The Jiu Jitsu Of Life Podcast
Episode 176
Carter took his god-daughters to see Simone Biles’ Gold Over America Tour and found it was more about mindset and self empowerment than he was expecting. This inspires Carter and Mo to discuss what it means to have self esteem, what jiu-jitsu can teach kids and enjoying your achievements.
• Turning self esteem into mediocrity (00:00)
• The difficulty of finding good role models for young girls that avoids the princess mentality (04:56)
• Building self esteem through self work and accomplishment (06:17)
• Are you born inherently self confident or do you have to earn it? (08:45)
• Carter’s journey to confidence in commercial real estate (10:18)
• Simone Biles had the confidence to not compete in an event at the Olympics (12:05)
• Sportspeople who stay true to who they are after massive success (19:14)
• Anyone who has reached the highest levels of success will have had struggles (15:17)
• Jiu-jitsu teaches kids how to lose (18:44)
• The importance of learning how to earn self esteem and confidence (23:04)
Gold Over America Tour
https://www.goldoveramericatour.com/
Tyson Fury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Fury