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Sports Motivation Podcast

Bars: The Mindset of a True Pimp (Words of Wisdom from Iceberg Slim)

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Sports, Business

4.9767 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I break down some of the most powerful advice you could about mastering the mental game from a very unlikely source…. Legendary Pimp, "Iceberg Slim" #BARS

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0:00.0

Welcome to the sports motivation podcast. This is your host, Nisobo. Today's another episode of

0:05.4

bars. It's where I break down a very powerful either lyric or excerpt from a book. And today's

0:11.6

from a book. This is a very, very powerful. I don't know if it's controversial or not, but depending

0:17.1

on who you are, it might not be.

0:24.1

First of all, children, I don't suggest you read this.

0:27.6

This is very mature reading.

0:33.2

And even for some of you who have, I'll take that back.

0:35.3

I'm not talking in no lame.

0:36.8

So you guys are not squares.

0:39.6

This book is by Iceberg Slim.

0:41.8

It's called The Story of My Life Pimp.

0:49.5

So Iceberg Slim is a well-known pimp who actually has since, I think he passed away, actually.

0:51.8

I'm not sure if he's still alive.

1:00.8

But he was a pimp for several years on the East Coast and in the Midwest and has since reformed himself and wrote a ton of books.

1:04.1

I mean, this dude's an incredible author.

1:06.3

And he actually touches on a lot of very, very powerful social issues as well as the mindset

1:12.8

that's needed to accomplish at a high level.

1:16.5

And I know that sounds weird considering the fact that he was a pimp.

1:19.9

But for him, that actually was a goal of his.

1:23.0

So whether or not it was a worthy one or not, that's a separate issue.

1:26.9

And I certainly don't condone

1:28.6

pimping, all right? But the reality is once you read this book, not only is a very, very

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