The Blueprint with Eliot Marshall

Jay Acunzo is a content creator, an author, and a podcaster who helps people find their own voice. After what many would consider a successful professional career working for top companies like Google and ESPN, Jay was not satisfied and decided to pursue his true passion. We discuss his career choice, his book, and more.

Jason Rau is a BJJ black belt, an elite grappling competitor, and a member of the famous Danaher Death Squad. We discuss his experience training with John Danaher, how to progress faster in jiu jitsu, his competitive aspirations, and more. 

My 10 yr old started a lawn mowing business this summer.  He did a great job and made a couple hundred dollars.  However, winter is coming so what is he going to move to then?  Is he planning for that now?

My friends Josh and Jeff had a food hall at the beginning of Covid.  Now they have a market.  They knew they couldn't win with the food hall because it got closed.  They decided to survive with the market

Fighting isn't just about winning.  Sometimes you have to be able to survive an onslaught from the other person.  Can you not get finished.  Can you survive so the ref doesn't come in and stop the fight.  Can we do a little of that now.  Can we just sit in the suck of all this and not give up and quit?

Tracy Taylor is a BJJ black belt under Rodrigo Vaghi and former college athlete. We discuss his journey in martial arts, raising black children in today's social climate, BJJ training for police forces, and more.

Elisabeth Clay is a BJJ brown belt, an ADCC trials winner, and one of the top prospect in the jiu jitsu competition scene. At age 20, Elisabeth has won her last three matches against 3 world champions. We discuss how her upbringing shaped her competitive mindset, parental pressure on young athletes, and more.

Read a book.  Read a book about how someone else is doing what you are doing.  A book written by someone who has been successful in your field or a field you want to get in.  I just read Phil Knight's book, "Shoe Dog".  It's a book about building a shoe company, but it's not. 

Entering a new arena is a good and big first step.  The question now becomes how do we show up in that arena that we know very little in.  What is our attitude and how are we carrying ourselves?

What have you learned lately?  When is the last time you spent time being a beginner at something.  This time is so important and so useful.  Be a white belt again my ninjas!!!

Nate Quarry is a former UFC fighter, TUF cast member and UFC title contender. Nate was raised as a Jehova's witness and completely changed his life after he started training BJJ and striking at age 24. Nine years later, Nate was fighting for the UFC world title. We discuss Nate's upbringing, how fighting turned his life around, how he dealt with losing his title fight, and more. 

Rebecca Bender is human trafficking survivor, speaker, and author. At the age of 19, her dream relationship became a nightmare when her boyfriend forced her into sex trafficking for 6 years. We discuss her challenging upbringing, her experience as a human trafficking survivor, her heeling process, and more.

This is the final step.  It's not teach a man to fish and he will eat.  It should be fish with a man so he can learn the process and he will eat.  We must involve people in what we are doing. Telling them is unskillful.  Teaching them is a bit more skillful, and but involving them is the most skillful.

This is the idea of remembering information.  At one point in your life you were taught the capitals of the 50 states so that you could pass a test in schoool.  You don't still remember them though.

Looking at Benjamin Franklin quote "Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."  Today going through the first sentence, "Tell me and I forget."

Clark Gracie is a BJJ black belt, a Pan-American champion, and a BJJ school owner. We discuss his upbringing as a Gracie, the emotional effects of social distancing, the role of BJJ in the community, and more.

Jamal Patterson comes back on for the second time. Jamal is half Chinese and half African American, a BJJ black belt, and a school owner. We discuss his experience growing up in an all-white school, police reforms, systemic racism, and more.

The last part of the Hemingway quote, " It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.", is reminding us that we are going to do.  So my question is, how do you want to live?

This is the second part of the Hemingway quote we are going to look at today.  How does it kill you?  Is this literal or figurative?

This week we are going to look at the Ernest Hemingway quote, "The world breaks everyone  and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."  

Mike Goldberg an original MMA analyst and Joe Rogan's commentating partner in the UFC up until 2017. We discuss the evolution of MMA, his role in the UFC, his friendship with Joe Rogan, and more.

Amanda Buckner is one of the pioneers of women's MMA, a BJJ black belt, and breast cancer survivor. Amanda is no stranger to hardship. We discuss her career at the start of women's MMA, managing depression, alternative relationships, and more.

Last day looking at The Man in the Arena quote.  "at least fails, while daringly greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Continuing to dissect The Man in the Arena quote for Roosevelt.  Today looking at the section "who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again;"

This week we are going to break down my favorite quote.  Its the Theodore Roosevelt Man in the Arena quote.  Today we are going to look at the section "not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better."