life

11 truths about life no one wants to hear.

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There are truths about life that nobody wants to hear but you will have to face at one point in life. The sooner you realize these things the better since they will improve the quality of your life drastically. There will be more truths that I forgot but you can always use Google to find out more of them or add them in the comment section. Don’t forget that I’m only 27. You can’t expect a blueprint of life here because just like everybody else I don’t have one. These are the truth that I figured out over time just by living life. Read More

Vince The Anomaly

ZTA podcast #26: wisdom in Coronatine times with Vince The Anomaly.

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In the 26th Zero To Alpha podcast, we’ve got a special guest. His name is Vince The Anomaly and he’s making his second appearance on the podcast. He’s a pro-MMA fighter (7-2) who currently fights in the LFA bantamweight division. This guy will be in the UFC make no mistake about it. He has an impressive mindset aside from an impressive record and that’s why I decided to invite him on the podcast. Everybody should listen to this podcast because Vince will learn you to follow your gut instead of following the path that’s laid out for you. This time I didn’t prepare any questions and just decided to free flow during the conversation. This lead to a 90 minutes podcast that was a lot of fun to record. So without further ado, here’s is the podcast with Vince “The Anomaly” Cachero.

image is courtesy of LFA (Legacy Fighting Alliance).

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The beauty of daily effort.

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I once a blog wrote a blog and inserted the following quote “effort is what it takes, for God’s sakes”. I still stand by this since life is all about the little things. This is something that most people don’t seem to understand. Most people are treating everything they do like a sprint rather than a marathon. They put in a great effort and then they get comfortable which is the beginning of the decline of whatever they’ve invested in. This can apply to everything: career, friendship, relationship, sports,… This attitude makes sure that a lot of times they either quit, are forced to quit, or do enough to get by but not enough to improve. I don’t understand these people to be honest. I don’t want to either. Relating to lazy people isn’t something that I want to be able to do. They never see the beauty of daily effort. To them, it’s just a burden all along and that mindset will hurt them in the long. Let’s take a look at the beauty of daily effort.

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When you complain, you create unnecessary pain.

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When you complain, you create unnecessary pain. I remember my last fight vividly and it is exactly one month ago.  My game plan was simple, figure him out and take him out in the third. Everything went according to plan until my calf got hit in the second round. I didn’t feel pain back then but I remember sitting down after the second round and looking at my left leg. My calf was almost as big as my upper leg. There was no time for panic, I just needed to adjust to this because I couldn’t kick, block or even put a lot of pressure on that leg. The bell rang and I just went after it in the third round, sometimes even kicking with that leg. Adrenaline is one hell of a drug.

I lost the fight on points after 5 rounds and was devasted because I know I could have won that fight. They had to carry me outside of the stadium, bring me home and I had to ask a housemate to turn off the light in my room because I couldn’t walk. I would walk for 2 weeks with an old man’s stick to make sure that the swelling would go down. It hurt pretty badly for about a week and a half. Do you know how much I complained during that whole period? The answer is zero because there’s just no point in doing it.

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How to make the most out of the Coronavirus quarantaine.

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The Coronavirus is everywhere and most countries seem to be on full lockdown. Borders, schools, bars and everything else are closed as well. The only thing that doesn’t seem closed is the airports (for now). The people who are in countries that are in full lockdown have a hard time but there is hope. Multiple sources claim that everything will be fine in April. Whether that’s true or not is something that only time will tell. So best case scenario you’re in quarantine for another 3-4 weeks. 3-4 weeks that you should use fully in my opinion. Note that this blog isn’t for people who’re bored and are looking for attention. This blog is for people who want to improve their life and potentially quit their job.

The Coronavirus has shown a lot of people that their jobs can be taken away in seconds. No job means no paycheck right? Not quite, I don’t have a job but I generate income. Everyone can do it. Let’s take a look at how you can make the most out of the Coronavirus quarantine times. Read More

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Your future affects your present.

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Did you know your future affects your present?! Most people will be extremely confused since the quote is that most people know is “your past affects your present”. This is true in some way and it can be true for the better or the worse. Most people use their past as an excuse for their fucked up present which will then lead to a fucked up future. This excuse is equivalent to shooting yourself in the foot, we all have fucked up things that happened to us in the past. Yet not everybody ends up being fucked up. Some people have a fucked up past and end up doing great things. They live a life that most people didn’t even consider possible. So that brings us to today’s topic. Your future will affect your present. It’ll affect it way more than you imagine.

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Quality time vs quantity time.

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These days everything is about how much time you spend doing something. It applies to everything. Well at least according to most people. You have to spend X amount in the gym, X amount on dates, X amount with a girlfriend, X amount with family and so on. You need 100 hours in a single day if you follow this approach. Most people don’t understand the concept of quality time. They spend a lot of hours doing something but it’s barely quality time. What I mean by that is that people focus more on the hours they put in rather than the quality of work they put in in those hours. It looks better for the Gram I guess. That’s why some people get more done in a single hour than some people in a whole week and they don’t share it on the Gram. That is where quality beats quantity. It’s hard to understand this if you always strive for quantity and the validation of others. It’s like the mandatory 2-hour visit to the grandparents on a Sunday where you talk for 30 minutes and then stare at each other for the rest of the time. Or you spend the rest of your time on your phone. People who do stuff like this rarely value their time. They’re mostly bored and just want to kill time (still no clue how that is possible). This can both ways. Some people will overstay because they have nothing better to do. Others will want you to overstay for the same reason. Read More

Eddie Abasolo

ZTA podcast #25: Become SilkEsmooth with Eddie Abasolo.

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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

ZTA podcast #24: Taking Souls With Kevin Ross

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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).

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The one year anniversary of me quitting my job.

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So It’s exactly one year ago since I quit my soul-sucking job.  I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was working at a desk job for about 1 year and 4 months and was 10-15 minutes late every single day. The fact that it was a 15 min bike ride didn’t seem to matter. The fact that I was late didn’t seem to matter either. They didn’t care and I didn’t care. I guess it worked out in the end. But that one day was different; I left for work 40 minutes ahead, yet that bike ride was the longest one of my life. I felt my heart pounding in my chest all the way through. That’s the funny thing about this whole story: I knew that I was doing the right thing, yet somehow, the pressure was all over me. It must have been that I had flirted with the idea for 3 months, yet being scared of other people’s reactions made me anxious.

When I finally arrived at the office, I asked my boss to talk in private; I told her I wanted to quit and that I was traveling to Thailand. I had booked everything beforehand just in case they would try to convince me to stay (which they did). It made sense that they tried because I left during the busiest part of the year. They told me that my life was over but in reality, it was just getting started. In the past year, I have spent more time abroad than in my home country and all I can say is that the adventure just has started.

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