🎉congrats. When I got my black belt last year, I was expecting the biggest congrats from the lower belts. To my surprise it came from the other black belts. I realised that even as an aspirational target, it’s just not a big deal to others when you get your black belt, it’s big to you and it’s big to those that understand the commitment it takes to get there. If you’re doing it for acclaim, you wont be happy at the end because 99.99% of people don’t know the work required, so don’t give a fuck. These things are worth doing for you and you alone.
Massive congrats and well said. One of my black belt instructors said he felt like he only just started truly understanding BJJ once he got his black belt. One belt off black myself and I think I’m finally starting to understand what he meant.
2months ago I was diagnosed with heart failure - with the prognosis that if the heavy duty meds don’t work I have 6 mths left. My heart is only pumping at 50% but I’m fit & have no symptoms- as yet - so I’m still at the gym looking for gains - nothing has changed in n someways & yet I’m wondering when will the day come that I can’t lift anymore and I’m a bonafide sick person. 2024 has become my watershed moment I’m not worried so much about how long I have but am totally terrified of a slow decline into being an invalid, unable to breathe, swollen limbs & difficulty walking, so I try to keep the belief that as I’m already an outlier without the normal symptoms maybe I’ll defy the normal prognosis & continue to live a full life for many years & die of something unrelated.
that is not how heart failure works. If the EF is 50, that is not great but not terrible, if it is 30-35% which would be pumping half of the normal, that would just indicate the amount of medication and intervention. Heart failure is a stochastic condition, the worse it is, the more likely other problems can happen, but there is no "6 months left".
@@sciencefliestothemoon2305 it’s actually 25 for the left ventricle which is half what it should be - I just used the simpler 50% for expediency - the cardiologist gave me the prognosis of 6mths - which I was surprised at such a defined parameter - rather than a variable estimate. I familiar with how ejection fraction works and understand the effects of reduced function - my main takeaway is that my illness doesn’t have to proceed as forecast based on averages -I can be the exception
James has to be the best speaker (not necessarily motivational) on this platform. Down to earth, says how it is and isn't afraid of being wrong. I aspire to gain and maintain these qualities myself, much love matey
Congrats on the brown belt James! I’ve taken a break from Jiu jitsu for the past year but your videos have inspired me to go back this week. All the best.
Good book to read is Bounce. Congrats on the BJJ brown belt. I’ve done it for 10 years and currently a brown belt and still going strong. Love the sport. Whenever a white belt asks me how I got to brown belt, I tell them to keep turning up and take care of any injuries. Also changed my gym training adding in BJJ specific items using Scramble grips and fat grips. Plus studying Japanese as a hobby - 1 hour a day self study, 2 lessons a week and supplemented with some Apps while on the tube. Message is spot on. Be consistent and get a routine. As the Japanese say, 頑張ってください！ (please try your best).
Thank you for this video - it came at the perfect time for me. I keep looking at content creators that have been in the game for years and thinking I'm not good enough. When you said, everyone had to start with zero views and zero subscribers, I realized I was looking at it the wrong way. Thanks for the reset :)
Really appreciate your comments and insight James. Your words means so much to me as I take my journey from Blue Belt onwards. Thank you so much !!!!!!
I often wonder why people just go to the gym when there are so many sports you can partake in. Its an important point to make that, In my view, you'll likely get more out of doing a sport or some activity (for me its running) where by the aesthetic of how you look is the least important part of why you do it. I do work out in the gym, but I do this to aid my running as a result of this is that overall I do get the benefits that come with being fit and healthy and that does include a certain aesthetic in the way I look.
James, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your work! I really like your realness, as watching your videos - I really feel that I listen to a human, who doesn't want to trick me! Thank you one more time!
Congratulations on your brown belt . Well said about defining success . Showing up and being a good training partner in the end that is gold on the mats. You could be the world’s best grappler and a horrible human/ training partner. I just got my brown belt a few weeks back. I show up and grapple the inner demons Some days you win , some days you get smashed
Very powerful. It's interesting when you switch your mindset to have values, it tends to also become less about you, the individual. Removing yourself from selfish goals comes with taking responsibility. Thanks for this. Happy this is the first video I've watched in 2024.
Almost got my blue belt and won some medals in white belt comps since starting BJJ last September. Jiu jitsu is the first time I’ve found something in life where if you put 100% effort into something you get 100% recognition from your peers around you. I’ve never felt that from school before, never felt that at work and I rarely get recognition for my effort from the commercial gym I go to. People seem to really recognise and appreciate when you are improving. I have found that people don’t hold back telling you this too which creates such a positive environment to be in.
Congrats on your promo mate so good to see people level up! I got my blue in 2018 and I’m still chasing purple, Covid, injury and of course periods of time I just couldn’t be bothered has set me back. Last year was the most consistent I’ve trained for years and I’m closer than ever to getting rid of that old blue belt. Your videos definitely gave me the push to get back on the mat so thanks!!
@@shaneroberts2492 thanks bro. Yeh was a pretty epic moment. I still haven’t absorbed it fully. If you have trust in your coach he will know when your ready.
Ah mate, the best video yet....thanks so much and happy new year to you! Thanks so much for the incredibly positive content you put out. You're changing lives you absolute human being you.
This is so good. I think this idea used to scare me. That I didn't need to be special, or even that capable, but I just needed to put in the mundane and daily work. I think it is easier to believe that great people are different in some way, as it allowed me to stay where I was. Courage to ACT really is the way. Cheers James!
Excellent. First video in 2024! I'll be back next month for another. I'd rather be doing than consuming... but that doesn't mean there is not great content out there. This is one of them!
Good stuff. I've written 16 books in the last 6 years. In regard to believing, I say don't wait to believe until you act. You just need to move. Do it now, believe it later. We've all become outcome dependent. We want someone to promise results before we start.
I take your point, but if I was a millionaire I would still wear my Casio F-91W because I think of watches as functional items, and a £50,000 Rolex doesn't tell time any better than a £10 Casio... But I also realise I'm in the minority here!
I got my purple belt in August and it was a big achievement for me but the belt is only apart of the journey and the grind of jiu jitsu is what keep me going
Well done on the brown belt! And thanks for sharing the video. Loads of useful info 👍 I’m at the stage were I’m shit in front of a camera tbh. But like you say it’s about getting the reps in everyday!
John Danaher once said, and he probably wasn't the first person to ever say this, "People overestimate what they can accomplish in a year, but underestimate what they can accomplish in 5 years." On different scales, the same is true. If you do something for 30 minutes a day, don't expect a miracle in one month. But if you do something for 30 minutes a day for a year, you can see some measurable achievements.
Now that I'm older and have achieved many things, I have encountered that all achievements feel meh... And I rarely get that excitement of the thing to achieve anymore... something inside me says "what's the point?"... Now I get why older dogs don't run for the ball anymore, they realized there is no point 😆... So shit, what a downer.. I got existentialist with the years and life feels pretty pointless, so, I enjoy the simple things, a coffee in the morning, training, playing videogames, go fishing, listening to good music or podcast.. All of this is cheap and easy no struggle... and maybe that's alright..
Great start to the year inspiration.Hoping to be ready for my PT training journey soon.Quality tips and knowledge with a no BS approach,glad there’s someone else that thinks like me cheers James
Amazing James, congrats on the promotion! 🥳 Thanks for the amazing content as always. Started with your business blueprint, its amazing mate. Definitely applying this as well in 2024. Keep doing what you do… OSS
I've always believed I'm an under achiever in life but never had the determination or desire to really change. I told myself to stop the moaning a few years ago as its all I did....but never changed anything! Improved my well being slightly as the years go on but never made any big changes in life in regards to jobs/careers. Hard to look ahead a see its doable
Do agree with most but do not forget there are people with more talent and less talent and when you get old it's more difficult to get physically better or learn.
A quote I enjoy: "Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aereoplane, the pessimist the parachute"
brilliant
🎉congrats. When I got my black belt last year, I was expecting the biggest congrats from the lower belts. To my surprise it came from the other black belts. I realised that even as an aspirational target, it’s just not a big deal to others when you get your black belt, it’s big to you and it’s big to those that understand the commitment it takes to get there. If you’re doing it for acclaim, you wont be happy at the end because 99.99% of people don’t know the work required, so don’t give a fuck. These things are worth doing for you and you alone.
Absolutely spot on. Have a good 2024 brother
Mate this is legit amazing. How you've explained this is quality! 🤌
Same with when I turned back up to work on a Monday after having done a 100mile ultramarathon over the previous weekend....... people could care less.
well said
Massive congrats and well said. One of my black belt instructors said he felt like he only just started truly understanding BJJ once he got his black belt. One belt off black myself and I think I’m finally starting to understand what he meant.
2months ago I was diagnosed with heart failure - with the prognosis that if the heavy duty meds don’t work I have 6 mths left. My heart is only pumping at 50% but I’m fit & have no symptoms- as yet - so I’m still at the gym looking for gains - nothing has changed in n someways & yet I’m wondering when will the day come that I can’t lift anymore and I’m a bonafide sick person. 2024 has become my watershed moment I’m not worried so much about how long I have but am totally terrified of a slow decline into being an invalid, unable to breathe, swollen limbs & difficulty walking, so I try to keep the belief that as I’m already an outlier without the normal symptoms maybe I’ll defy the normal prognosis & continue to live a full life for many years & die of something unrelated.
may Allah bless you and keep you healthy amen
💪
that is not how heart failure works. If the EF is 50, that is not great but not terrible, if it is 30-35% which would be pumping half of the normal, that would just indicate the amount of medication and intervention.
Heart failure is a stochastic condition, the worse it is, the more likely other problems can happen, but there is no "6 months left".
@@sciencefliestothemoon2305 it’s actually 25 for the left ventricle which is half what it should be - I just used the simpler 50% for expediency - the cardiologist gave me the prognosis of 6mths - which I was surprised at such a defined parameter - rather than a variable estimate. I familiar with how ejection fraction works and understand the effects of reduced function - my main takeaway is that my illness doesn’t have to proceed as forecast based on averages -I can be the exception
@@sciencefliestothemoon2305 well said. I was thinking the same when I read this comment .
I enjoyed this. Well done Jimbo 🔥😊
James has to be the best speaker (not necessarily motivational) on this platform. Down to earth, says how it is and isn't afraid of being wrong. I aspire to gain and maintain these qualities myself, much love matey
Look people in the eyes with passion, maintain excellent hygiene, and excellent mobile posture.
Congrats on the brown belt James! I’ve taken a break from Jiu jitsu for the past year but your videos have inspired me to go back this week. All the best.
Good book to read is Bounce.
Congrats on the BJJ brown belt. I’ve done it for 10 years and currently a brown belt and still going strong. Love the sport.
Whenever a white belt asks me how I got to brown belt, I tell them to keep turning up and take care of any injuries.
Also changed my gym training adding in BJJ specific items using Scramble grips and fat grips.
Plus studying Japanese as a hobby - 1 hour a day self study, 2 lessons a week and supplemented with some Apps while on the tube.
Message is spot on. Be consistent and get a routine.
As the Japanese say, 頑張ってください！ (please try your best).
Thank you for this video - it came at the perfect time for me. I keep looking at content creators that have been in the game for years and thinking I'm not good enough. When you said, everyone had to start with zero views and zero subscribers, I realized I was looking at it the wrong way. Thanks for the reset :)
Love the no bs advice James gives
Really appreciate your comments and insight James. Your words means so much to me as I take my journey from Blue Belt onwards.
Thank you so much !!!!!!
I often wonder why people just go to the gym when there are so many sports you can partake in. Its an important point to make that, In my view, you'll likely get more out of doing a sport or some activity (for me its running) where by the aesthetic of how you look is the least important part of why you do it. I do work out in the gym, but I do this to aid my running as a result of this is that overall I do get the benefits that come with being fit and healthy and that does include a certain aesthetic in the way I look.
James, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your work!
I really like your realness, as watching your videos - I really feel that I listen to a human, who doesn't want to trick me!
Thank you one more time!
Congratulations on your brown belt .
Well said about defining success .
Showing up and being a good training partner in the end that is gold on the mats.
You could be the world’s best grappler and a horrible human/ training partner.
I just got my brown belt a few weeks back.
I show up and grapple the inner demons
Some days you win , some days you get smashed
Couldn't think of a better video to kick off my morning (and year). Thanks dude.
Very powerful. It's interesting when you switch your mindset to have values, it tends to also become less about you, the individual. Removing yourself from selfish goals comes with taking responsibility.
Thanks for this. Happy this is the first video I've watched in 2024.
Bro is spitting facts every video. makes me get better fr.
Almost got my blue belt and won some medals in white belt comps since starting BJJ last September.
Jiu jitsu is the first time I’ve found something in life where if you put 100% effort into something you get 100% recognition from your peers around you.
I’ve never felt that from school before, never felt that at work and I rarely get recognition for my effort from the commercial gym I go to.
People seem to really recognise and appreciate when you are improving. I have found that people don’t hold back telling you this too which creates such a positive environment to be in.
Thank you James, this is a fantastic perspective to hear. Oss.
Congrats on your promo mate so good to see people level up! I got my blue in 2018 and I’m still chasing purple, Covid, injury and of course periods of time I just couldn’t be bothered has set me back. Last year was the most consistent I’ve trained for years and I’m closer than ever to getting rid of that old blue belt. Your videos definitely gave me the push to get back on the mat so thanks!!
Keep grinding bro. I got my blue in 2012. Just got my purple last week. Injuries, covid, life. Whatever happens keep coming Back to the mats.
@@Ibz87 oh man that must of felt amazing congrats!! Ultimately I only want it when i deserve it so even if it takes another year!!
@@shaneroberts2492 thanks bro. Yeh was a pretty epic moment. I still haven’t absorbed it fully. If you have trust in your coach he will know when your ready.
Thanks for the time to make this video, it hits hard!
The only pep talk I need for 2024 thanks for keeping it real, James never disappointed watching your videos ❤
Ah mate, the best video yet....thanks so much and happy new year to you! Thanks so much for the incredibly positive content you put out. You're changing lives you absolute human being you.
This is so good. I think this idea used to scare me. That I didn't need to be special, or even that capable, but I just needed to put in the mundane and daily work. I think it is easier to believe that great people are different in some way, as it allowed me to stay where I was. Courage to ACT really is the way. Cheers James!
Mah man James spittin str8 fax.
thanks for this video James, I needed this today!
All about consistency. Love it.
Brilliant advice. This is why I love my life, realistic goal setting, so I'm successful against my own target
Congrats on the brown belt! Started BJJ because of your vids and loving it. Happy new year to you!
Thank you for this. The courage of belief is 100% what needs be shared.
Very helpful as always my friend.
Things I actually knew already in this case, but sometimes we simply just need a reminder :)
Good video James. Thanks. I needed to hear this message. Currently a blue belt in bjj. I agree with how impactful it has been to me.
Awesome vid. Exactly the thing I've needed to hear on 1st of January. Thanks 👏
Happy New Year, James!
Thank you, James. Have a brilliant 2024! 🎉
Excellent. First video in 2024! I'll be back next month for another. I'd rather be doing than consuming... but that doesn't mean there is not great content out there. This is one of them!
Thank you for this video, for your non bullshit content and for being you.
What a great video man! ❤ thank you! And happy new year! ❤
Coupla hours in an already a humble brag?! 😂😂 fair play, mate. That's a commitment!
Thanks alot James, it is Worth listening too.
Thank you, James. I needed to hear this ☺️
This s the perfect video at the perfect time. Studying Stoicism and this is it in a nutshell.
Your book arrives today and I'll be going to my first BJJ class next week. Hopeful that I'm about to change my life and get out of this rut
Well done James, I met him at the adcc Austin open, such a nice lad & really down to earth.
Needed that. Thanks Jim💯
Good stuff. I've written 16 books in the last 6 years. In regard to believing, I say don't wait to believe until you act. You just need to move. Do it now, believe it later. We've all become outcome dependent. We want someone to promise results before we start.
Congrats James!
If you don’t have faith, then fear will take over.
I agree it is all about MINDSET - but you are still BLOODY GREAT and JACKED... so THANX James!👍
30 minutes a day. brilliant
Superb video and superb message. Excellently articulated
"Out the gene pool." Love this video! Funny, insightful, well intended. Keep it up!
Every Rolex owner was once Casio wearer 💪🏻
And every true watch loving Rolex wearer still rocks their Casio from time to time
Casio = God tier!
You'll take my G-Shock from my cold dead hands! ☠️ ⌚
I take your point, but if I was a millionaire I would still wear my Casio F-91W because I think of watches as functional items, and a £50,000 Rolex doesn't tell time any better than a £10 Casio... But I also realise I'm in the minority here!
@@schnozz87 then I'm in the minority with you. Rolex is for weak egos. Watches dont make me feel better.
Bro this is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’m like 2 minutes in and my mind is blown 🤯🤯🤯🤯
I got my purple belt in August and it was a big achievement for me but the belt is only apart of the journey and the grind of jiu jitsu is what keep me going
Congrats on the brown belt brother!! Absolutely LOVE your content! Now I gotta go buy your books! 😮
Well done on the brown belt! And thanks for sharing the video. Loads of useful info 👍 I’m at the stage were I’m shit in front of a camera tbh. But like you say it’s about getting the reps in everyday!
5:47 GOLD!! 👏🏼
John Danaher once said, and he probably wasn't the first person to ever say this, "People overestimate what they can accomplish in a year, but underestimate what they can accomplish in 5 years."
On different scales, the same is true. If you do something for 30 minutes a day, don't expect a miracle in one month. But if you do something for 30 minutes a day for a year, you can see some measurable achievements.
Yes 🙌 and congratulations on your brown belt!
Now that I'm older and have achieved many things, I have encountered that all achievements feel meh... And I rarely get that excitement of the thing to achieve anymore... something inside me says "what's the point?"... Now I get why older dogs don't run for the ball anymore, they realized there is no point 😆... So shit, what a downer.. I got existentialist with the years and life feels pretty pointless, so, I enjoy the simple things, a coffee in the morning, training, playing videogames, go fishing, listening to good music or podcast.. All of this is cheap and easy no struggle... and maybe that's alright..
Great start to the year inspiration.Hoping to be ready for my PT training journey soon.Quality tips and knowledge with a no BS approach,glad there’s someone else that thinks like me cheers James
Top man thanks James god bles you
thank you i needed this hard talk. i can do 30 minutes a day....and then continue with my procrastination after
Congratulations on the brown belt! ❤️
Great message. All the best wishes for 2024
Nice one mate, we got our blue at the same grading, good to see your progression.
Proud of you james 👏
Top man James 👍
this is brilliant, love the evolution optimist analogy haha! but yeah hit some great points there.
Nothing new, but a good reminder
Happy new year.. and well done on the brown belt
Well said. solid video as always 💪
Congrats on the faixa marrom
Great work man
Huge congrats on the brown belt bro
Thank you bro
I've just started BJJ at 50, Everyone I've met through it are so humble and so willing and patient and you just know they genuinely want me to do well
the best pep talk out of that whole video was 'so get at it, you p-'
Smithy dropping nuggets here 💪🏼
LOVE this!!
Yes James!! 💪🏻
nicely said...great vid
Wise words ❤
Amazing James, congrats on the promotion! 🥳 Thanks for the amazing content as always. Started with your business blueprint, its amazing mate. Definitely applying this as well in 2024. Keep doing what you do… OSS
Thanks for posting enjoyed I am on a journey myself in some of the same areas you are so maybe we will see each other down the road :) best of luck
let's freaking GO!
Thank you
I've always believed I'm an under achiever in life but never had the determination or desire to really change. I told myself to stop the moaning a few years ago as its all I did....but never changed anything! Improved my well being slightly as the years go on but never made any big changes in life in regards to jobs/careers. Hard to look ahead a see its doable
Well done on getting your brown belt👍
I needed this. ❤.
Just downloaded the audiobook of How to be Confident on Spotify 😊
Nailed it unit!
Love ya content mate
We got our belts the same years. Dope.
Amazing work 👏🏻😎
Happy new year James
Truth, good vid ✌🏼❤️💡
Do agree with most but do not forget there are people with more talent and less talent and when you get old it's more difficult to get physically better or learn.
As a white belt, congratulations 🎉 on Ur brown belt achievement
Yes mate, really appreciate that message ❤❤