Train Your Mind to Win with MMA Champion Mike Chandler and Lewis Howes

Imperfections

Mike Chandler emphasizes the importance of accepting imperfections and learning from them. He shares how losing three fights in a row over 688 days taught him to stop striving for perfection and focus on success instead 1. Chandler explains that every practice became an opportunity to either be perfect or be a loser, but he realized that failure is an event, not a person 1.

We all have our own insecurities, our own fears or our own limited beliefs and our own limited mindsets, and I have thousands of them. But the more I can just pile positivity on it and more armor.

--- Mike Chandler

He also discusses the concept of breaking through glass ceilings and how hard work and perseverance can lead to great achievements 2.

   

Role Models

Chandler highlights the significant impact of mentors and role models in his life. He believes that seeking out people to admire and learning from them can help one become a better version of themselves 1. Despite his achievements, Chandler admits that he still struggles with self-doubt and the fear of not being good enough 1.

If I can see that, then I can become some of that. Maybe I won't be the greatest motivational speaker of all time or the greatest athlete of all time, but I can shoot for it and end up somewhere a lot further along than I would have normally been.

--- Mike Chandler

He also shares his pre-fight rituals and the importance of centering himself and listening to his coaches to stay focused and motivated 3.