#164 - Paul Kindzia: Entrepreneurship, Jiu-jitsu & How to Be Happy
Enter the Lionheart
Lawrence Dunning
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Paul Kindzia is an entrepreneur, former Ironman and the first home schooled, non-denominational jiujitsu black belt. Through his journey he has been suffering with brain tumors and other health issues, but he never let him stop chasing his dreams.
0.00: Paul’s background in corporate America and getting out of shape
10.00: Finding camaraderie in sports and jiujitsu
16.00: Finding personal agency in entrepreneurship
23.00: Mental Models and Principles (for good financial habits)
28.00: How to look at money in a healthy way (getting paid for solving problems)
37.00: Paul’s Four Quadrants to Happiness
48.00: Being the first home schooled Black Belt
1.04.00: Belief in personal agency
1.14.00: How to train as an older jiujitsu athlete
1.20.00: Helping others and making an impact to those in need
1.23.00: Overcoming brain tumors and keep moving forward
“Money allows you to live out life’s miseries in more comfort”
Until next time, love and good vibes.
Podcast Website: https://enterthelionheart.com/
Check out the latest episode here:
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enter-the-lionheart/id1554904704
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tD7VvMUvnOgChoNYShbcI
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | A single theme is too narrow for great minds and daring hearts. |
| 0:18.0 | Get ready to enter the Lionheart with your host, Lawrence Dunning. |
| 0:22.4 | Well, thank you for doing this on short notice and I'm so excited to talk about everything, |
| 0:26.9 | jiu-jitsu mindset and just being your best self and overcoming a lot of difficulties, |
| 0:31.3 | because I know you epitomized all of this. Yes, I'll start out, |
| 0:34.8 | Lawrence, the fighting prince of Chicago, the man who lives rent-free, and the coconut that rests upon the shoulders, the holder of the keys to the library, the one and only Lawrence. |
| 0:46.4 | Stunning, dunning, still after all these years, looking stunning. |
| 0:51.2 | Well, you are too kind, brother. Thank you. Well, listen, I just want to say, |
| 0:59.0 | ever since I met you at a judicious tournament a long time ago, and I think you gave me a copy of your book, and I think Kid Dale was one of the authors. But I remember just ever since we |
| 1:03.4 | connected being really inspired by your passion. And it's funny because we both do jihitsu, |
| 1:09.3 | but I actually find really passionate |
| 1:11.3 | people in almost anything. Even if I have no interest in the subject, I find it really |
| 1:15.8 | inspiring. And the fact that it's jihitsu and the fact that you're a little bit older than me, |
| 1:19.4 | and I know that the older athletes, you know, competing and pushing yourself, it has a whole |
| 1:23.7 | host of struggles and difficulties. But your passion for jihitsu is just incredible. |
| 1:28.7 | How did that happen? |
| 1:29.8 | So I know you have a background in Iron Man and Traathons. |
| 1:33.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.4 | So let's go back. |
| 1:34.4 | So I think it's important to put things in perspective. |
| 1:36.7 | So listeners might even understand through my story, my own biases and why I think a certain way so that they could either relate |
| 1:47.4 | to it or say, well, I don't agree with it. But now I understand why he thinks maybe so nutty or I |
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