#3: Herb Perez – The Art of Setting and Achieving Goals
12/23/21 • 87 min
“Do Things for the Love of It” vs “The Fear of Losing It” – Herb Perez
My Guest this episode is the 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, in Tae Kwon Do, Master Herb Perez. He is the owner of Gold Medal Martial Arts Centers, the creator of the Torch Program, a Lawyer, and the former Mayor of Foster City, Ca.
This episode is literally filled with gold, and I consider Herb Perez a master of high performance. My Key take away is “The Art of Setting and Achieving Goals”. We discuss failure, doubt, and how to rise above self-limiting beliefs. Master Perez also shares his powerful Visualization Techniques to Win Matches in Your Mind, and how physical & mental training found in Martial Arts are the Foundations of all Success.
What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments. Follow Sifu Harinder Singh @sifusingh and Black Belt Magazine @blackbeltmag.
Show Notes
#3: Herb Perez – The Art of Setting and Achieving Goals
00:00:28 – Master Herb Perez (@goldmedalmartialarts) Introduction and Key Takeaway
00:01:57 – The Purpose of The Black Belt Podcast
00:03:01 – How has Martial Arts Allowed You to Achieve So Much Success?
00:04:45 – The Art of Setting Goals
00:07:18 – Where does Self Belief come from?
00:10:06 – Passion (What’s In Your Heart) + Be Honest With Yourself + Do The Work = Success
00:11:11 – “Doubt is the Greatest Weapon You Can Give Your Enemy”. – Sifu Welch
00:11:46 – Dan Milliman’s “The Peaceful Warrior” and The Enemy in Your Head, @danmillmanpw
00:12:09 – Overcoming Doubt Against The Korean Tae Kwon Do Powerhouse
00:13:20 – “You Miss 100% of the Shots You Don’t Take” – Michael Jordan, @michaeljordan
00:14:24 – “Confidence is Born Out of Practice & What You Have Done Before” – Herb Perez
00:14:42 – How Do You Pull Yourself out of a Doubt Filled Mind?
00:16:50 – Fighting Matches in Your Head the Night Before to Prepare for a Competition
00:17:40 – Train Your Mind Like You Train Your Body
00:19:26 – Practice Dealing with Emotions, Fears, and Being Calm
00:20:30 – Raise Yourself Up vs Diminish Others
00:21:50 – Why Are We Not Training the Mind as A Weapon in Martial Arts Schools?
00:24:10 – How to Use Visualization Skills to Win the Olympics
00:27:23 – Advice for Martial Artists – How to Go from Visualization to Actualization
00:28:56 – 3 Steps to Overcome Discomfort by Choosing Courage and Letting Go of Fear
00:32:00 – “Do Things for the Love of It” vs “The Fear of Losing It”
00:34:39 – Using Self Expression to Make Your Art Yours
00:38:50 – “What We Do Is Way Too Valuable to Be Shared with the Masses” – Herb Perez
00:44:00 – Do We Need a Professional Martial Arts University?
00:46:44 – What Should We Be Teaching? Philosophy, Role in Society, Self Defense?
00:53:16 – You Must Understand Your Personal Challenges and Build Your Own Success Matrix
00:55:46 – How Did You Develop a Strategy to Beat the Korean Tae Kwon Do Powerhouse?
00:58:20 – Do a SWOT Analysis on Yourself and Understand How to Break Patterns
01:00:00 – Martial Arts Provides the Arena to Discover Your True Self Through Fighting
01:03:25 – Learn The Art of War and How to Apply it in Fighting and Life
01:04:55 – Defining the Flow State and How to Enter It
01:06:00 – Choosing to Attack vs Choosing to Wait
01:08:17 – How to Be Ahead of Your Opponent with Time and Space Awareness
01:12:26 – The Fear of Losing vs The Love of Winning
01:13:58 – You Have to Believe You Can Win and Make Your Opponent Lose
01:15:13 – How Do You Take Losses and Turn Them into Growth Experiences?
01:22:20 – Where is the Future of Martial Arts Headed?
01:25:26 - What Does A Black Belt Mean to Herb Perez?
“Do Things for the Love of It” vs “The Fear of Losing It” – Herb Perez
My Guest this episode is the 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, in Tae Kwon Do, Master Herb Perez. He is the owner of Gold Medal Martial Arts Centers, the creator of the Torch Program, a Lawyer, and the former Mayor of Foster City, Ca.
This episode is literally filled with gold, and I consider Herb Perez a master of high performance. My Key take away is “The Art of Setting and Achieving Goals”. We discuss failure, doubt, and how to rise above self-limiting beliefs. Master Perez also shares his powerful Visualization Techniques to Win Matches in Your Mind, and how physical & mental training found in Martial Arts are the Foundations of all Success.
What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments. Follow Sifu Harinder Singh @sifusingh and Black Belt Magazine @blackbeltmag.
Show Notes
#3: Herb Perez – The Art of Setting and Achieving Goals
00:00:28 – Master Herb Perez (@goldmedalmartialarts) Introduction and Key Takeaway
00:01:57 – The Purpose of The Black Belt Podcast
00:03:01 – How has Martial Arts Allowed You to Achieve So Much Success?
00:04:45 – The Art of Setting Goals
00:07:18 – Where does Self Belief come from?
00:10:06 – Passion (What’s In Your Heart) + Be Honest With Yourself + Do The Work = Success
00:11:11 – “Doubt is the Greatest Weapon You Can Give Your Enemy”. – Sifu Welch
00:11:46 – Dan Milliman’s “The Peaceful Warrior” and The Enemy in Your Head, @danmillmanpw
00:12:09 – Overcoming Doubt Against The Korean Tae Kwon Do Powerhouse
00:13:20 – “You Miss 100% of the Shots You Don’t Take” – Michael Jordan, @michaeljordan
00:14:24 – “Confidence is Born Out of Practice & What You Have Done Before” – Herb Perez
00:14:42 – How Do You Pull Yourself out of a Doubt Filled Mind?
00:16:50 – Fighting Matches in Your Head the Night Before to Prepare for a Competition
00:17:40 – Train Your Mind Like You Train Your Body
00:19:26 – Practice Dealing with Emotions, Fears, and Being Calm
00:20:30 – Raise Yourself Up vs Diminish Others
00:21:50 – Why Are We Not Training the Mind as A Weapon in Martial Arts Schools?
00:24:10 – How to Use Visualization Skills to Win the Olympics
00:27:23 – Advice for Martial Artists – How to Go from Visualization to Actualization
00:28:56 – 3 Steps to Overcome Discomfort by Choosing Courage and Letting Go of Fear
00:32:00 – “Do Things for the Love of It” vs “The Fear of Losing It”
00:34:39 – Using Self Expression to Make Your Art Yours
00:38:50 – “What We Do Is Way Too Valuable to Be Shared with the Masses” – Herb Perez
00:44:00 – Do We Need a Professional Martial Arts University?
00:46:44 – What Should We Be Teaching? Philosophy, Role in Society, Self Defense?
00:53:16 – You Must Understand Your Personal Challenges and Build Your Own Success Matrix
00:55:46 – How Did You Develop a Strategy to Beat the Korean Tae Kwon Do Powerhouse?
00:58:20 – Do a SWOT Analysis on Yourself and Understand How to Break Patterns
01:00:00 – Martial Arts Provides the Arena to Discover Your True Self Through Fighting
01:03:25 – Learn The Art of War and How to Apply it in Fighting and Life
01:04:55 – Defining the Flow State and How to Enter It
01:06:00 – Choosing to Attack vs Choosing to Wait
01:08:17 – How to Be Ahead of Your Opponent with Time and Space Awareness
01:12:26 – The Fear of Losing vs The Love of Winning
01:13:58 – You Have to Believe You Can Win and Make Your Opponent Lose
01:15:13 – How Do You Take Losses and Turn Them into Growth Experiences?
01:22:20 – Where is the Future of Martial Arts Headed?
01:25:26 - What Does A Black Belt Mean to Herb Perez?
Next Episode
#4 : Justin Wren – Be Resilient, Never Quit and Overcome all Obstacles
“Live to Love and Fight for People” – Justin Wren
My guest this episode is Justin “The Big Pygmy” Wren, a humanitarian, author, speaker, and a professional mixed martial arts fighter who has inspired millions. He is the founder of “Fight for the Forgotten” a non-profit organization dedicated to defending the weak, loving the unloved, and empowering the voiceless around the world and in our own neighborhoods and schools.
In this deep and highly personal episode Justin Wren shares how he used the martial arts to bravely overcome depression and addiction and how he has dedicated his life to fighting for other people. My key takeaway, to quote Justin is that we can “defeat hate with love”. We are all fighting a war within, and we need a support system and a higher purpose to overcome our obstacles and challenges. We can then use the lessons we learned to “live to love and fight for people”. I was honored to interview Justin a true example of the Martial Spirit.
Show Notes
#4 : Justin Wren – Be resilient, Never Quit and Overcome all Obstacles
00:00:27 – Justin Wren (@thebigpygmy) Introduction and Key Takeaway
00:02:52 – Where does “Live to Love and Fight for People Come From?”
00:05:11 – “I was a depressed drunk drug addict because I was only fighting for myself”. - Justin
00:06:27 – 2 Things that will awaken the Martial Spirit = A Battle to Fight + An Adventure to Live
00:08:35 – Rafael Lavato Jr(@lovatojrbjj) “You are a Martial Artist First and a Fighter Second.”
00:10:21 – The Path of the Martial Artist is Warrior, Healer, Scholar, and Mystic
00:12:00 – “Work on Yourself till you are of Service to the World” - @sifusingh
00:14:35 – “No act of kindness, no matter how small, ever gets wasted.”- Aesop
00:14:50 – “I was a missing person for 8 weeks during a relapse” – Justin Wren
00:18:10 – Asked the Divine what do you want me to do with my Life?
00:19:36 – Saw a Vision of a rainforest and a tribe in Africa, and came out with the word “Forgotten”
00:23:28 – My encounter with a Mystic named Caleb who pointed me to the Pygmy People in the Congo Basin from my Vision
00:29:50 – The traumatic path of depression and the way back out of it
00:30:50 – “We are programmed to succeed; we learn to fail.” – Sifu Singh
00:34:30 – “We get so comfortable being comfortable that we don’t want to trade our comfort for discomfort ever.” Jiu-Jitsu teaches us to be resilient.
00:37:48 – Chaos is Nature’s Way and Peace is a Choice inside of Chaos – Sifu Singh
00:41:31 – “Comparison is the thief of Joy” and that’s the society we live in today
00:44:28 – Getting the Name Efeosa = “The Man Who Loves Us”
00:46:18 – Witnessing firsthand death due to water born diseases, due to lack of clean drinking water and mobilizing a yearlong effort to provide clean drinking water in Africa.
00:47:00 – Malaria almost Killed Justin and he was almost in an irreversible coma.
00:48:30 – “I learned from martial arts to follow my instinct and intuition.” – Justin Wren
00:51:11 – The Warrior's Way is to dig deep and overcome on and off the mats.
00:53:55 – How do you teach Resilience and Self Respect to People?
00:55:20 – “A good leader knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way” – John Maxwell
00:55:38 – Rayden’s Story and Heroes in Waiting (Anti Bullying Program).
01:06:00 – You have to work on yourself first before you can create a healing space for others.
01:07:00 – This last year was the worst and best year of my life.
01:10:30 – Depression is a silent killer.
01:14:00 – “Rehab is not a punishment, it’s a gift.” – Justin Wren
01:15:15 – We need to be tough and vulnerable enough to allow people around us to help us.
01:18:30 – Mr. Miyagi says it’s not about winning the fight, it’s about how we fight.
01:19:11 – The Warriors Creed by Robert L. Humphrey
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