Tim Kennedy - Lessons Learned Through Pain | Modern Wisdom Podcast 481

Tim Kennedy is a Green Beret, Special Forces Sniper, Army Ranger and Professional MMA Fighter.

Tim has spent most of his life fighting. Whether that's been against kids in kindergarten, Special Forces selection officers, UFC champions, enemy combatants, ISIS, or his own compulsion to make a mess of his life. He's seen his fair share of pain and discovered a lot of insights through it.

Expect to learn whether Tim has ever used BJJ in a combat situation, what motivates him to put himself through the discomfort he's endured, why he refused pain killers throughout his entire MMA career, why he swam a mile out to sea after getting two women pregnant and thinking he had AIDS and much more...

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00:00 Intro
00:41 How Tim’s Childhood Shaped Him
05:26 Is Extreme Ownership Negative?
11:58 Tim’s Military Deployments
24:19 Comparing the Octagon with the Military
29:32 Tim’s Motivations & Sacrifices
37:47 The Loneliness of Natural Selection
40:23 Where to Find Tim

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