The BJJ Mental Coach Podcast with Gustavo Dantas

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EP 66 - Find Your Passion & Live It! | Tinguinha BJJ Owner Mauricio "Tinguinha" Mariano Aug 25, 2019

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Mauricio “Tinguinha” Mariano is a 5th-degree back belt, the owner of Tinguinha Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Yorba Linda, California, and also the national director for the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program for all UFC Gyms.

He talked about the importance of having mentors in your life, his struggle with asking for help, which I resonate very much so and my take away from the interview was when I asked him about a suggestion to all aspiring entrepreneurs, and his answer inspired me to title this episode: “Find your passion and live it.”

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I talk about the correlation between passion and authenticity.

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Gustavo Dantas

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Sources:

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Book suggestion:

How to win friends and influence people

EP 65 - Developing Your Mental Fortitude | Dr. Yasi Fit Founder Yasi Pujols Aug 18, 2019

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Yasi Pujols is a purple belt under Pablo Silva and has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas in Austin. Yasi works with BJJ athletes to overcome anxiety and performance nerves.

This episode we talked a little bit more about Jiu-Jitsu then usual, she shared her competition experiences and dealing with performance anxiety. She also talked about the importance of aspiring or experienced entrepreneurs to understand WHY they do what they do.

My take away came right at the beginning of the interview when I asked: “How do you feel jiu-jitsu relates to life?” And her answer inspired me to title this episode Developing your mental fortitude.

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Gustavo Dantas

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Book: Think and Growth Rich

EP 64 - Psychology of Champions | IBJJF Hall of Fame Lucas Lepri Aug 11, 2019

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Lucas Lepri is a nine-time black belt World Champion(Gi & No-Gi) who is in the Hall of Fame of the IBJJF.

He talked about the struggles of balancing being a professional athlete, a husband, and father, and a business owner.

During the interview, he mentioned that after he won his first black belt World title in 2007, he started to pressure himself in competitions saying things like: “Now, I’m a World Champion, I have to win. I’m expected to win. My sponsors expect me to win. I can’t lose to this guy or that guy…”

For the next six years, Lucas got stuck on this mindset until he started to train his mind with the book PSYCHOLOGY OF CHAMPIONS, which helped him to perform to the best of his abilities again, not losing a match at the World Championship from 2014 to 2019.

And inspired by his book’s suggestion, I decided to title this episode Psychology of Champions. And for my final thoughts after the interview, I read the book to share with you my takeaway, but hopefully, you get inspired to read the book as well and implement some of the tactics of the Psychology of Champions.

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Gustavo Dantas

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Book Suggestion:

Psychology of Champions

EP 63 - Focusing On The Process | Brazil 021 Co-Founder Andre Terencio Aug 04, 2019

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Andre Terencio is a fourth-degree black belt Andre Terencio, the co-founder of Brazil-021 School of Jiu-Jitsu, with multiple locations in the U.S, Canada, and Brazil, he is also the co-founder of the Brazil-021 Social Project.

He shared the importance of persistence and practice in everything you do, he shared a couple of success stories from the Brazil-021 Social Project, and my takeaway from the interview was when I asked him about a piece of advice he would give to the younger Andre when he moved to the United States, and his answer inspired me to title this episode Focusing on the process.

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I expand on my takeaway with you. Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast! I would love to hear your feedback about the show; you can reach me at info@thebjjmentalcoach.com

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Gustavo Dantas

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Book Recommendation:

Mindset (Carol Dweck)

EP 62 - Be Committed To Your Vision | IBJJF Black Belt World Champion Mahamed Aly Jul 28, 2019

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Mahamed Aly is an IBJJF Black Belt Adult World Champion Gi & No-Gi. He shared the early days of his career, the challenge of balancing the life of a professional athlete while building his personal brand and spending time with his family.

During the interview, the word commitment popped up a few times, which inspired me to title this episode: “Be committed to your vision.”

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I share my takeaway with you. Stay tuned right after Jiu-Jitsu Tribe’s message.

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Gustavo Dantas

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Book recommendation: Psychology of Champions (David Ryback)

EP 61 - Making a business partnership work | DDn'Co Lifestyle Co-owner Andre "Dedeco" Almeida Jul 21, 2019

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Andre “Dedeco” Almeida is a fifth-degree black belt serial entrepreneur. Besides being the co-owner of the New England United BJJ Team, he is the co-founder of Origin USA, along with Pete Roberts, our guest from episode number five, and MOST recently the co-owner of DDn’Co LifeStyle Clothing Brand.

He shared his early days teaching in Brazil then eventually the tough transition to the United States and also about partnerships in business, which inspired me to title this episode MAKING A BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP WORK.

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I expand on the topic and share with you 7 Tips for Making a Business Partnership Work.

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Gustavo Dantas

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Sources:

DDnCo Lifestyle Clothing Brand – https://www.ddnco.com/collections/ddnco

Origin USA – https://originmaine.com

Book – Start with why (Simon Sinek)

Podcast – Hands and Daylight Podcast

EP 60 - Strengthening Your Relationships | RMNU Ireland Owner Justin McGibbon Jul 14, 2019

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Justin McGibbon is a brown belt in jiu-jitsu under the ibjjf hall of Famer Robson Moura. Besides running his academy, the RMNU Ireland, he also works as an operations manager at a private investigations firm.

He shared the struggles of balancing two jobs and family time since he is married with two kids. The connection between decision making in life and jiu-jitsu, and my take away from the interview was when I asked him some of the struggles so far in his entrepreneurial journey, and his answer inspired me to title this episode Strengthening your Relationships.

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I expand on this topic sharing with you a principle from the book How to win friends & influence people by Dale Carnegie.

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Gustavo Dantas

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Book suggestions

Think and grow Rich – Napoleon Hill

4-Hour Workweek – Tim Ferris

Crush it – Gary Vaynerchuk

EP 59 - Have YOU Been Practicing Humility? | Tampa Gunfights owner Gino Collura Jul 07, 2019

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Gino Collura is a serial entrepreneur and consultant who owns GRIT Ready (Ground Ready International Training), GRIT Combatives, and Tampa Gunfights.

He talked about the importance of entrepreneurs to keep in mind the big picture, why you are doing what you’re doing. Also, the critical concept of the visionary and the integrator in entrepreneurship, and my take away from the interview was when I asked him:

What is one high-performance habit that you practice daily? And his answer was HUMILITY, which inspired me to title this episode “Have YOU been practicing humility?”

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I expand on the topic of humility.

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Gustavo Dantas

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EP 58 - Big Challenge Equals Big Opportunity | GB Regional Director Vinicius "Draculino" Jun 30, 2019

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Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes is a 5th-degree black belt from Carlos Gracie, Jr. He currently lives in Texas and owns three academies. He is the Regional Director for Gracie Barra in the state of Texas.

He talked about the importance of having a mentor and listening to this mentor;

He shared his early days in jiu-jitsu, from moving to Belo Horizonte accepting Carlos Gracie Jr.’s Challenge to open the first Gracie Barra school out of Rio de Janeiro, to eventually take an even bigger challenge, which was moving to the United States and take his professional career to another level, which inspired me to title this episode:

“Big Challenge equals Big Opportunity.”

Stick around after the interview when I share my final thoughts of the episode with you.

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Gustavo Dantas

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EP 57 - Complacency Breeds Failure | Transcend Marketing Agency founder Tony Amigleo Jun 23, 2019

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Tony Amigleo is a purple belt in Jiu-jitsu and is the founder of Transcend Agency, a marketing company that has worked with clients such as the UFC, Nike, GoPro, EA Sports, ESPN, and Fox Sports to name a few.

He talked about the never give up attitude in jiu-jitsu and life, the importance of accountability partners in your personal and professional life. My main takeaway from the interview is when he said: “Complacency breeds failure”, which inspired me to title this episode the exact same quote.

Stick around for my final thoughts after the interview when I expand on the topic Complacency breeds failure.

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Gustavo Dantas

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