THE BASICS
Today’s guest is Josh ‘The War Master’ Barnett, who is a former MMA fighter, professional wrestler, coach, commentator, brand organiser and so much more. He was trained under fight legends, he captured the UFC Heavyweight title by TKO over Randy Couture at the age of 24 becoming the youngest UFC Champion in History, he defeated 2-time King of Pancrase Yuki Kondo in 2003 to become the 10th King of Pancrase of which he currently holds the title. He has now trained many top level professional fighters over the years and is a former New Japan Pro Wrestler Josh has fought in PRIDE, UFC, K-1, DREAM, Pancrase and Superbrawl and currently an active fighter in Inoki Genome Federation and Strikeforce.
In this interview, we discuss masculinity, competing, strength in character, how to develop mental toughness, why the need to challenge yourself should be top of your goals, and so much more.
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WHAT WE COVER
In this interview, we discuss gems like:
- Who he is
- How his childhood inspired who he became
- How his interest and passion for MMA began
- The importance of a ritual to enter manhood
- How masculinity shows itself in modern men compared to other generations
- Where are modern men go wrong?
- Do they all need to undertake a combat or physical sport to tap into their masculinity?
- How does competing at such a high level in martial arts change him as a person?
- His attitude towards skill progression and development
- How to control emotions in seriously challenging experiences
- What he considers a weak action by men
- The draw of professional wrestling and what he hopes to achieve with his fabulous Blood Sport brand
- The motivations he has for coaching and developing fighters of the future
- How you can transition from mediocre to great in areas of your life
- His taste in whiskey
- What does he want people to take from the interview
- How can you follow him and keep up to date with his latest projects
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:
- Whatever you do, you put part of yourself into it. The quality of work you do reflects on you. Take pride in your work.
- Josh created the life that he wanted to make for himself, he was not afraid to be the ‘Lone Wolf’ as he needed. Just because a path is well worn, doesn’t mean it is right for you. Become a Wolf like Josh and go and find what you want from life.
- Josh lived his life on his own terms, he stopped caring what others thought and went to forge his own destiny using his own hands. What could you do if you stopped judging yourself against others and went out to do what you loved and left you fulfilled … rather than how many likes etc someone else got on social media or sitting in the pub with people who bore you but it feels the safe option.
- Look for the common thread in the events in your life – what could be the meaning, what could it be telling you?
- To truly evolve, you need to challenge yourself, to partake in an event that has an element of danger, threat and a challenge.
- Seek out men who you can look to as a mentor in aspects of life. Could you mentor a younger man in helping their development into manhood. It is not a weakness to seek out help, it is a sign of strength, to look for others to help and information to improve and develop yourself.
- A life of value is one that you do things that are right, not that are the easy option.Be like Josh, do not stop at a level above the masses, hone your craft, develop your craft and push daily to get to a point where you continually challenge yourself, to grow and look for deeper and more challenging situations, push yourself to become a better version of yourself
- Josh has accepted his dark side. He has welcomed it and used it to help him achieve the things he wants from life. Do not shy away from your dark side, make peace with it, fully embrace who you are and use all of you to achieve your goals.
- Don’t leave anything on the table, live life while you can so you don’t look back with regret
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