Episode 00: Mind Of The Warrior
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this introductory episode, Doc Simpson talks about his military experience and how he came to think like a warrior. Doc explores the similarities in Special Forces Operators, professional athletes such as MMA fighters, and successful business leaders such as Mark Cuban and Steve Jobs. He also outlines his vision for the Mind Of The Warrior podcast.
Serving over 3 decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as an Emergency Medicine Physician assigned to Special Operations, Mike Simpson is well acquainted with what it truly means to be a warrior. As a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician, and a practicing fight doctor, Mike works extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical medicine and combat sports medicine, he is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor. Now, as host of the Mind Of The Warrior podcast, Mike shares his knowledge, and that of his guests, in an effort to spread to warrior ethos to the general public.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Since the dawn of time there has existed an elite warrior class |
| 0:18.8 | those with the courage and the will to achieve victory have always set themselves apart. |
| 0:24.1 | Today, these warriors can be found not only on the modern battlefield, but also in the |
| 0:28.7 | sports arena, in the boardroom, and in the classroom. |
| 0:32.3 | Now join our host Dr. Mike Simpson, |
| 0:35.0 | former Special Forces Operator and highly regarded |
| 0:37.5 | mixed martial arts fight doctor, |
| 0:39.0 | as he takes you inside the mind of the warrior. |
| 0:56.4 | Hello everyone and welcome to mind of the Warrior. I am your host Dr. Mike Simpson and you're listening to episode |
| 1:04.0 | Zero coming from the Warrior One Studios in the Hoplawn Medical Office building in Austin, Texas. I'm guessing that right about now some of you are asking yourself, Mike, what exactly is this |
| 1:09.5 | podcast all about? |
| 1:11.4 | And who are you? What do you bring to the table as a host that I should even |
| 1:15.2 | bother using my valuable time to listen to this podcast? Well you're in luck. Because today |
| 1:21.0 | on this inaugural episode of Mind of the Warrior, we're going to be discussing my background, where I come from, and what my vision is for the Mind of the Warrior podcast and what you can expect from upcoming episodes. |
| 1:34.9 | Here's the bottom line. |
| 1:35.9 | I'm a former Special Forces operator with over three decades of military experience and |
| 1:40.4 | numerous combat deployments. |
| 1:42.2 | I'm also a board certified emergency medicine |
| 1:44.5 | physician practicing in the great state of Texas and I'm a practicing mixed |
| 1:48.8 | martial arts fight doctor. The specifics of my journey, how I came to decide to do this podcast, and what you as a |
| 1:55.6 | listener can expect from this podcast, I'm going to go into it in great detail coming |
| 1:59.8 | up shortly right after this, so don't go away. |
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