How To Think Like A Champion & Destroy Your Limits With Your Mindset

0:00Hey everyone, welcome back to the School of Greatness. Today we have a very special collection of episodes. And one of the biggest things people struggle with today in life is mindset. It's understanding their own mindset and how to go from a weak mindset that keeps people struggling in their career, their life, their relationships, into a strong, powerful, foundational mindset that allows you to overcome the obstacles that are thrown your way. And a great famous quote is that everyone's got a plan until you get punched in the face. That is from the iconic Mike Tyson, who we have an amazing excerpt from one of our interviews on the School of Greatness with Mike Tyson in this episode.

0:42But in this interview series, we've got three powerful boxing experts and also business leaders. First, we have Canelo. Canelo is arguably one of the greatest boxers of all time, specifically in this generation. I had the opportunity of interviewing him while he was preparing for a fight. And we talk about how he's learned to develop a mindset, a sustaining mindset of success for so many years. He's been in the game for a long time. And we go over really a little bit about his mindset. And also we ask him a big question. Who do you think would beat you in the boxing ring? Mike Tyson or Jake Paul?

1:25And his answer and response was pretty interesting. I'm excited for you to see what he says based on that question. And a big thing happening with both of those individuals fighting each other. Then we hear a clip from Jake Paul, who we had on seven years ago, before he got into boxing, before he became one of the most popular people on the internet, but also one of the most hated people on the internet. He was a Disney star. He left high school. He came to Los Angeles. I met him in those early years when he came to LA and I got to know him behind the scenes. I got to see a little bit about who he was, his character, his heart, his mindset.

2:04We played pickup basketball together. I went to his house when he had a whole house of creators that he was living with. I got to see him before all this stuff happened. I got to watch him practice boxing in the early days. and I watched his evolution over many years. We talk about the mindset he had and really how he went from a high school kid making content to building a network of influencers and creating expansive content to how he's learned how to persevere over challenges, developing self-belief in himself, and overcoming all the different things that he had to do. Now, love him or hate him, it's hard to deny what he's created for himself and he's constantly reinventing himself and he talked about this idea of how can I continue to innovate and have continuous improvement on my content creation that's what he talked about in part of this interview and you see that through his evolution how he spoke it into existence and then he went and created it and is creating it now it's pretty powerful to watch what he's created whether you love him or hate him it's interesting to see what he's created, his creativity, his dedication, and how he's taken his boxing career this seriously.

3:20He also talked about how he believes that by helping others, you eventually set up yourself for rewards down the line. So just note that when you're listening to the segment with Jake Paul. And he also talks about his mindset and how it's at the center of everything he does. Then we do a clip from an interview that I did on the School of Greatness with the iconic Mike Tyson. Mike shared some powerful insights about the mindset required to be a true champion. And here's a kid who struggled immensely as a young adult, who had huge success and fame, and then it all came crashing down, who's had to reinvent himself over and over.

4:03and he talks about the mindset of a champion in this segment as well. Powerful stuff. I'm excited to see what you think and I would love your comments and feedback below on what you think about each one of them with Canelo, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. Welcome to this special masterclass. We've brought some of the top experts in the world to help you unlock the power of your life through this specific theme today. It's going to be powerful, so let's go ahead and dive in.

4:40I had Mike Tyson on twice on my show, and I had Jake Paul on. I know they're fighting. I'm sure everyone's asking you about it. I'm curious, who do you think would be a harder fight for you right now, Mike Tyson or Jake Paul? In a hypothetical scenario, who do you think would be tougher for you?

5:02I think if you put them together in the ring with me, maybe it's gonna... Maybe both together. Maybe it's gonna be a little complicated. But one or the other, they're about the same, you think? Yeah, at least they're not. They're the same, you think, for you? Who do you think would win between them? It's hard to say, but, you know, it's risky for Mike Tyson. Really? Yeah, because he's 57 and 58, I don't know. And boxing is no, it's not a joke. It's no joke. It's, but you know, I know I get it. I get it, I get it, what they, why they do this. It's a business. It's a business. Yeah, yeah. They're gonna fight with 18 ounces, with no - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

6:01It's a business. Speaking of business, you've been getting into business more and more over the years, which I'm excited to talk about as well. Real estate, your own businesses, Canelo Energy, all these different brands that you're building. What excites you the most about business and entrepreneurship?

6:20And is it a distraction to do all that as well as fight ever? No. No. No, no, it's a distraction because I have my correct people doing my team, everything. And I do what I need to do for my business, and I care about every business I have. But I like it. I enjoy doing real estate. I enjoy doing my drinks. And everything I do, I really enjoy it. Yeah. What is your vision for your business? stations everything you got a lot going on what is your vision for your for your future after boxing is it to be a business leader in the world or what is the main vision that you have for business yeah that's that's my goal is being one of the best businessmen in the world really yeah why does Does that excite you so much after boxing?

7:22I just... You love it. I love to be involved in these kind of things and see how they go big and big and big and big, you know, starting with some and then growing up. I like it so much because when I was young, I saw my brother, Ricardo. So he put ice cream store with$5 ,000. And we built in five, six months, like bring people, bring people, bring people. And then he sell it for$30 ,000,$40 ,000. So, and I saw him and I just started learning. start learning, and I really enjoy that kind of things. Well, that's beautiful, man. Is there a difference between how you trained early on when you were a nobody the first few years in your teens versus how you train now, mentally, physically?

8:30Is there a difference? If so, what is that difference? Mentally, I think it's the same mentality, the same hunger, you know? For me, I train my mind is always try to get more, try to get more history to my career. And it's never enough for me. Really? It's never enough for me. I always train so hard because, you know, I started like that, training so hard because in my mind always when I was a kid, I say, I want to be a champion. And then I accomplished that champion and I say, it's something else there. So I always, my mind is always, it's never enough for my mind. Right. I always trained so hard and I love boxing so much.

9:33I enjoy it. I enjoy it. I still enjoy it. You still enjoy it. But it's almost been 20 years, right? 20 years. 19 professional. 19 professional. What is the three greatest lessons that boxing has taught you in almost 20 years of boxing? It's going to be very difficult to pick three lessons because I think the man I am right now, I learned from boxing because my whole life, I give my whole life to boxing. I think boxing teach me everything, everything, bad and good and everything. I think boxing made me. It made you, yeah. What is the lesson that you would say to your younger self with all the wisdom and experience you have now?

10:25It's the only thing I can say to them. You're 15 in front of you. I have my son and say, you can do whatever you want. It just, you just need to be able to, to have, able to sacrifice this discipline and hard work. Yes. And have a good mentality because if you have that three things, discipline, sacrifices and hard work. Hard work. But if you don't have that mentality, it's going to be very difficult. How do you keep the hunger alive inside of you for so long though? Because you were starting out as a young man wanting to be a champion. You became a champion. But how do you continue year after year to stay hungry and love us so much?

11:15I don't know. I don't know. I always say because I love what I do. And I have that passion on me. And I love what I do. And I enjoy it. And I'm that kind of man. I'm that kind of person to say, if I'm going to do something, I'm going to do 100%. No in the middle. I don't know 90%. I'm 100%. I always try to do my best and try to do my everything. And I think because I love what I do. How do you manage fear? Did you have a lot of fear growing up as you started fighting? And do you have any fear when you fight today? I never feel fear. Really? In boxing. I never feel how it's like to feel that fear.

12:03I always enjoy it. I just enjoy it a lot. My favorite day, my favorite thing is sparring days and a fight day. I just enjoy it a lot. I enjoy it. And I never have that experience to feel the fear or something. When you became a champion, world champion, did you feel fear to lose that ever? Really? No, never. Never feel that fear. Why not? Did someone teach you how to overcome fear? I don't know. I always say because I really enjoy boxing. I really love boxing. I really love being in the ring fighting. I never thinking about if this happened. I always go with that mentality to win and enjoy. Do you ever, when you're preparing for a fight, do you ever think about, well, what happens if I get knocked down or if I lose, will I feel bad?

13:04I never think about lose. I never think about lose. I always think and train for the win. Yes. And yes, I do. I think about if I get knocked out, how I'm on a reaction. And we train about everything. You train it. You'll fall down. If I feel dizzy, what I'm going to do. Really? We always train about that. We prepare ourselves for everything, of course. But I never think about losing. Wow. What is the process like the day of a fight for you, mentally and emotionally? How do you prepare for that fight? For me, it's a normal day. Just like grab a cup of coffee, relax, hang out. Yeah, relax. Obviously, very relaxed.

13:49But for me, in my mind, it's a normal day. Really? But the world is gonna watch you on these fights. Yeah, I know. There's so much money on the line that, you know... I don't think about that. For me, it's normal. I'm gonna do my thing, and that's it. Obviously, I think... I... I... I put everything together that day. We... we put in the whole training camp. I put, okay, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that, and we train for this and that. But for me, it's a normal day. It's like a... You wake up the same time? If you see me in the locker room 20 minutes before the fight, I'm listening to music, chilling with my team.

14:40So for me, it's a normal day. Are you not visualizing the fight? Yeah, always. You are. I always visualize my fight in the night. I know, okay, this happened, I'm going to do this, everything. How much energy does it take from you to visualize? There's a lot of energy to train, to run every day, to spar, to lift. But how much energy to actually think at night about what you're going to do in the ring? I just think. I don't put so much energy to think. Because I just, I just, okay, I'm going to do this and this. I train for this and that's it. Yeah. For me, like my life routine. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

15:26It's not like I don't want to do this or to stress myself. It's relaxing. It's relaxing. It's relaxing. Wow, that's beautiful. And what do you think about after you win a fight? When you've prepared for months and you win a big fight and the whole world is watching, how does it make you feel? It's the best feeling. Yeah. It's the best feeling because you put your life there. You put everything in the training camp. You left your family. You left everything for that moment. Yes. For that moment, for that win. You prepare yourself for that win, and it's the best feeling. Yes. Then it's when you realize everything you do, everything, the sacrifices, the discipline you put in the gym, there is the result.

16:16It's worth it. Yeah, yeah. Did you ever doubt yourself growing up? Never. Like, self-doubt? Never. Insecurities? Never in my life. How did you learn that, though? I don't know. So many people in the world are insecure about who they are, right? They doubt. I never doubt about myself. Was that your parents or your grandmother? No, I don't know. Did they teach you how to believe in yourself? I don't know. My mentality is always like, I don't care who is there. I'm going to achieve my goals no matter what. So I just started professional boxing when I was 15 years old. So sometimes my trainers saw the opponent and say, hey, he's too strong and he's 30 years old.

17:00I don't care. I don't really care. And then two rounds and that. And you knock them out, yeah. Do you have, I mean, do you ever have any insecurities outside of boxing, like starting business or in some other ventures? No. No insecurities? No. I think the first time I jump in the bus and try to sell ice creams in the bus, I feel a little, I don't know, insecure or I feel a little changed. because, you know, I'm red hair, freckles and everything, and I feel like a little ashamed. Maybe insecure. But you're like five, six, seven years old? Yeah, five, six years old. It's like popsicles. And then I say, oh, nothing happened.

17:57And then I start feeling good. But I think that moment I feel like a little insecure because the people saw me and say something about me i don't know but then i don't give up so like so 25 years ago was the last time you were insecure yeah

18:23like being on set and like having that experience crisis yeah it's priceless and and it was like so beneficial in the long run because you see how the acting classes then apply in real life because uh you know you're on set you're kind of just chilling then it's like makeup wardrobe here your lines stand here go and it's like that fast and before you know it you're like oh my god like i'm in front of camera like they're about to roll and then everything's on you like 50 people and you have to like nail your lines and nail your take um so how did you do did you ever mess up a bunch when you were like when it was rolling on you or were you pretty prepared i was pretty yeah no i was pretty prepared because i was like yo this is my first thing like i uh you gotta be ready i was nervous though i can imagine i was really nervous did you have to do a lot of takes or did you kind of get your groove how did that work i kind of got the groove i think the first couple takes i was like nervous and it wasn't just like a solo scene or whatever so uh there was like other actors messing up oh that helped me but then i would like mess up one and we found the rhythm but yeah uh after the first kind of scene the nervousness went away and I got comfortable with the director and the crew.

19:33And then you landed your own show, right, with Disney? Yeah, so all those kind of built up. Well, before Disney, my brother and I kind of had this attitude like, why are we waiting for other people to cast us when we know we're talented? We want to showcase our skills. um why not like write a movie and i think i don't know if you talked about this a little bit but go ahead yeah so like we we uh sat down and we're like okay let's write a movie and went into that process learned a lot about writing from that um finished the project and uh then went to go like raise funds for it and like we had no idea what we were doing uh but we like paired with some some awesome people and um eventually we had uh ron burkle and jonathan ornstein fund the movie and like we got to see like our vision come to life and now it's like fully shot uh and edited and should be coming out like this this year sometime uh it's called like airplane mode and we have like all of our social media friends in it um but that was like the idea like yo we could we could do this on our own because we have the built-in audience um and i think we'll see we'll start to see like a lot more of that in the future yeah and like i know we want to continue to to do our own projects as well as be in these like traditional films but um yeah i actually could lead into your next one i actually couldn't be in that movie because it's like rated r really and i yeah and i booked the disney show you couldn't be in airplane mode I couldn't be in it.

21:20Because it's rated R? Because you're under 18 or what? How's that work? Because I booked the Disney show right before they were about to start shooting. I was like, I can't pass up this opportunity. So because you're on a Disney show, you can't be in a rated R movie. Well, yeah. It's pretty. I mean, there's like a gray line. Sure. But the script was like, it was pretty vulgar. And they were like, we can't really have you in this. So you didn't want to pass up on Disney? Of course. Yeah. No, definitely not. and that like whole process of you know auditioning to be on disney was like a whole nother level of like competition because there's so many kids and like so many different rounds of auditioning how many kids were there how many rounds i think it i mean i think at the start there was like 10 but that was like after it was like narrowed down right um so i don't know what the initial like search was but might have been hundreds in the beginning and then it got down like 10 finalists and then you did a certain amount of rounds was it like a month of rounds or was it a couple weeks it was like two to three weeks um and then they would like have you test with like the other actors and you know figure out like who was vibing the best and i remember just like seeing the character and i immediately like understood who he was um and when i went to go do my first test with the girls who were already casted as like the two lead roles um i walk into this room and there was like a giant table and like just 15 like executive looking people like just staring at me suits you're like yeah and i like walk in i'm like hey like what's up guys like trying to like crack the like break the ice and um we went into the test were you Nervous, intimidated?

23:06I was very nervous. I was very nervous, but I practiced so much. I had my lines perfectly memorized. I knew exactly the arcs I was going to take throughout the scene.

23:19Halfway through the scene, I was playing it so good that the girls that I was testing with started laughing. They broke character because I was making them laugh so hard. You were too good. Yeah, the executives were laughing too. and sort of after that one like i came home and my brother was like how did it go and i was like yo i i know i got the role i know i got the role uh and i kind of just like had that that mindset of like yo like i killed that one i just got to keep on killing it and eventually got the role um but it was an awesome process and that was probably like one of the the biggest moments of my career getting the call like, hey, like you booked this Disney Channel show.

24:03It was very, very surreal. It's crazy. That's like winning the state championship, national championship. Exactly. And I knew that I had to, you know, break into traditional media somehow in some way. And if I was one of the first influencers to do so, then that would set me up for success in the future. just because having that experience under my belt, which is like the Disney, it's like a powerhouse and brand and their connections and they own Marvel and ABC. I was like, okay, this is the right place to be at. And the experience I gained from just the first season of being on Bizaardvark was massive.

24:53Like shooting 21 episodes, like I could memorize pages of lines in like minutes and blocking and four cameras pointed at me. And like I basically throughout that process, I lost like all the nervousness I had as an actor. I completely like broke out of my shell, which takes sometimes it takes like a lot of actors a long time to get there. And then once they get there, they're like they're some of the best actors that we see today. Wow. But yeah, I mean, it was such a huge moment to be able to have like a series regular job, something steady as an actor. Yeah. And again, you're differentiating yourself from all the other big social media influencers who have, maybe they have 10 million followers, but they don't have mainstream credibility.

25:40They don't have something consistent. They're schlepping like sweet tea or whatever it is, or like vitamins online to continue to make money because they've got this audience, but they don't know how to build a business. that don't know how to build their own brand and traditional media around it. Maybe they're getting a few press hits or some articles or features, but they're not doing something like this, like a show, a movie, getting bigger brand deals the way you are, which is interesting. Exactly. And one thing that I noticed after we finished filming or after the show started airing, a demographic that never previously came up to me in public started coming up to me.

26:18Really? And it was an audience that was like five, six, seven years old that didn't even have cell phones. And so that was like five year olds come up to you. Yeah. And, and this was like your name on the show. Dirk. Dirk. So they say you're, they don't even know Jake. They don't even know Jake. Yeah. They say, oh my God, like you're on Bizaardvark and they don't even have cell phones. And that moment I realized, okay, this decision to spend a ton of time on making the show was so worth it because I'm building into that audience who eventually will have phones, who can eventually follow me on social media, and while I'm building out this social media demographic.

27:00And so to me it was all worth it when that started to happen. Because you're probably not making as much money as you could be on other things from the show. I'm sure it's making good money, but it's not like as big as a big brand deal could be for you just for one video. Of course. Yeah, no, you're right. And so you're almost sacrificing a certain area of your finances and your business to have a huge upside later. You're delaying the gratification by reaching an audience again that really can't do much for you right now. But also tying yourself to Disney brand and saying you're an actor on Disney is massive.

27:33Yeah. And that was like the thought around it. like I'm going to need to invest the time now and this is going to pay off later. And the hustle on everything else is going to have to increase because like even now I'm going to have to vlog every day while on set every day. So, wow, it's going to it's a lot. How do you organize? You know, when I was 19, I was I couldn't even get to class, you know, and all I was doing was focusing on football and I don't know, like what I was going to eat that day. Like how are you as a 19 or 20 now, right? Yeah. How are you as a 20 year old organizing your day, your finances, your life, thinking about acting businesses that we haven't even talked about building your content every day?

28:18Like you're doing so much every day. How does someone at 20 when a lot of people are listening at 30, 40, 50 are struggling with organizing a day? How are you able to do that? The number one thing towards time management. And how are you like thinking about that? it and and what did you how have you learned how to do this so as as like my day started to fill up to the point where like i couldn't do anything else in the day i had to just go to sleep i was like how do i prioritize this um and i studied a lot about about time management like prioritizing the the things that you need to get done on a day-to-day basis what's what's more important And like you sitting on your phone and like texting people back right away or getting your video done and to the editor and being on set and memorizing your lines and taking this specific meeting.

29:11And I then invested money to hire employees to like an assistant who can basically do a lot of these like small tasks for me that I don't necessarily need to be doing unless I have to be there. I'm not going to do it. And she's like scheduling my day and, you know, breaking down things as much as possible. And the biggest thing I can say is like habit, the power of like habit and like doing things consistently, you know, waking up at this time, starting your video at this time, having your weekly meeting on Monday at 10 with all of your employees. so that you know you're going to have to get a different piece of content for that day because you're not going to have as much time to film.

30:03Kind of just knowing all of these things. But a lot goes into it and you really – like my saying is you got to want it. And I think that's the number one thing is you got to want it. There's so much time in a day when I pause and stop all of these things. I'm so bored. in the time. So I think I really started to realize how much time there was in a day and you got to want it and cut out all the stuff that doesn't matter. Even a lot of influencers in particular, they want to go out to eat for every single meal. Breakfast, go to a breakfast spot. Lunch, go to a lunch spot. Dinner, go to a dinner spot.

30:48that right there is like each of those activities is two hours i'm like yo i'm just gonna like have i'm just gonna get a personal chef and like have meal plans and uh microwave the stuff cook it up it's healthy quick done so like little things like that uh you have to think about they are taking a lot of meetings aren't they just like lunch and dinner meetings or just hanging with friends during breakfast a lot of it just like hanging out yeah it's saying yeah that is six hours a day of just like eating exactly and going to somewhere yeah yeah amazing man do you do you study anyone who does this are you reading books are you how are you learning these things um i forget the guy's name yeah i was i was studying it um what's his name lee lee clark lee something i don't know he he has a program called like thrive 15 but oh yeah have you heard of that yeah so um i watched a couple of videos on there yep that really like talked about how um time management and all these things setting up your day exactly and and the way i think about it is like yeah i'm doing all of these things but like people are doing more yeah like there's celebrities doing more so how can i do more uh there's business people who are doing more like i just think about the ceo of uber or you know snapchat like imagine how much stuff is on their to-do list um and they have to prioritize it um and so i think about it in the same way as much as possible five years ago before you got into all this stuff did you imagine you'd be here right now no what do you think you'd be doing like finishing school and going to college and you know have a girlfriend or what was your vision then my vision then uh i was actually training uh i was starting to train to become a navy seal really yeah that's typical ohio you Of course.

32:41No, I was like, I didn't know what I wanted to do. My grades weren't that good. But I was athletic. I knew how to work hard. And I was smart. I just didn't ever apply myself. And so I started in the Navy SEALs, everything that I loved, like competition, mental toughness. Brotherhood. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And so I was like fell in love with that and started putting a lot of effort into like figuring out how I was going to do that. And I mean, it's still something I want to do. But maybe you can play Navy SEAL on a movie. Exactly. That's the great thing about Hollywood is cool. You can do everything.

33:23Yeah. So you're on that track. And then these things kind of unfold. When you started to get the traction, did you realize like, oh, I want to be like this influencer person and this is what I'm going to do now? Or did you think you'd be this big? I don't think so. I think part of where we found success is not thinking too much. Yeah. Which is like I think a lot of people overthink like, okay, I need to do this, this, and this. And, you know, it's super hard to become an actor, so I'm not even going to try. We didn't know how hard it was. But we just like went for it. I think that's like part of where we found success.