Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 1,946. This excerpt

comes from the book Mamba mentality by Kobe Bryant. And he's talking about the importance of learning

from the greats that have come before you. And one of the people he learned from was Muhammad Ali.

And this is what he says about Muhammad. I learned a lot from studying and watching Muhammad. One of the main takeaways was that

you have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light, meaning it takes a lot of work to be

successful. And people will celebrate that success. We will celebrate that flash and hype.

Behind that hype, though, is dedication, focus, and seriousness, all of which outsiders will never see.

If you stop being dedicated to the craft, the commercials and contracts will all fade away.

Muhammad also was great at game planning. One of the strategies I emulated was the roper dope-a-dope. A lot of people know that as a catchphrase, but I appreciate the psychology behind it.

The idea that you can manipulate an opponent's strength and use it against them. That's really a brilliant

concept and one that I use often.

What this teaches us, the takeaway for me is the importance of learning from those who have gone

before you. Any path that you're on, whatever you're trying to achieve, what's great to do in

practice is to learn the lessons from those that have come before you

in any industry. If you are in business, you can learn from people in sports. If you're in sports,

you can learn from people in music. And I think when we learn the patterns of the greats,

we can take it and adopt it to our own lives. Obviously, we're not going to adopt everything verbatim. Everyone has their own

style and their own philosophy, but to learn from others is one of the best ways to accelerate

learning in our own process. And particularly what Muhammad said with Kobe learned the first time,

being able to work in the dark we talked about this before

what you practice in private people celebrate the people celebrate in public and so keep practicing

on purpose please keep practicing in private and learn from those who have come before you so the

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