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#182 – John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA
Lex Fridman Podcast
Gordon Ryan's Mindset of Unexceptionism in the Heat of Battle
I've never seen any psychological mindset prove to be reliably more efficient or effective than another. I don't force it on people because everyone's different. My preference is to try and advocate for a mindset of unexceptionism. Most people see competition as something exceptional, different, scarier or nerve-wracking. When you believe those things, you can have a calm demeanor. It also goes back to what we talked about earlier about the power of escapes. Gordon Ryan is almost impossible to control for extended periods of time in most of the inferior positions in the sport. He has from an outsider's perspective a calm to him in the heat of battle that's inspiring and confusing.
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