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Sports Motivation Podcast

Charlie " The Spaniard" Brenneman: Pro MMA Fighter, "A Fighter's Mindset" Podcast

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Sports, Business

4.9767 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In my conversation with Charlie Brenneman, aka "The Spaniard", we discuss benefits within mentors, dealing with losses, the importance of reading, and coaching athletes that may seem to 'have it all'... yet still lack confidence. Also, as we feature his new Podcast, "A Fighter's Mind", Charlie insists to change that "I should" to "I did". Welcome the IMNOTYOU squad, Charlie!

Episode 86 Time Stamps:

(4:15) Charlie's background | "2x silver, aka 2x loser"

(7:37) How Charlie gained the courage to quit his job to pursue a fighting career

(10:48) The importance of a MENTOR | Shoutout to Frankie Edgar & Eddie Alvarez

(14:01) Post-teacher life | Sacrifice

(15:50) Commonalities within top athletes (opposed to your expectations!)

(17:00) How to deal with losses

(19:15) Systematic living | Charlie's "Elements of excellence" (5 principles of living)

(22:11) Coaching an athlete through identifying values

(25:21) "Awaken the Giant Within" by Tony Robbins

(25:40) How simplicity can make a GREAT day

(26:49) ROUTINE

(27:19) Charlie's philosophy on winning and losing | "If I could look across the cage and think, 'You're gonna get tired before I'm gonna get tired', that was the only thing I needed to know" -The Spaniard

(29:54) Advice for that specific athlete who seems to have it all, but still lacks confidence

(32:07) "Ego is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday | "Sweeping the floor"

(32:31) Why Charlie reads, and you should, too!

(35:29) The Spaniard's favourite books | "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson | "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho | "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg | "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek

(37:58) Every day MUST's! -> Get up super early and drink a gallon of water

(43:14) What you can expect in Charlie's new Podcast, "A Fighter's Mindset"

(44:48) Cael Sanderson, Jordan Burroughs, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson



CONNECT

 

Charlie's Website: charlie-brenneman.com

iTunes Podcast: "A Fighter's Mindset"

Facebook: spaniardmma

Instagram: @mmaspaniard

Twitter: @spaniardmma

YouTube: charliespaniard's channel

 

SHOW LOVE!

Today's blog post can be found here: Episode #86 Blog

Blog posts for ALL podcast episodes can be found here: IMNOTYOU.COM/PODCAST

Thanks for listening to another IMNOTYOU Sports Motivation Podcast! 

 

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Could you benefit from building supreme confidence? What would change for you if you played your best when under pressure?

0:05.9

What's it costing you to not have the confidence, the poise, and skill to execute when your team needs you most?

0:12.0

I've created an exclusive training video designed just for you. I outlined the three critical keys to building unshakable supreme confidence and dominating under pressure.

0:21.7

You'll also find out how you can apply these to your career today so that you can start to speed

0:25.9

up your results and follow a predictable system to get you to your goals.

0:30.1

Go to I'm not you.com forward slash dominate under pressure.

0:34.3

You can go ahead and access that free training in less than two minutes.

0:36.9

You'll be learning exactly what I teach my high performance professional athletes and clients about what it

0:41.8

takes to dominate. Again, I'm not you.com for slash dominate under pressure.

0:48.8

If you try to get right, then you listen to my dad. He's a beast.

0:59.8

And if you don't want to listen to him, okay, okay, you don't want to get successful.

1:03.6

If you ain't trying to dominate, man, they go listen to something else.

1:10.1

Welcome, athletes, top performers, and all those looking to gain that killer instinct,

1:11.6

that edge you need to dominate in any environment.

1:13.4

This is the sports motivation podcast, and I'm your host, Niyu Shobo.

1:18.6

I play ball and succeeded at the highest levels, and I'm now committed to showing you

1:23.6

how you can accomplish the ambitious goals and visions that you have.

1:28.3

This podcast is designed to teach you high-level strategy, not just fluff and hype.

1:33.7

This will cut to the core if you let it.

1:36.0

And by taking action on the practical and next-level advice I share, you will see results.

1:41.9

Expect that.

1:43.2

Expect to be more confident. Expect to be more focused. Expect to be more confident.

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