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🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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0:00.0 | people think MMA fighters are rich because it's the fastest growing sport. |
0:06.6 | Man, if y'all knew what I got paid, you wouldn't believe I got hit in the head for that. |
0:10.3 | It's a fun journey, and I've got to do some cool stuff, but it's a stretching journey, man. |
0:15.7 | Like, it's so much easier for me to get into a cage than to get on a stage. Or it's so much easier for me to get into a cage than to get on a stage. |
0:21.9 | Or it's so much easier for me to literally fight a dude six foot 10 than it is to ask someone for a donation whenever they're like, why aren't you doing it? |
0:33.6 | I'm like, well, I do. |
0:34.7 | When I fight and I win, I give. |
0:36.4 | Or I give 10% of everything back to the charity I started and because I believe in it. |
0:42.5 | But it's a stretching growing thing to be like, hey, I believe in this. |
0:46.2 | I love them and you would lust them. |
0:49.1 | And this is the right thing to do. |
0:55.2 | This is the Light Watkins show. |
0:57.3 | I have long-form conversations with luminaries who've taken a leap into a life of service |
1:02.5 | and purpose. |
1:03.7 | And my hope is that by hearing their stories, you will feel more inspired to do more |
1:09.1 | of what feels aligned with your spirit. |
1:11.6 | It's kind of like what the late great Howard Thurman suggested. |
1:14.7 | We don't want to ask what the world needs. |
1:17.3 | Instead, we want to ask what makes us come alive and go do more of that. |
1:22.0 | Because what the world truly needs is people like us who have the courage to come alive. On paper, Justin Wren was |
1:30.3 | living the dream. He was a rising MMA star on a winning streak. He was training with legends. |
1:36.8 | And he was finally getting the fight that he dreamed of since childhood. 100,000 fans in Tokyo, |
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