Interview: Sean Fagan, Championship Muay Thai Fighter and founder of Muay Thai Guy

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Sports, Business

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Sean Fagan is Professional Muay Thai Fighter and champion, and also an Entrepreneur, Podcaster and founder of Muay Thai Guy.

In this episodes, he breaks down his simple and profound philosophy on fear, growth and the championship fighter's mentality.

Time Stamps:

(1:22) Welcome Sean Fagan!

(2:08) Reflecting on Sean's journey, starting back from high school

(8:20) How Sean used fear as a signal // A deeper dive into his mindset

(10:18) The Poker-hand metaphor

(12:11) Balancing athletics with entrepreneurship

(15:52) Using external pressure as fuel to give it your all

(18:08) Sean's keys: Clarity, Environment, and Time Mastery

(22:11) Morning mastery and verbal therapy

(27:00) Mental vs. Physical

(34:31) "Failure is a conscious decision"

(37:08) Staying aligned with your spouse

(40:00) Sean's two learning philosophies

(43:29) How to connect with Sean

(44:48) A Muay Thai story: The missing mouthguard

(46:13) Books mentioned in this episode

(48:15) Sean's next plans

Visit Sean's website: muaythaiguy.com

Follow Sean on Instagram: @themuaythaiguy

Books mentioned:

"4 Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss

"A Fighter's Heart" & "The Fighter's Mind" by Sam Sheridan

"Ikigai" by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles

To sign up for the Killer Instinct program, visit Imnotyou.com/KI

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you try to get right, then you listen to my dad.
0:03.0	He's a beast.
0:06.0	And if you don't want to listen to him, okay, okay, you don't want to get successful.
0:11.0	If you ain't trying to dominate, man, they go listen to something else.
0:16.0	Welcome, athletes, top performers, and all those looking to gain that killer instinct, that edge you need
0:22.4	to dominate in any environment. This is the Sports Motivation podcast, and I'm your host,
0:28.1	Nees Showbo. I play ball and succeeded at the highest levels, and I'm now committed to showing
0:34.3	you how you can accomplish the ambitious goals and visions that you have.
0:39.3	This podcast is designed to teach you a high-level strategy, not just fluff and hype.
0:44.7	This will cut to the core if you let it. And by taking action on the practical and next-level
0:50.1	advice I share, you will see results. Expect that.
0:55.5	Expect to be more confident.
0:57.2	Expect to be more focused.
0:59.1	Expect to be more decisive.
1:01.1	And expect to be more fearless.
1:04.9	Expect to become the leader your vision needs you to become.
1:06.3	So listen up.
1:07.1	Take notes.
1:08.7	Let's get to it.
1:30.0	Welcome to the Sports Motivation podcast. It's your host, Nees Showbo. I'm super excited by today's guest. So today's guest is not only a professional Muay Thai fighter, a championship moitai fighter, but also an entrepreneur, also a podcaster,
1:36.7	founder of Muay Thai guy. He's also a husband as well. And of course, a member of the Killer
1:42.0	Instant community, having gone through KI3 as well as KIA
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