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How Not to Be a Douchebag (A Martial Arts Debrief)
That Jonah Hill jiu-jitsu Dunning-Kruger clip, Zuck's floating sparring platform, Gordon Ryan burning a student's belt, and Gabriel Varga on doing it right.
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That Jonah Hill jiu-jitsu Dunning-Kruger clip, Zuck's floating sparring platform, Gordon Ryan burning a student's belt, and Gabriel Varga on doing it right.
How Not to Be a Douchebag (A Martial Arts Debrief)That Jonah Hill jiu-jitsu Dunning-Kruger clip, Zuck's floating sparring platform, Gordon Ryan burning a student's belt, and Gabriel Varga on doing it right.Listen + Read
Tough Isn’t Enough: The Trap of Faking StrengthToughness gets you into the fight. Resilience wins it. Two elite coaches, one dangerous lie, and the one question to ask yourself every morning.Listen + Read
7 Signs You THINK You’re Dangerous (But You’re Just Cold)Every one of the 7 "dangerous" traits has a counterfeit that looks identical from the outside. The difference: the real one is chosen, the fake one is compulsive. We run…Listen + Read
Nolan’s Odyssey Is Secretly About the Warrior MindsetThe most disciplined man in history had all seven traits of a dangerous person. They destroyed him. We run Odysseus through the warrior mindset, Homer to Nolan.Listen + Read
7 Signs You’re a “Dangerous” Person (In the Best Way)Dangerous" usually means a threat. This flips it: the most dangerous person in the room is the calmest, most self-governed one, because they can't be rattled, bought, baited, or read…Listen + Read
Discipline Beats Personality: Why the Quiet Operators Win in 2026The scoreboard changed. Boards are done chasing charismatic reinventors; they now want leaders who hold the same standard on a bad day as a good one.Listen + Read
The Comeback Nobody Saw Coming: Choosing the Fight AgainAt 13, Alysa Liu was the youngest U.S. figure skating champion in history. At 16, she walked away. Then she came back, on her own terms. This episode is about…Listen + Read
5 Billion-Dollar Boardroom Lessons, Real or BS?Gene and Aaron run five lessons from a viral boardroom video through the BS filter. Failure as tuition, standards as the gateway, mastery as a trade, and code over score…Listen + Read
Debrief: Saying No in an Age of AbundanceA debrief on saying no in a world of endless yes. Focus over coverage, real standards over performative toughness, and why silence is never a green light. Get after it.Listen + Read