Michael Chandler on Overcoming Failure in Pursuit of Success | Singathon Event

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

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🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, Dave Meltzer engages with MMA champion Michael Chandler, discussing the champion's mindset, his role as the new spokesperson for Ferocious Buddha, and the up-and-coming fighters in the UFC. Chandler shares his philosophy on 'winning the day', his metaphor of a warrior and a gardener, and the critical realization that failure is an event, not a destiny. They delve into the strategies to detach from outcomes, stay disciplined, and consistently pursue potential.

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0:00.0	This is the flavor.
0:05.0	Hey everyone, it is me Dave Meltzer here live at Beacon and I'm with one of my favorite people of all time.
0:12.0	The minute I met this guy, Michael Chandler, I fell in love not just in his heroic ability in the Octagon but as a person.
0:21.0	He is a quality person with amazing character and you know everyone has different roads to their success.
0:29.0	You are now in the UFC about to have the biggest fight that every fighter dreams of against Conor McGregor.
0:37.0	But how did you work your way up to this fight?
0:40.0	In your perception, how did this all happen?
0:43.0	It's a good question.
0:44.0	Number one, thank you for the kind words.
0:46.0	I love you then.
0:47.0	It was honestly just being diligent in the small things, having the faith that it would eventually work out for me.
0:54.0	I never put a lot of pressure on where I was going to end up trying to be a world champion, but I just really wanted to win the day.
1:03.0	Every single day, be the hardest worker in the room, do the right things, live a champion lifestyle and the compounding interest of those activities and that attention to detail and never cutting corners.
1:17.0	I knew it would eventually work out for my betterment, for my good and it really has.
1:24.0	At this point, this is the biggest opportunity I could ever ask for and I have to pinch myself almost every day.
1:30.0	I pinch myself just on how successful you are at everything you do.
1:34.0	Now you just got done filming the ultimate fighter, it's going to launch I think May 30th.
1:39.0	I know personally that sometimes we get out of our comfort zone and although I was talking about the women bodybuilders that will stand on stage in a tiny bikini and not be nervous, but then be too afraid to speak in public.
1:54.0	Was there some unexpected stress being on a TV show compared to getting toe-to-toe with the world's toughest people?
2:02.0	Yeah, so the funny thing is I have almost zero fear when I walk inside of an octagon in front of millions of people.
2:07.0	I can't believe that, by the way.
2:09.0	Yeah, but there was definitely some fear because obviously it was a reality show and you know this, it was close as we are.
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