The Blueprint with Eliot Marshall

Drew Dober is an active UFC fighter, a BJJ brown belt, and a true martial artist. Drew started practicing martial arts at age 12 and had his MMA debut at age 17. Over more than 10 years as an MMA fighter, he has developed one of the best mentalities in the game. We discuss the relationship between consistency and mentality, the importance of balance in any goal, and more.

Matt Chan is a CrossFit Games veteran, a former gym owner, a firefighter, and an all-around savage. We discuss the process of self-improvement through exercise, the BLM movement, the importance of a life full of love, and more.   

If you aren't on your own team who else is going to be and why should they be.  You have to be your biggest fan.  Not in an egotistically way but in a loving and caring way!!

Go harder, you have to suffer, dig deep.  These are phrases you hear often and that I definitely believe in. However, it's not the only part.  There has to be time for rest.  Not just physical rest but mental rest and recovery.  Everything doesn't have to be suffering!

Too often we think in terms of more.  I can do more, I need more, I want more, etc.  We know this isn't true.  Most of the time we need less and when we focus on less we find our power!!

Tim Credeur is a UFC veteran, a BJJ blackbelt, and a gym owner. In today's charged political climate, it's important to listen to understand, to think before we speak, and to detach ourselves from the truths that we believe to be true, even if it's just to hear another perspective.

Elliott Bayev is a BJJ black belt, school owner, philosopher, and futurist. In 2004, Elliott left his corporate job to change people's lives through jiu jitsu. We discuss how to effectively impact people's lives, our attachment to our beliefs, navigating religion as an atheist, the meaning of competition and more.

When you deny the collapse and get uncomfortable now you will have the opportunity to live your life out of vision instead of circumstance!!!

There is only one way you are going to be able to deny that collapse.  You are going to have to get uncomfortable.  Your comfort does not serve you!!

We all have had the moments of "I can't do this anymore."  The only thing that matters is what we do in the very next moment!!! The choice is yours!

Natalie MacNeil is a motivational speaker, an Emmy awardee, a meditation teacher, and the founder of She Takes on the World and NatalieMacNeil.com. We discuss the polarization of today's social climate, psychedelics, her most recent projects, and more.

Yuri Simoes is a two-time ADCC champion, NoGi Worlds champion, and Pan American champion under Caio Terra. He is widely regarded as one of the best grapplers of his generation. We discuss our ADCC match, his mentality when facing challenging matches, and more.

I have been very vocal in my support for change to equalize opportunity for mostly the black community, and I believe it should be for all communities.  However, if you think my stance has changed about how a person is going to improve their life, you are greatly mistaken.  There is only one way!!

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet." Ghandi Your life belongs to you and you alone.  Don't let anyone have the power to take it away!!!

Today I turn 40

Tim Kennedy is a former MMA fighter, a UFC veteran, and a US Army Special Forces member. We discuss his the importance of consistency, setting goals, how fighting in and out of the cage has shaped his mentality, and more.

Tyrone Glover is a BJJ black belt, a lawyer, and an equal rights advocate. We discuss the black lives matter movement, systematic racism, the role that we all play in society, and more.

Such a hard term to define.  Such a hard term to not get defensive about when it's put towards you.  I understand, you are white and your life has been anything but privileged so how can anyone say that to you?  Here is my attempt

Everyone loves a success story, but what we love more is to watch someone fall to the bottom and then get back up!!  This is going to be our time to get up.  For so many of us this is the toughest time we have seen.  This is our time to get up off the canvas and fucking fight!!!

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in seeing our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark!!" Michelangelo

Hillis Pugh is an author, teacher, and speaker who works to empower others to become their best selves. We discuss his holistic practices, how to find one's path, and more. Hillis and I have different approaches to the same goal, but the similarities and most importantly what we can learn from each other is key in improving our approach to helping others.

Duane Ludwig is one of the best striking coaches in the world, an MMA coach, and a former MMA fighter. Coming up as a fighter, Duane learned to study combat disciplines to maximize his time and develop a striking system that has been used by some of the current top UFC athletes, including TJ Dillashaw and Justin Gaethje. We discuss the importance of studying to supplement training, the value of co...

There is only one way to progress.  Your boundary must be pushed.  You have to be reaching for what seems impossible.  You have to be striving for whats seems like a task you can't do.  This is comfortable and this isn't easy.  Progress has never come from comfort and ease.

This is what find your power means.  It's the process of going from fragile to anti fragile.  Its not that bad things don't come our way its that when these come they actually make us stronger not weaker!!

Is the work you are doing right now worth the reward you are getting?  Yes everything is 10x as hard for 1/4 of the nut.  This shouldn't matter.  If you are doing what you love then the juice is always worth the squeeze!!