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The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

256: Vince Nance | The Waffle Anarchist

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7870 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What do cage fighting and gluten free waffles have in common? Vince Nance. Vince and Joe De Sena cook up a great interview that discusses operational leadership, the rigors and rewards of Brasilian Jiu Jitsu and the importance of women’s self defense. Anarchy has never tasted so good!

LESSONS

  • Don’t punch unless you mean it (always act with full intention
  • Start where you are!
  • Adjust as needs change
  • Leave deep tracks
  • Designate mental real estate to your commitments
  • Legacy = people, love and action
  • You can’t make excuses and learn at the same time



LINKS

https://anarchywaffles.com

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TIME STAMPS

0:00 The Col, Johnny & Dr. L introduce episode

1:15 Dukecannon.com sponsor intro

1:40 Vince & Joe De Sena begin by making waffles

4:30 Battling with the pancake tycoons

5:30 Growing up with martial arts

8:30 Lessons from the cage

11:30 Dukecannon.com sponsor break

15:00 Efficiency of living where you work

16:00 Women’s self defense training

18:15 Leaving your tracks

19:00 The illusion of starting at the end

21:00 The keys to Brasilian Jiu Jitsu

23:00 Letting go of your own preconceived notions

25:00 Importance of women learning self defense

26:00 Organizational leadership

27:00 Keeping the ego in check

30:15 The Colonel, Johnny & Dr. L discuss how to apply these lessons to your life

37:55 Dukecannon.com sponsor close

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Hosts: Joe De Sena, Col. Nye, Johnny Waite & guest host Dr. Lara Pence

Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome Spartan Colonel Nance here.

0:02.0

Who are we talking to today?

0:03.2

We've got Vince Nance.

0:04.6

So Vince has started a company called Anarchy Waffles,

0:07.0

but he also is a retired cage fighter.

0:09.7

He has an education in a performance leadership. And this is a guy who's done

0:13.9

incredible things and you know it's just a really good chance to see somebody who

0:17.4

pivots in life digs in, starts again from the bottom has tremendous success and

0:21.6

just a guy we can learn a lot from.

0:23.0

Joe is out running around right now. Joe DeSena, our CEO founder, he's out there taking

0:27.5

care of business but he's got a great interview.

0:29.6

One of the biggest things that I learned in the cage is don't punch unless you're going to hurt

0:35.3

somebody.

0:37.6

Everything you do mean it.

0:39.6

We're also, uh, Sepfra is out in New Zealand or Fiji or somewhere feeding the world on her seed project.

0:46.3

So in her place today and standing in we've got Dr. Laura Pence who is the Spartan Mind doctor. You'll find me Spartan mind where I dive into just how to get tougher in the mind on Wednesdays.

0:58.0

We've got Johnny kind of our anchor at all times here who's also the Canadian Race Director.

1:04.6

True story.

1:05.6

And in my background as I am the military liaison officer.

1:10.1

So remember we're going to be here at the end of this episode to talk about the great things that we've learned from it and stick around.

1:15.7

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1:19.4

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