June 17, 2025 • 15 mins
If you were going to cut a tree down, what would be your tool of choice -- Chainsaw or axe? This is an episode about preparation. Are you putting in the preparation before training? Or are you just hacking away exerting as much effort as possible. While working hard is great, being the most prepared and working EFFICIENTLY is better.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
A good martial artist does not become tense but ready
.
Essentially, at this point thefight is over, so you pretty
much flow with the goal.
Who is worthy to be trustedwith the secret to limitless
power?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Preparing for BJJ, are you using a chainsaw or are
you using an axe?
We're going to talk about howyour preparation is making your
job easier or damn harder, andwe don't realize this.
Because, look, you know, weknow the saying if all you've
got is a hammer, everything is anail.
We're going to extend thisanalogy If you've only got an ax
(00:55):
, that's the only way you knowhow to cut down a tree right.
I mean, you know, let's behonest, an ax nicely sharpened
blade, not a terrible tool, for,you know, dispatching wood axe,
nicely sharpened blade, not aterrible tool for for, uh, you
know, dispatching wood, no, butwhen you see someone with a
fucking chainsaw, brother dude,it's, it's immaculate.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
It fucking pales in comparison to a well-oiled
chainsaw, fresh batteries, oh mygod, topped up with diesel,
however you like to run ithowever, you want to just be
destroying the environment.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Fucking.
We condone it.
We're australian, uh no, butthink this.
The reason why I brought thisup is there was a great analogy
is the.
A quote has beenmisappropriated many times.
I said if you've been given,you know, a certain amount of
time four hours to cut down atree.
And this person said well, ifyou give me four hours, I'll
spend three hours sharpening myaxe.
(01:41):
Abraham lincoln said abrahamlincoln.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, that's, that's the attribution give me four
hours to chop down a tree and.
I'll spend the first threesharpening the axe.
Exactly right the foundingforefather of the great nation.
That's it right.
And so Shout out to the US.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I actually don't know if he ever spent much time
cutting down trees.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, it probably wasn't him that said that.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
But the analogy sticks right, and I'm talking
about the jujitsu class beingyour tree.
That's your job.
Okay, that's the thing you'retrying to get done, or it could
be a workout.
Chop all these cunts down.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, chop them.
And so that's the thing.
Kani Basami, on everymotherfucker in the room.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
We've all got the job to do.
Now, if you're 21 years old andyou're fucking full of energy
and whatever you got an axe youyou actually want to cut down
trees with a, with an axe.
You're like this is a workout.
I love this shit, yeah, but ifyou're 35 and a bit, broken.
You're like I still got thistree to cut down.
Yeah, fucking, give me achainsaw, mate like.
(02:40):
And really this is dependent onpreparation.
Now the the axe and stay withthe analogy.
Joe knows that I'm going a bitfar left with the analogy, but
the axe is really a lack ofpreparation.
That's just something you gotright.
But if you Wow, what's wrongwith the axe?
For example, you can just keepusing the axe, but it's going to
blunt over time.
True of the chainsaw too, but itis not a technological
(03:02):
development, it is a lack ofpreparation.
It's a manual tool.
Yeah, and you can do thingsthat way.
I'm not saying that that iswrong.
But there is a better way, myfriends being better prepared,
whether that be hydrated,brought your kit, did your
stretches, did your lifts, dideverything right.
So you show up to class betterprepared.
(03:23):
You are the chainsaw, you arethe axe.
Now we know plenty of peopleout there.
They're a blunt sledgehammertrying to cut down a tree.
You're just running your headagainst the wall.
That's not the most effectiveway to cut down a tree.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
You probably fuck up the tree a little bit, you do?
You do some damage to thetimber.
Getting down is going to behard.
Did you actually do?
Speaker 1 (03:44):
the job.
Yeah, and here's the thingactually do the job.
And here's the thing.
I actually noticed this morerecently with my parents.
My parents are getting older.
They need more help doing shit.
They're pretty capable, butthey're not as strong, they're
not as robust, and so therefore,they need more technology to do
the same shit.
And what we know about jujitsuis, when you do get older and
you get further along in thejourney, you need to do more of
(04:07):
a warmup.
Just to be normal, you got todo way more work just to hold
the standard.
Yeah, when you're younger, youjust get away with shit, right.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, when you're younger, if you encounter an
obstacle, you just go harder.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, yeah, and that's really what the axe
represents is a lack ofpreparation, but maximum energy.
But if you improve yourpreparation whether we consider
the tree to be a workout, ameeting your class at jujitsu
when you are better prepared,you're bringing the chainsaw.
Now, obviously, a chainsaw itcould have a blunt blade, an
(04:41):
unoiled blade.
You might be low on battery orlow on petrol, right, so there's
also some preparation that goesalong with or low on petrol,
right, so there's also somepreparation that goes along with
maintaining you being achainsaw, or using a chainsaw,
so to speak.
But that person who's preparedgets through the job so much
easier.
It's largely a more efficienttool, it's less energy, and
that's what I'm trying to leadto here that for folks out there
(05:04):
who maybe don't have thephysical bandwidth or youth,
it's much better for you to becutting down a tree with a
chainsaw than an axe.
Can you, can you elaborate?
Can you go with this analogywith me, joe?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah, no, I'm right there.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
You're in the pocket.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
You know I'm, um, you know one could make the
argument that, uh, you know anaxe is, is a great tool and that
if you keep the blade sharp andyou keep the handle, you know
oiled and it's, you know it'sgoing to do, it's going to be a
very efficient axe, an effectiveaxe.
But it's kind of like when youhear the stories of like I don't
know, like Christopher Columbusand the fucking Spaniards or
(05:42):
whatever, and they bring inrifles to you know fire against
the, you know the Mayans orwhatever.
I don't even know if it was theminds, but the people of peru
at the time.
You know, forgive me for notbeing up on it, but you know one
, historical inaccuracies mayvary.
One army's got firearms,gunpowder and bullets and the
other arms got like spears, andyou know and axes and arrows,
yeah and it's just like it's afucking huge efficiency increase
(06:05):
if you got a gun.
Yeah, you know in that scenario.
And so, yeah, like I get it, Idid this, we did this right,
like whole 20s and early 30sjust went hard, yeah, and it's
just like, just go harder.
And like the obstacle comeslike, ie, someone defends the
thing you're trying to do orsomeone's giving you a hard time
, well, go harder, go harder, goharder.
And uh, and it does work for acertain period of time, but if
(06:27):
you keep trying to that, you doinvariably end up getting
wrecked.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Whatever that is, whether you just start fucking
losing all the time, or yourgame doesn't work, or you get
injured, or you're not having agood time, whatever.
So yes, looking for the upgradein efficiency is kind of a
necessity at that certain point.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Adapting yeah, it is.
And so, look, the reason why Iwanted to bring this analogy is
because Joe here loves a bit ofwoodwork.
He loves that craftsmanship.
I really do, and you know I'mactually a huge fan too.
You know I haven't doneanything recently, but woodwork
(07:07):
was my favorite subject in highschool actually and, much to my
father's credit, he taught me abunch about making joints and
all this stuff by hand, notnecessarily using a machine, but
using a chisel and all thesethings.
Don't get me wrong, there is askill and an art to creating a
dovetail joint with a chisel.
There is a skill to maintaininga tool in a really nice way.
(07:29):
But when you've got no fuckingtime, when you haven't got, if
that's not your sole purpose inlife to be a carpenter or an
artisan, you don't live inOkinawa and you're just trying
to build like these nails.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
You'd be following those Japanese Instagram
carpentry guys.
Yeah, without the nails and thespecial locking systems and
shit.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's incredible, right?
And so it might take you 10years to build a house when you
haven't got 10 years and you'vegot to fucking just fix the door
and feed the kids and walk thedog, and you got to do that shit
.
You need the right tool for thejob, appropriate to where
you're at, and that's what we'retalking about.
We're talking about busy peoplewith busy lives who are trying
(08:09):
to get it done.
So if you think that you've gota number of trees that you need
to chop down in your week,let's save you some time, let's
save you some effort, let's getyou prepared so that you've got
the chainsaw approach, not thekind of axe approach.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah, and I think on this I'll indulge myself in the
analogy with you please, pleaseum, the like bandwidth, right,
the the thing that you you havewhen you're younger is that you
have a lot of bandwidth fortraining and shit, because you
don't really have a lot going onno responsibility.
Maybe maybe you're really busyat university or maybe you're
working and that's kind of busy.
(08:47):
You have a bunch of girlfriends, yeah, right, you've got to
date a bunch, but you don't youknow, and you only realize this
once you go.
You're like whoa, I actuallyhad a lot of sort of time and
energy on my hands, and so whenyou're a bit older, you have
less bandwidth for this shit.
It's about, then, being moreselective about where you
allocate the bandwidth, right,and so, in that way, you could.
(09:16):
You could, if we go like, uh,christopher nolan, uh, inception
level, on this analogy, right,deeper.
So let's say that you uhwielding a chisel and a chainsaw
right throughout the week forvarious tasks, yeah, and let's
say that the chisel representsthe precision and the accuracy
and the, the artisanality ofjujitsu.
Yes, right, it's this passionof yours, this thing that you
love.
Sure, um, you love the fuckingtechnical aspect of it, the
(09:37):
little details.
No, grip, you know, invert thehand, thumb in elbow tight, like
you're like, ah, that's what Ineeded to hear.
Um, and that's the chisel work.
Sure, now you can't use thechisel for everything.
No, you got to use the chainsawfor all the other bullshit.
Right tool for the right job,so that it allows you to enjoy
(09:58):
the chisel for that thing thatyou love, true, right.
And so if you're showing up likeyou know what I mean Like if
you're showing up trying to bethat fucking hyper, fucking, you
know, perfectionist on oneverything, you're not going to
fucking succeed on any of ityeah so there is also this, this
balancing act of like um uh,accepting and adopting
(10:19):
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And look, I don't disagree inany way.
I would just go like anadjacency to that to say that
the chainsaw representseffectiveness, right?
(11:15):
So it's not that you have touse a chainsaw.
I know, I know, I know you justwanted to bring in a woodworking
analogy.
It's fine, I accept.
But yeah, look, we're lookingat you being effective.
It doesn't matter young or old,it doesn't matter where you are
in the game You're a new whitebelt or you're a seasoned black
(11:39):
belt If you can do the same jobin less time, with less effort,
I believe that that is the wayto go.
And really, when we look atwhat success represents, it's
different for everyone.
It is preparation meetsopportunity.
Your class, your workout, thatmeeting, whatever it is, that
consultation, that's theopportunity.
How well prepared you arereally dictates the success of
(12:00):
the outcome.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
And so we really want to make sure that, whatever you
decide to do, you'll bring inyour best prep so that you can
just fucking get the most out ofit, and that's what we're
trying to do.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
So just quickly, can you um on that uh chainsaw
equaling efficiency.
What are efficiency slasheffectiveness?
What are the things that we cancontrol within our own week
that represent that?
Like, what are the things thatare going to help me to be the
chainsaw within our own weekthat represent that?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Like what are the things that are going to help me
to be the chainsaw?
So definitely it does.
This is where most people willjust stay with the ax because
it's what they know, which isthey don't have to make any time
Like.
The biggest thing aboutpreparation is it does cost you
a bit of time, but it gets you abetter outcome, whether that's
me spending an extra half anhour writing my notes for this
(12:52):
podcast, or it's me filling upmy drink bottle, pre-putting my
soda in there and putting myfucking bag together the night
before, like my fucking mom toldme to do, because my mom was
sick of like fucking get meready for school and me just
like sleeping.
She would make me get myclothes out the night before.
She'd make me pack my bagbecause she didn't want to have
to fucking deal with that atseven in the morning.
But that takes a bit of time.
(13:12):
So, even though this seems likeit's a false economy, you not
taking 15 minutes to be moreprepared the day before will
cost you less good results thenext day.
So, in the name of a savingtime, we get less good results.
Preparation looks like taking alittle bit of extra time,
whether it be to do a workout,drink some more water, bring the
(13:36):
drink bottle.
It can represent itself in alot of different ways, but even
if you think about yourself, joeand this is where I think we
can wrap it up nicely, like, ifyou're going hunting right,
because it's oh, speak to me,he's just fucking beating his
chest on this one it's a lot ofprep because you're out in the
wild and I'm not someone who'sbeen hunting other than watching
(13:59):
like a ton of like CameronHaynes videos.
You know, just basically therewith the big guy, I am Basically
I know what it is.
There's so much preparation tomake it successful because the
opportunity is fleeting right tobe able to catch a thing.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
And so I guess, whatever you're trying to do and
enjoy because I don't think anyof us really enjoy sucking at a
thing and that's kind ofinevitable but bringing that
prep maximizes the opportunityfor the good.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yeah, absolutely.
And and I think we all feelthat, like when you're well
prepped for training and you getthere and you weren't hustling
cause you were running 10minutes late and you know you're
hydrated and you and you atesome shit a couple of hours ago
and you're feeling good and allthat, you're like you appreciate
that.
And it and it and it shows inthe effectiveness of your
performance in that session.
Yeah, and you can feel goodabout it.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yeah, like it's, it's , it's almost like a self-esteem
thing, in the same way when youmake the right choice on your
diet, or when you when you go tobed early when you go to bed
early, yeah, you're like youdon't have that.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Like when you go to bed late, you wake up and you're
like I'm a fucking idiot.
Why am I doing?
I'm fucking idiot why did I?
You know, and then you do itagain, and you do it again.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Oh God big booty Latinas got me again.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Why am I stuck?
We are following the sameInstagram account.
We are.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
But that's the thing, right, like cause in the, in
the, in the immediate momentit's like oh, this is more
enjoyable.
We don't think about thatdelayed satisfaction element and
without getting boring about it, it's just simply when you've
had those moments where you feltreally good.
If you can look back on it,preparation is usually an
integral part of that and youcan feel good that you did the
(15:39):
right thing by yourself and thiscreates a real positive spiral
for better preparation andbetter results.
I love it.
There it is, fam.
Thank you.
A good martial artist does not become tense but ready
.
Essentially, at this point thefight is over, so you pretty
much flow with the goal.
Who is worthy to be trustedwith the secret to limitless
power?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Preparing for BJJ, are you using a chainsaw or are
you using an axe?
We're going to talk about howyour preparation is making your
job easier or damn harder, andwe don't realize this.
Because, look, you know, weknow the saying if all you've
got is a hammer, everything is anail.
We're going to extend thisanalogy If you've only got an ax
(00:55):
, that's the only way you knowhow to cut down a tree right.
I mean, you know, let's behonest, an ax nicely sharpened
blade, not a terrible tool, for,you know, dispatching wood axe,
nicely sharpened blade, not aterrible tool for for, uh, you
know, dispatching wood, no, butwhen you see someone with a
fucking chainsaw, brother dude,it's, it's immaculate.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
It fucking pales in comparison to a well-oiled
chainsaw, fresh batteries, oh mygod, topped up with diesel,
however you like to run ithowever, you want to just be
destroying the environment.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Fucking.
We condone it.
We're australian, uh no, butthink this.
The reason why I brought thisup is there was a great analogy
is the.
A quote has beenmisappropriated many times.
I said if you've been given,you know, a certain amount of
time four hours to cut down atree.
And this person said well, ifyou give me four hours, I'll
spend three hours sharpening myaxe.
(01:41):
Abraham lincoln said abrahamlincoln.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, that's, that's the attribution give me four
hours to chop down a tree and.
I'll spend the first threesharpening the axe.
Exactly right the foundingforefather of the great nation.
That's it right.
And so Shout out to the US.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I actually don't know if he ever spent much time
cutting down trees.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, it probably wasn't him that said that.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
But the analogy sticks right, and I'm talking
about the jujitsu class beingyour tree.
That's your job.
Okay, that's the thing you'retrying to get done, or it could
be a workout.
Chop all these cunts down.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, chop them.
And so that's the thing.
Kani Basami, on everymotherfucker in the room.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
We've all got the job to do.
Now, if you're 21 years old andyou're fucking full of energy
and whatever you got an axe youyou actually want to cut down
trees with a, with an axe.
You're like this is a workout.
I love this shit, yeah, but ifyou're 35 and a bit, broken.
You're like I still got thistree to cut down.
Yeah, fucking, give me achainsaw, mate like.
(02:40):
And really this is dependent onpreparation.
Now the the axe and stay withthe analogy.
Joe knows that I'm going a bitfar left with the analogy, but
the axe is really a lack ofpreparation.
That's just something you gotright.
But if you Wow, what's wrongwith the axe?
For example, you can just keepusing the axe, but it's going to
blunt over time.
True of the chainsaw too, but itis not a technological
(03:02):
development, it is a lack ofpreparation.
It's a manual tool.
Yeah, and you can do thingsthat way.
I'm not saying that that iswrong.
But there is a better way, myfriends being better prepared,
whether that be hydrated,brought your kit, did your
stretches, did your lifts, dideverything right.
So you show up to class betterprepared.
(03:23):
You are the chainsaw, you arethe axe.
Now we know plenty of peopleout there.
They're a blunt sledgehammertrying to cut down a tree.
You're just running your headagainst the wall.
That's not the most effectiveway to cut down a tree.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
You probably fuck up the tree a little bit, you do?
You do some damage to thetimber.
Getting down is going to behard.
Did you actually do?
Speaker 1 (03:44):
the job.
Yeah, and here's the thingactually do the job.
And here's the thing.
I actually noticed this morerecently with my parents.
My parents are getting older.
They need more help doing shit.
They're pretty capable, butthey're not as strong, they're
not as robust, and so therefore,they need more technology to do
the same shit.
And what we know about jujitsuis, when you do get older and
you get further along in thejourney, you need to do more of
(04:07):
a warmup.
Just to be normal, you got todo way more work just to hold
the standard.
Yeah, when you're younger, youjust get away with shit, right.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, when you're younger, if you encounter an
obstacle, you just go harder.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, yeah, and that's really what the axe
represents is a lack ofpreparation, but maximum energy.
But if you improve yourpreparation whether we consider
the tree to be a workout, ameeting your class at jujitsu
when you are better prepared,you're bringing the chainsaw.
Now, obviously, a chainsaw itcould have a blunt blade, an
(04:41):
unoiled blade.
You might be low on battery orlow on petrol, right, so there's
also some preparation that goesalong with or low on petrol,
right, so there's also somepreparation that goes along with
maintaining you being achainsaw, or using a chainsaw,
so to speak.
But that person who's preparedgets through the job so much
easier.
It's largely a more efficienttool, it's less energy, and
that's what I'm trying to leadto here that for folks out there
(05:04):
who maybe don't have thephysical bandwidth or youth,
it's much better for you to becutting down a tree with a
chainsaw than an axe.
Can you, can you elaborate?
Can you go with this analogywith me, joe?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah, no, I'm right there.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
You're in the pocket.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
You know I'm, um, you know one could make the
argument that, uh, you know anaxe is, is a great tool and that
if you keep the blade sharp andyou keep the handle, you know
oiled and it's, you know it'sgoing to do, it's going to be a
very efficient axe, an effectiveaxe.
But it's kind of like when youhear the stories of like I don't
know, like Christopher Columbusand the fucking Spaniards or
(05:42):
whatever, and they bring inrifles to you know fire against
the, you know the Mayans orwhatever.
I don't even know if it was theminds, but the people of peru
at the time.
You know, forgive me for notbeing up on it, but you know one
, historical inaccuracies mayvary.
One army's got firearms,gunpowder and bullets and the
other arms got like spears, andyou know and axes and arrows,
yeah and it's just like it's afucking huge efficiency increase
(06:05):
if you got a gun.
Yeah, you know in that scenario.
And so, yeah, like I get it, Idid this, we did this right,
like whole 20s and early 30sjust went hard, yeah, and it's
just like, just go harder.
And like the obstacle comeslike, ie, someone defends the
thing you're trying to do orsomeone's giving you a hard time
, well, go harder, go harder, goharder.
And uh, and it does work for acertain period of time, but if
(06:27):
you keep trying to that, you doinvariably end up getting
wrecked.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Whatever that is, whether you just start fucking
losing all the time, or yourgame doesn't work, or you get
injured, or you're not having agood time, whatever.
So yes, looking for the upgradein efficiency is kind of a
necessity at that certain point.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Adapting yeah, it is.
And so, look, the reason why Iwanted to bring this analogy is
because Joe here loves a bit ofwoodwork.
He loves that craftsmanship.
I really do, and you know I'mactually a huge fan too.
You know I haven't doneanything recently, but woodwork
(07:07):
was my favorite subject in highschool actually and, much to my
father's credit, he taught me abunch about making joints and
all this stuff by hand, notnecessarily using a machine, but
using a chisel and all thesethings.
Don't get me wrong, there is askill and an art to creating a
dovetail joint with a chisel.
There is a skill to maintaininga tool in a really nice way.
(07:29):
But when you've got no fuckingtime, when you haven't got, if
that's not your sole purpose inlife to be a carpenter or an
artisan, you don't live inOkinawa and you're just trying
to build like these nails.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
You'd be following those Japanese Instagram
carpentry guys.
Yeah, without the nails and thespecial locking systems and
shit.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's incredible, right?
And so it might take you 10years to build a house when you
haven't got 10 years and you'vegot to fucking just fix the door
and feed the kids and walk thedog, and you got to do that shit
.
You need the right tool for thejob, appropriate to where
you're at, and that's what we'retalking about.
We're talking about busy peoplewith busy lives who are trying
(08:09):
to get it done.
So if you think that you've gota number of trees that you need
to chop down in your week,let's save you some time, let's
save you some effort, let's getyou prepared so that you've got
the chainsaw approach, not thekind of axe approach.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah, and I think on this I'll indulge myself in the
analogy with you please, pleaseum, the like bandwidth, right,
the the thing that you you havewhen you're younger is that you
have a lot of bandwidth fortraining and shit, because you
don't really have a lot going onno responsibility.
Maybe maybe you're really busyat university or maybe you're
working and that's kind of busy.
(08:47):
You have a bunch of girlfriends, yeah, right, you've got to
date a bunch, but you don't youknow, and you only realize this
once you go.
You're like whoa, I actuallyhad a lot of sort of time and
energy on my hands, and so whenyou're a bit older, you have
less bandwidth for this shit.
It's about, then, being moreselective about where you
allocate the bandwidth, right,and so, in that way, you could.
(09:16):
You could, if we go like, uh,christopher nolan, uh, inception
level, on this analogy, right,deeper.
So let's say that you uhwielding a chisel and a chainsaw
right throughout the week forvarious tasks, yeah, and let's
say that the chisel representsthe precision and the accuracy
and the, the artisanality ofjujitsu.
Yes, right, it's this passionof yours, this thing that you
love.
Sure, um, you love the fuckingtechnical aspect of it, the
(09:37):
little details.
No, grip, you know, invert thehand, thumb in elbow tight, like
you're like, ah, that's what Ineeded to hear.
Um, and that's the chisel work.
Sure, now you can't use thechisel for everything.
No, you got to use the chainsawfor all the other bullshit.
Right tool for the right job,so that it allows you to enjoy
(09:58):
the chisel for that thing thatyou love, true, right.
And so if you're showing up likeyou know what I mean Like if
you're showing up trying to bethat fucking hyper, fucking, you
know, perfectionist on oneverything, you're not going to
fucking succeed on any of ityeah so there is also this, this
balancing act of like um uh,accepting and adopting
(10:19):
efficiency where it, where it isappropriate and where it
doesn't matter as much to you,so that you can have the
precision and the beauty and theaccuracy for the things that
really matter you're trying toget stronger for jujitsu and
you're not sure how We've gotthe thing for you.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
It's the Bulletproof for BJJ app.
Now, the cool thing about theapp is we update the programs.
That's right, and we've gotsome new programs dropping real
soon and we want to get you inthere.
The great thing is, you get a14-day free trial so you can get
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If you don't like it, we have100% money-back guarantee, so
(10:54):
you have nothing to lose.
Get on the free trial, go tothe App Store or the Play Store,
download the app, take the14-day free trial and we will
see you in there.
And look, I don't disagree inany way.
I would just go like anadjacency to that to say that
the chainsaw representseffectiveness, right?
(11:15):
So it's not that you have touse a chainsaw.
I know, I know, I know you justwanted to bring in a woodworking
analogy.
It's fine, I accept.
But yeah, look, we're lookingat you being effective.
It doesn't matter young or old,it doesn't matter where you are
in the game You're a new whitebelt or you're a seasoned black
(11:39):
belt If you can do the same jobin less time, with less effort,
I believe that that is the wayto go.
And really, when we look atwhat success represents, it's
different for everyone.
It is preparation meetsopportunity.
Your class, your workout, thatmeeting, whatever it is, that
consultation, that's theopportunity.
How well prepared you arereally dictates the success of
(12:00):
the outcome.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
And so we really want to make sure that, whatever you
decide to do, you'll bring inyour best prep so that you can
just fucking get the most out ofit, and that's what we're
trying to do.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
So just quickly, can you um on that uh chainsaw
equaling efficiency.
What are efficiency slasheffectiveness?
What are the things that we cancontrol within our own week
that represent that?
Like, what are the things thatare going to help me to be the
chainsaw within our own weekthat represent that?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Like what are the things that are going to help me
to be the chainsaw?
So definitely it does.
This is where most people willjust stay with the ax because
it's what they know, which isthey don't have to make any time
Like.
The biggest thing aboutpreparation is it does cost you
a bit of time, but it gets you abetter outcome, whether that's
me spending an extra half anhour writing my notes for this
(12:52):
podcast, or it's me filling upmy drink bottle, pre-putting my
soda in there and putting myfucking bag together the night
before, like my fucking mom toldme to do, because my mom was
sick of like fucking get meready for school and me just
like sleeping.
She would make me get myclothes out the night before.
She'd make me pack my bagbecause she didn't want to have
to fucking deal with that atseven in the morning.
But that takes a bit of time.
(13:12):
So, even though this seems likeit's a false economy, you not
taking 15 minutes to be moreprepared the day before will
cost you less good results thenext day.
So, in the name of a savingtime, we get less good results.
Preparation looks like taking alittle bit of extra time,
whether it be to do a workout,drink some more water, bring the
(13:36):
drink bottle.
It can represent itself in alot of different ways, but even
if you think about yourself, joeand this is where I think we
can wrap it up nicely, like, ifyou're going hunting right,
because it's oh, speak to me,he's just fucking beating his
chest on this one it's a lot ofprep because you're out in the
wild and I'm not someone who'sbeen hunting other than watching
(13:59):
like a ton of like CameronHaynes videos.
You know, just basically therewith the big guy, I am Basically
I know what it is.
There's so much preparation tomake it successful because the
opportunity is fleeting right tobe able to catch a thing.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
And so I guess, whatever you're trying to do and
enjoy because I don't think anyof us really enjoy sucking at a
thing and that's kind ofinevitable but bringing that
prep maximizes the opportunityfor the good.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yeah, absolutely.
And and I think we all feelthat, like when you're well
prepped for training and you getthere and you weren't hustling
cause you were running 10minutes late and you know you're
hydrated and you and you atesome shit a couple of hours ago
and you're feeling good and allthat, you're like you appreciate
that.
And it and it and it shows inthe effectiveness of your
performance in that session.
Yeah, and you can feel goodabout it.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yeah, like it's, it's , it's almost like a self-esteem
thing, in the same way when youmake the right choice on your
diet, or when you when you go tobed early when you go to bed
early, yeah, you're like youdon't have that.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Like when you go to bed late, you wake up and you're
like I'm a fucking idiot.
Why am I doing?
I'm fucking idiot why did I?
You know, and then you do itagain, and you do it again.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Oh God big booty Latinas got me again.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Why am I stuck?
We are following the sameInstagram account.
We are.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
But that's the thing, right, like cause in the, in
the, in the immediate momentit's like oh, this is more
enjoyable.
We don't think about thatdelayed satisfaction element and
without getting boring about it, it's just simply when you've
had those moments where you feltreally good.
If you can look back on it,preparation is usually an
integral part of that and youcan feel good that you did the
(15:39):
right thing by yourself and thiscreates a real positive spiral
for better preparation andbetter results.
I love it.
There it is, fam.
Thank you.
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