MMA Coach Martin Stapleton On Defying Victim Mode And Building The Best You Possible

On a Mission Podcast

Ellie McKay

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Former Royal Marines Commando and MMA World Champion Martin ‘50 Cal’ Stapleton returns for a second bout of real uncensored chat.

Nothing is off limits as we go deep into why so many well-intentioned people fail when it comes to bettering themselves, how to get out of victim mentality and why we need to stop letting society define our definition of success.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

No one ever got to be a champion at anything by not putting in the hard yards. The fight itself is only a tiny part of the journey - there's a vast and comprehensive journey behind that brief moment.
You have to choose goals that are appropriate to your mindset and capabilities. Long terms goals are great, but if the going gets tough, you can fall by the wayside. It's far better to set smaller, incremental goals and hit them often.
People don't choose martial arts because they want a fight. They want to better themselves, get fit and emulate the kind of community spirit, camaraderie and mindset that results when we apply ourselves to a discipline.
People who do well in life are those who recognise there are doubts and fears in life, and do something about it. Those who fail normalise those fears and hide from them.

BEST MOMENTS

'I believe everybody should do martial arts'

'Fights are won and lost in the weeks, months, and years beforehand'

'It's got to be built on solid foundations - in a solid belief in yourself'

'If I can just get them out of victim mode, then I feel like I've done my job'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission

Martin Stapleton Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stapes_50cal

SBG Rochdale - https://www.sbgrochdale.com

Athletic Greens - http://athleticgreens.com/onamission

ABOUT THE HOST

Not so long ago, life was barely recognisable for Ellie McKay, raising three children under five, battling post-natal depression, facing redundancy and walking into the job centre to claim benefits with a double pram, no confidence, and wracked with insecurities.

Fast forward to today, and life looks very different. Ellie committed to turning her life around for herself and her family. Following this commitment, she got to work and has now built multiple successful companies, as well as having created a multimillion-pound property portfolio from a standing start.

Ellie is now on a mission to make a positive impact and add value to others through her podcast which has attracted phenomenal guests worldwide. The show is specifically to help those trying to reach their full potential through its inspirational and motivational content, as well as challenging conventional wisdom to discuss all the “hot topics” in a relentless pursuit of the truth.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Red Light Finance. Red Light Finance is on a mission
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0:26.0	Thanks again to Red Light Finance for sponsoring the Animation Podcast.
0:30.0	Martin, stay tuned. Welcome back to the Animation Podcast.
0:33.0	Thank you for having me on again. I believe everybody should do martial arts.
0:36.0	Not everybody should try and be a competitive martial arts fighter though.
0:39.0	Like if you set yourself a goal that's going to set you 20 years to achieve like a long certain vision
0:43.0	and you say you're only going to be happy when you achieve that goal.
0:46.0	You just condemn yourself to 20 years of unappiness.
0:49.0	Fights are one or lost in the dressing room beforehand. How accurate would you say that statement is?
0:54.0	Well I'd go back further than that. They're one and lost in the weeks, months and years before.
0:58.0	Let's say you're someone who's never trained in the last five years and you want to get there.
1:02.0	Instead of jumping in and say, right, I'm going to join a gym train five days a week.
1:05.0	All you're going to do is every morning at eight o'clock when you get up, five press ups.
1:09.0	Fuck load better than you were doing last week.
1:11.0	You're going into a competition where any sporting competition but especially fighting.
1:16.0	Like even if you change from male to female at 16, it's too late.
1:20.0	The hormones have started to kick you, you started to go through pubic.
1:23.0	That's a man for fighting a woman.
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