87: Are You Beating Yourself Up?

Roll Models Wanted: Gripping Conversations about Jiu-Jitsu and Life · May 17, 2020 · 1m

Are you beating yourself up?

I had the realization this week that since I haven't had anyone beating me up on the mat for two months, I've started beating myself up.

A very minor bump in the road with a client turned into a major crisis in confidence for me. I fell into the dreaded downward spiral. If you haven't heard episode 7 on the downward spiral, listen to it next.

Until this week, I was unaware how much better I had become at setting boundaries and clear expectations, and going after what I wanted off the mat because I was physically doing it on the mat, or at least trying, a few times…