā Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena, Col. Nye, Johnny Waite & guest host Dr. Lara Pence
Synopsis ā Sefra Alexandra | Seed HuntressĀ
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome Spartan Colonel Nance here. |
| 0:02.0 | Who are we talking to today? |
| 0:03.2 | We've got Vince Nance. |
| 0:04.6 | So Vince has started a company called Anarchy Waffles, |
| 0:07.0 | but he also is a retired cage fighter. |
| 0:09.7 | He has an education in a performance leadership. And this is a guy who's done |
| 0:13.9 | incredible things and you know it's just a really good chance to see somebody who |
| 0:17.4 | pivots in life digs in, starts again from the bottom has tremendous success and |
| 0:21.6 | just a guy we can learn a lot from. |
| 0:23.0 | Joe is out running around right now. Joe DeSena, our CEO founder, he's out there taking |
| 0:27.5 | care of business but he's got a great interview. |
| 0:29.6 | One of the biggest things that I learned in the cage is don't punch unless you're going to hurt |
| 0:35.3 | somebody. |
| 0:37.6 | Everything you do mean it. |
| 0:39.6 | We're also, uh, Sepfra is out in New Zealand or Fiji or somewhere feeding the world on her seed project. |
| 0:46.3 | So in her place today and standing in we've got Dr. Laura Pence who is the Spartan Mind doctor. You'll find me Spartan mind where I dive into just how to get tougher in the mind on Wednesdays. |
| 0:58.0 | We've got Johnny kind of our anchor at all times here who's also the Canadian Race Director. |
| 1:04.6 | True story. |
| 1:05.6 | And in my background as I am the military liaison officer. |
| 1:10.1 | So remember we're going to be here at the end of this episode to talk about the great things that we've learned from it and stick around. |
| 1:15.7 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Duke Cannon. |
| 1:19.4 | Visit duke Cannon.com right now to get 15% off your first order with the promo code Spartan |
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