The Blueprint with Eliot Marshall

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The Star Wars story is heavily influenced by eastern religions.  It is filled with ideas from Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.  The idea that without one there can not be another.  The idea that without all good there can be no bad.  For the jedi to exist there must be a sith.  

Mallory Martin is a currentUFC fighter in the woman's strawweight division.  With a lifetime being a competitor, fighting was an easy transition from high school sports. We discuss how she become a fighter and her recent battle with severe anxiety and how she got through!! 

Austin  Hubbard  is a current fighter in the UFC lightweight division. A professional since 2015, he has competed for the LFA where he is the former Lightweight Champion. His career has not gone as smoothly as he would like due to a host of serious injuries along with a couple setbacks.  How does he stay positive and strong through the challenges?

How do we show up in the world with integrity. It starts with understanding how we are feeling.  Real emotions.  Not oh i'm having a good day or a bad day.  Say to ourselves, "I'm feeling frustrated" or "I'm feeling excited." And then put some whys behind the reasons you are feeling that way.

In his book Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek talks of this idea of can you sit a fox hole with the leaders around you.  I ask you the same question.  Can you sit there with the people you are around and more importantly can you sit there with you? What Sinek is asking is do you have integrity? The integrity to put your life in someone else's hands and have them put theirs in yours?

Today my son woke up with bad anxiety.  We have learned some steps on how to deal with it.  We decided to share his story on his experience this morning

JASON RONCORONI is a retired Lieutenant Colonel and former aviation battalion commander from the United States Army. He served 33 months in combat and has the unique distinction of having transitioned from the military twice. He departed as a junior captain only to return to the military after 9/11, and he most recently retired after 21 years of active duty service. He advises military leaders, po...

Michael Dash is a recovering addict, best-selling author of Chasing The High, Founder of FATE - From Addict To Entrepreneur, mentor, speaker and philanthropist. After working with world class coaches, going to anonymous programs for years, attending retreats around the world and learning from the best, he simplified the best practices into 4 simple steps to regain control of your FATE. 

People are my greatest need.  In other words, I don't want to be alone.  I build armies.  Armies of people that are looking to find their power.  Armies of people who if the time comes will go to battle.  Armies of people I love!!

There is only one person in this life that you can make happy.  Thats yourself.  I can't make my wife or my kids or my friends happy.  When I try to, its very disingenuous.  Make yourself happy, know what your needs are and you can find your power  

I meet with a friend once a month to discuss our lives and see how we can help each other.  Today he was discussing some issues with him and I related so much.  I have always tried to make others happy so that they wouldn't leave me.  So I ask myself, was I really trying to make them happy or was it really all for me.

Montana De La Rosa is a force in the womens flyweight division of the UFC.  She is the first female fighter that I have personally worked with.  We discuss some of her struggles early in life, how she got out of them and how she came to fighting.  We also get in the dynamic of the coach athlete relationship

Someone first called Travis Bell The Bucket List Guy about eight years ago. It was because of all the crazy and interesting things he had done in his life up until then.  From the age of eighteen – well before Bucket Lists were a 'thing' – he wrote a 'To Do Before I Die List'. Today, as a forty (something) year-old guy, thanks to The Bucket List movie and the popularity of the concept, they certai...

One of my favorite movies is "Contact."  In that movie Jodi Foster's child character was named Ellie and she was trying to communicate with people over radio waves.  Her dad would tell her "small moves Ellie."  Meaning make small moves to a different frequency.  This is the same with our words. Find small phrases that take you into action!!!

I talk to myself all the time.  My first instinct is to be negative.  To tell myself that I am not enough.  I have to catch myself when I do this and say "oh hell no."  Until I am truly enlightened, words matter, so I better be skillful with the words I say to myself!!

You have to believe this first.  You have to tell yourself everyday that you are a baller before you can become a baller!!!!

John is one of the leading mindset experts in the world. He has built 5 multimillion dollar companies, written 2 New York Times Bestselling books and featured in 8 movies, including the blockbuster hit "The Secret" and "Quest For Success" with Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama. Today, he is founder and CEO of NeuroGym, a company dedicated to using the most advanced technologies and evidence based...

Marisa Murgatroyd is the founder of Live Your Message, where she turns entrepreneurs into Online Superheroes. At 4'11 and a quarter, she's called the shortest woman in marketing — and that doesn't stop her from having huge ideas. She's the "go to" brand builder for industry luminaries and heavyweights such as Justin Livingston, Callan Rush, Danny Iny, Alexis Neely and Susan Peirce Thompson. Marisa...

Keep dreaming my ninjas.  Don't stop.  Every time you pay your dues and get up after a lose that allows you to just keep dreaming!!!

This is a theme we talk about often on these short talks.  Can you get back up after getting knocked down?

I was listening to an Aerosmith song yesterday and got inspired.  This game of life we are all playing, if we want to win, there are "dues to pay."  There is no getting around this, some people get lucky.  Good for them.  Don't let that concern you!!!

Eric Nicksick is one of the head coaches at the highly successful Xtreme Couture MMA gym in Las Vegas Nevada.  He is the head coach of some of the most successful fighters in the game such as  Francis Ngannou, Jessica Eye, and Dan Igue.    His journey in the sport started as training with fighters like Forrest Griffin, Randy Couture, and Mike Pyle however, he didn't have the intention to fight.  H...

Chewy, aka Nick, is a brazilian jiu jitsu black belt in Kentucky.  There is nothing over the top special about him.  He has never won the worlds or adcc or any major competition, but he is one of the only people outside of world champions who has been able to build an online brand using bjj.  He has a massive Youtube channel with all of his instructional videos.  We discuss how he was able to buil...