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Oct 31

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Part 3: Is the self- development industry a scam?

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Welcome to the third and last part of the “is the self-development industry a scam”. Be sure to check out the first (you can read it here) and second post (you can read it here) before you read this one. In the previous post, we ended by giving you a sneak peek of what you can expect in this post. So as promised, today we’ll cover:

Talking about people who claim it’s all about the journey.
The one time I got in a small Twitter beef with an online guru.
Psychedelics: good or bad.
How do you actually change your life?

part 2: Is the self- development industry a scam?

By Alex | Motivation | No Comments

Welcome to the second part of the “is the self- development industry” a scam. Be sure to check out the first post before you read this one (you can read it here). In the previous post, we ended by saying that you can’t always learn from other people’s mistakes and that you need the learn the hard way sometimes (aka life experience). That being said some people love to be on the self-development bandwagon of course. Why? Easy, through social media information is easily accessible and it’s hard to make a distinction between who’s legit and who’s not because people don’t look at the information that’s being shared. They rather look at the number of followers, likes, or the word “self-made billionaire” in the bio. I mean, it has to be true if it’s in the bio right? Who would lie on the internet pretending to be better than they are, just to make money?!

No one! Now, this is only for the people who make money out of it. But what about the ones that don’t make money? Well, they will tell you stuff like this………… Read More

Oct 13

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Part 1: Is the self- development industry a scam?

By Alex | Motivation | No Comments

Is the self- development movement a scam? That’s a good question right and I’ll address this whole topic later on. Let me first address the thing that people will say: “but Alex isn’t your blog a self-development blog?”. It started as one but it isn’t one anymore. Overtime the blogs turned more into reflections rather than the mainstream self-development blog posts or youtube videos. Why? Because being in the industry for a while opened my eyes rather quickly. I’m not saying that all self- development is bad. What I’m addressing here is when they start selling self- development programs.

So that begs the question: Is the self- development industry a scam?

In my opinion, the answer is yes, and here is why… Read More

Jul 02

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ZTA podcast #33: Topic Talk with Ognjen Topic.

By Alex | Motivation, Podcast | No Comments

Ognjen Topic is a Serbian born American Muay Thai fighter. He has fought some of the best fighters in the game (Saenchai, Saemapetch Fairtex,…). He’s also one of the few foreigners that compete in the legendary Lumpinee- and Radjadamnern stadium. Aside from that, he holds multiple prestigious titles and fights for One Championship as well. That is already pretty impressive but there is more than just being a fighter to Ognjen Topic of course. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have invited him on the podcast. His mindset is pretty interesting. Just listen to his TopicTalk with Kevin Ross (a previous guest on the podcast). That is why I decided to contact him and have him on. That being said, enjoy another episode of The Zero To Alpha Show.

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ZTA podcast #32: A trilogy podcast with Eddie Abasolo.

By Alex | Motivation, Podcast | No Comments

I remember the first time I ever heard of Eddie Abasolo. It was in a FightTips video where he was giving a demo (you can check the video out here). Back then he was an unknown Muay Thai fighter for me because I didn’t follow the scene at all. Shane Fazen mentioned that he was always looking forward to Eddie’s new Instagram posts because he had such a unique training routine (you can follow him here). That got me curious so I started following him and I quickly discovered what Shane meant. His training routine was pretty unique but so was his fighting style. He’s a trickster of the highest level and guess what I try to achieve when I fight. Being tricky as well (hit and not getting hit). Because in the end people love brawls, the love blood but they get on the edge of their seat when tricksters enter the ring. Their movement is like a dance, it’s poetry in motion and all of them have a style unique to their own.

His fight with PJ Sweda is still one of my favorite fights and I watch it on fight day since my very first fight. You can watch it here. Read More

May 07

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7 things you should realize in your 20’s.

By Alex | Motivation | No Comments

Realizing certain things in your 20’s will make your life easier down the road. Most people realize these things way too late, mostly after their 30’s. This is when their past their prime, it’s not the end but the number of things you can do is certainly a bit more limited in your 40s. The chances of you becoming a professional athlete for the next 10 years are pretty damn small around 40, even almost non- existent. You can still become a millionaire, best seller, blogger, and so on but your chances drop significantly if you have a family you have to take care of, a mortgage to pay of, and so on. So here are things that will take you ahead in life if you do them in your 20’s.

How to deal with haters the proper way.

By Alex | Motivation | No Comments

People have asked me over and over again how I deal with haters. Truth be told there is not a one fits all method. It’s highly dependent on how they try to hate me. I don’t react or argue with online haters for example. Why would I? I assume that I’d be arguing with some guy who lives in his mom’s basement and doesn’t have anything better to do. I know better ways to spend my time and so do you. Or at least that’s what you should try to do. But there are always those people who hate on you in person. Some people just can’t help it I guess. They have deep-rooted hate towards a person for some dumb reason that’s only logical to them. I have a couple of haters like that, I can assure you that they bring entertainment to my life.

Now before we dive into this blog post I want to make one thing clear. Someone that disagrees with you isn’t a hater. Well as long as they can have a proper debate of course. I have friends who have different points of view on things. We just agree to disagree, as adults do. Read More

Apr 22

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ZTA podcast #30: The Tao Of Eddie Abasolo Part 2.

By Alex | Motivation, Podcast | No Comments

I remember the first time I ever heard of Eddie Abasolo. It was in a FightTips video where he was giving a demo (you can check the video out here). Back then he was an unknown Muay Thai fighter for me because I didn’t follow the scene at all. Shane Fazen mentioned that he was always looking forward to Eddie’s new Instagram posts because he had such a unique training routine (you can follow him here). That got me curious so I started following him and I quickly discovered what Shane meant. His training routine was pretty unique but so was his fighting style. He’s a trickster of the highest level and guess what I try to achieve when I fight. Being tricky as well (hit and not getting hit). Because in the end people love brawls, the love blood but they get on the edge of their seat when tricksters enter the ring. Their movement is like a dance, it’s poetry in motion and all of them have a style unique to their own.

His fight with PJ Sweda is still one of my favorite fights and I watch it on fight day since my very first fight. You can watch it here. Read More

Apr 19

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ZTA podcast #29: The Tao Of Eddie Abasolo Part 1.

By Alex | Motivation, Podcast | No Comments

I remember the first time I ever heard of Eddie Abasolo. It was in a FightTips video where he was giving a demo (you can check the video out here). Back then he was an unknown Muay Thai fighter for me because I didn’t follow the scene at all. Shane Fazen mentioned that he was always looking forward to Eddie’s new Instagram posts because he had such a unique training routine (you can follow him here). That got me curious so I started following him and I quickly discovered what Shane meant. His training routine was pretty unique but so was his fighting style. He’s a trickster of the highest level and guess what I try to achieve when I fight. Being tricky as well (hit and not getting hit). Because in the end people love brawls, the love blood but they get on the edge of their seat when tricksters enter the ring. Their movement is like a dance, it’s poetry in motion and all of them have a style unique to their own.

His fight with PJ Sweda is still one of my favorite fights and I watch it on fight day since my very first fight. You can watch it here. Read More

Apr 15

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ZTA podcast #28: Beyond The Fighter With Kevin Ross

By Alex | Motivation, Podcast | No Comments

Kevin Ross is also known as the Soul Assassin. He’s an American Muay Thai fighter who’s currently competing as a kickboxer in Bellator. I’ve always been a Kevin Ross fan since he always puts up entertaining fights. He is one of the pioneers in the States for making Muay Thai famous. Because there wasn’t a Muay Thai scene when he started. But I didn’t ask Kevin Ross to be on my podcast just because he’s an amazing fighter. He’s also a blogger and he has an interesting perspective on life. His post about social media fighters is to this day one of my favorites but the other ones are amazing as well (you can read his blog here). You’re missing out if you’re not following his blog or following him on social media (you can follow him here). Read More