THE BASICS
Today’s guest is Crystal Demopoulos, who is a MMA fighter, business owner and exotic dancer. She is a beautiful and graceful dancer, stunningly beautiful and a devastatingly dangerous fighter. She started from a rough place and built herself up to be a professional fighter, learnt to run her own business and make serious money from a side hobby. She is someone to watch and to learn from, and she will inspire you to do the same. She is living proof that you can achieve anything you want, regardless of your starting point, by putting in the work.
I had a seriously great time with this interview and I was really disappointed to end it. I still had pages of questions, so will really push to have her on again. Despite being stunningly beautiful, seriously talented and going places, her story and viewpoint on life are so inspiring and motivating, it is there that we find out the real gems. Are you ready to dive in and learn?
Let’s get to the interview!
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WHAT WE COVER
In this interview, we discuss gems like:
- Who she is
- What she was like as a child
- How an unruly kid is often a misunderstood kid, and just needs to find their place and an outlet to let them shine
- How she found her way out of a very dark period of her life
- How she worked on her life outlook to build true mental strength
- How to identify toxic friends in your life and how to build true friendships
- How did she learn how to deal with her aggressive energy from when she was younger
- How her skill-set in MMA came from her exotic dancing style
- Has she ever experienced negative feedback from people when they find out she is an exotic dancer
- Why snap opinions of what someone does is a very stupid approach when deciding on the worth of someone.
- How does she transition between the primitive art of fighting to the graceful, and controlled art of dancing.
- Is there a link between exotic dancing and BJJ in terms of skill development, movement and learning techniques?
- Should everyone learn to dance? Is it an art to awake the soul?
- How does she setup her training week to learn the key concepts of MMA, build her business and dance.
- How can you build in training, a business or whatever you want to do in your life so you can chase your goals rather than having regrets
- How has she improved her skill-set so dramatically so quickly.
- The best mindset to approach training with, to get the best return from your training
- How has she setup her business for best chance of success
- Her preferred recovery methods
- How do you leave your ego at the door and get the most from your training
- What she wants people to remember about being a fighter
- How can we turn on the ‘aggression switch’ when we need to
- What does she want people to take from this interview and find out more about her
SOME THINGS TO REFLECT ON
In this interview, a lot of jewels of self-improvement are discussed. Some of these and their associated thoughts include:
- Crystal is a great example of what you can do when you put a smile on your face and give things your best shot!
- She balances the beautiful and the dangerous side of her personality so well. You don’t need to be defined by what you do or what you’ve done, you define who you are by your actions and what you do in the world. Let all sides of yourself out and let the beauty of both out to create in the world.
- Communication is a great thing to work on. Be open and honest with what you want and talk to your parents, let them know what you think, by being open you can build trust and bond deeper with one another.
- You can make a change to improve your life, but you need to make the choice to change. You can take all the advice others give but until you decide you want more from life, you won’t go any further. Once you decide you want more, that you are valued and life is great, you can go far beyond what you ever thought was possible.
- True friends are easy to identify, they always want the best for you, they never just want and take from you, true friends will push you to be better and support you throughout. Choose who you spend your energy on. Don’t spend time with those who suck your energy, pick those who want to build you up and push you on.
- “If you are going to judge me then that that tells me so much about the person you are“. As she says, don’t be blinded about strong opinions about what someone does, get to know the person, who they are and judge them on their personality, not a hobby, or viewpoint of the world.
- Whatever your passion is, learn how to express it in the world
- What you spend your time on, is a great indicator of what you value in your life. Check your computer and phones for time used and on where you spend your time. You do have time to achieve your goals. Everyone has the same 24 hours. Cut out the wasted time, cut out Netflix etc (unless you want to) and use that saved time to chase your dreams instead.
- “People overestimate the basics“. Drill the basics until they are part of you, that you do them without thinking. Leave the fancy crap for special moments. The fundamentals is the main cause for success in the majority of cases.
- Crystal is a great example of someone who has not attended school but has not let that hold her back. She let her positive personality push her on, and when she found a road block or something she didn’t know, she looked for the information or help she needed to push through it. Be like Crystal, let nothing hold you back, find what you need to succeed.
- “Confidence comes from knowing yourself‘” knowing your habits and moves. True confidence comes from passion and building habits over and over … and over.
- “You can overcome any obstacle if you choose to put in the fucking work“
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