#180 -Roger Gracie - "The Warrior Mindset" | 10x BJJ World Champion on Conquering Fear, Winning the Mental Game & the Tao of a Champion 🥋🏆

Roger Gracie - "The Warrior Mindset" | 10x BJJ World Champion on Conquering Fear, Winning the Mental Game & the Tao of a Champion 🥋🏆Roger Gracie - 10x BJJ World Champion and author of "The Warrior Mindset: The Tao of a Champion" reveals how a kid who was picked last for soccer, afraid to swim, and hid from his sister became the greatest jiu-jitsu fighter of all time.What You'll Learn:Why training smart beats training hard (and how Roger refined white belt techniques to dominate world championships)The mental game that wins fights before they startHow chess thinking transforms your jiu-jitsu strategyRoger's daily meditation practice that changed everythingThe closed guard sweep from knee-up position nobody else usesWhy "don't give up to fear" became his life philosophyPower Quote:"A lot of people think they're not capable of doing something. They see what someone else did and think, 'That person has something I don't.' But you're completely wrong. You have what it takes. You just need to start." — Roger GracieTimestamps:🥋 0:00 - Introduction🏆 2:30 - From scared kid to 10x World Champion💡 8:45 - The moment the Gracie mission became his mission🎯 15:20 - Training smart vs. training hard (skill development over sparring)♟️ 28:40 - How chess transformed his jiu-jitsu thinking⚔️ 38:15 - The legendary Jacaré brown belt match🧠 48:30 - Winning the mental game before the Buchecha fight🎬 55:00 - Watching Braveheart before every competition🧘 62:45 - Daily meditation practice (30-60 minutes)📚 68:20 - Alexander the Great, Buddha & warrior philosophy🔥 75:00 - One lesson: Don't give up to fearFeatured Book: "The Warrior Mindset: The Tao of a Champion" by Roger GracieConnect with Roger Gracie:Website:RrogerGracie.comAcademy: Roger Gracie Academy, LondonBook: Warrior Mindset - Tao of a Champion (Amazon)Subscribe for more conversations with elite performers who've overcome the odds.#RogerGracie #BJJ #JiuJitsu #MartialArts #TheWarriorMindset #Gracie #WorldChampion #BuiltNotBorn #Leadership #MentalToughness #Meditation #ChampionMindset #Podcast #JoeCiccarone © Joe Ciccarone - Built Not Born Podcast. All Rights Reserved.Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host.