@@bethink253 Or a good father figure or Role model. My older brother and my Godfather filled that role for me. Whew....my Godfather is 6'1, but his presence stands ten feet. S/O to all the great men and woman making a positive difference in children's lives be it their own or not.
I would rather say for a boy a father figure is important cause he is your first manly figure to look up to. Wouldn’t leave the importancy of a mother tho
I love when black dudes tell overcoming adversity stories and don't just skip the hard and racial discrimination parts while at the same time not telling it from a victim's perspective. That attitude in itself is encouraging.
Yes yes. I'm glad you mention it. It had me thinking...if more people just speak from personal experience rather than racial experience, that's just another step toward universal understanding and compassion.
My dad is the same .He is 72 and still works like a mad man. He is west Indian and didn't have a formal education because he grew up very poor and had too work at a early age. He hates laziness . He story gives me alot of hope
Jim Jones if you’re born lazy, it’s hard to change. It’s a personality or biological trait, to some degree. The Big 5 personality traits (openness to experience, neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness) are tough to change. I think of those, conscientiousness is the “easiest,” but it’s still damn hard and I doubt anyone will go from 2 percentile to 90th percentile in conscientiousness. Knowing this can be a burdened lifted off your shoulders, rather than a weight to be burdened by and upset or hard on yourself about.
@@chaostheory16 It's difficult but we've seen plenty of examples of dramatic shifts. Second of all, just remember "conscientiousness" is a statistical construct, created from correlations between words. And statistical constructs apply well to populations, but not so much individuals. Basically, it's too abstract to be that useful! Be specific instead. Instead of focusing on conscientousness, focus on specific behaviours where you CAN make progress. Eg. Studying 5hrs a week up to 20hrs a week. Washing dishes 2x a week to every day. Organising your room once a month to once a week. These are specific and real and measurable.
Yeah, same. My grandfather is West Indian and grew up in a dirt floor shack. He eventually got a PhD in Canada, but struggled to do so since there were guys who sabotaged and destroyed his experiments during University as well they talked about how he didn’t deserve certain things he got because he was black, even though he worked harder than them. He is has such a powerful work ethic, I feel pathetic compared to him. I have no drive in life and I don’t even know what the point of living is, what are people striving to attain other than survive?
I agree. I wish more males would work in education and social services. Most of the people who need the help are boys, but so few of the people who offer it are male
There are plenty of black men that are great role models. The issue is that many young black men choose the wrong men to serve as their role model. They choose the overnight millionaire route but that route is like winning the lottery. Look at chicago. They don't look up to mayors and police chiefs, astrophysicists and engineers, they view them as lame "Uncle Toms". Everybody want to be a star but nobody want to put in the work. They could join the military for 4 years(without going to combat) and be set for the rest of their lives. College paid for and they pay your rent as well. I get into national parks and places like zoo's, aquariums, etc for free. I receive thanks for my service instead of disrespect for my attitude. My healthcare is free through the VA(find the right one). I am considered for jobs I would never get if I was just a regular dude. The VA ensures that I get approved for up to 250k for a house with decent credit. It is my choice whether I want to be a millionaire(through being wise with my money and investing in stocks and my own business). They want a life handed to them instead of working for it. White privilege is only a thing because their ancestors all worked for what they have today, and I can't blame them for not wanting lazy bastards to enjoy the fruits of their labor just because their parents may or may not have been slaves. Black people owned slaves in this country as well as other races in other continents. You want the American dream you gotta work for it. Mexicans are working hard and going from illegal immigrants to putting their kids through law school. What's our excuse? Get to work losers.
I find these types of people/interviews so much more interesting than the typical famous people. What an incredible guy and a great story teller. Gives me hope as a parent.
Might be cliche man , but gotta push through , just start goin , once you start its the easy part (ik it might physically not be easy , but mentally its already behind you)
"it can only last so long" is really brilliant as it's double motivating -- both "the suffering will end at some point, so suck it up" AND as in "enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think."
man the world needs to hear UFC fighters more. I never look up to anyone in life as a role model before but UFC fighters are a different breed. Every single person there is so motivational and inspiring.
I'm perpetually happy and positive to the point it's almost insanity. My wife is completely opposite. We both had childhoods that were kinda shitty but I always see how much worse it could have been or anything could be at any time. I'm in my 40's and everyone is dying of drugs or just from natural causes. As long as I'm alive watching my son's grow up then thank fucking God!
I know the feeling. You’re your own dad so be the best man that you can be to yourself. Tell yourself the same stuff that you would tell your kids and be the best dad to your kids so they don’t know our pain. 💪🏼
m h use that anger to make yourself a better person then your dad. Now that your grown please don’t abandon yourself like he did you. Your future self is depending on you.
I know the feeling. But with a lot of therapy and prayers I've learned to be my version of self parenting. I literally tell myself mom-me ( mommy) or dad-me step up and help me please. My parents self ask me whats wrong? And I say this is .........and how I feel about it. Then based on what I need the right parent steps forward. If I want to do something physically challenging i have the Dad me step forward. If I need comfort I have the Mom-me step up. It may sound strange but give it a shot. Its been rewarding and effective.
I remember you when you had your cast on in high school you would sit on the gym floor in the morning while we played basketball. To see you now and to know where we came from you are such an inspiration to me and so many others. Im so proud to say that I know you and to watch you grow and be successful is amazing! I can't wait to see you fight live one day soon! Congrats on your son also! Much love brother!
@@Alex-kc7tpthe internet is accessible to everyone, JRE is the most popular podcast in the US maybe even the world so this isn't a case of it being a small world lol
JUST DO IT. Idk if it’s cuz I’m a Corey too but I definitely didn’t apply myself in HS either and struggled with laziness/living up to potential because I liked to basically BS like he was saying. In my mid 20’s with my own goals I’ve been working on flipping that switch totally, it’s always in the mind. Make it happen y’all it’s all possible!
I also have RA as well brother and I find that keeping my joints active through kickboxing and a clean diet excluding inflammatory foods has kept me in the best possible shape, good luck for the future and never give up!
@@Enrique-peralta These foods aggravate Rhumatoid arthritis and since I've eliminated them from my diet my health has improved, red, green yellow peppers/spicy sauces, alcohol, tobacco, pork, lamb, beef(all red meat) white potatoes, white pasta, bananas, tomatoes, white bread, sunflower oil, Sugary foods, anything with refined flour, any foods with Gluten, Processed foods and nightshade vegetable family. This list may seem extreme but you have a choice of either changing the way you eat or becoming slowly cripped and disabled which will destroy your life, i still eat plenty of good protein sources such as fish and chicken and there's plenty of carbs and fats which aren't inflammatory, just do your own research into the foods which are recommended for people with Arthritis, hope this helped and good luck for the future!
@G Wagon Yeah brother you have to find the positivity in life otherwise a debilitating condition like this can have adverse effects on your mental health as ive experienced myself, and my diet is pretty restricted but there's still loads of delicious nutritional foods that I can eat and do, I always just recommend anyone who suffers from an inflammatory disease to seek a diet with foods that reduce inflammation and stick to it like your life depends on it, because at the end of the day it actually does.
@G Wagon thanks bro, I understand the wanting to cheat part and am always tempted, this shit cuts off 10 years from my life expectancy and I was diagnosed at age 20 so it was a shocker to deal with, the docs in the UK are useless and they failed to warn me about how much diet has a massive effect on RA, the moment I realised it does i just had to try and spread the word to other people to raise awareness, life throws you curve balls sometimes and i decided I was going to smash that ball straight back and carry on marching forward! much love and respect! also on a side note it also led to me quit smoking which is a positive
Its going good thanks for asking😃 I have a B in the class so far. I need one more test and the final before the semester over so keeping my fingers crossed lol
It's funny because I had fractured my ankle back in december and I can sympathize so much with corey. Not being able to move for literal hours on end without the use of crutches really puts into perspective how much of your life you should be living.
I hope you see this and look back at your comment from a year ago. Whether or not you have succeeded you have to always keep fighting man! Good fucking luck!
It was probably a form of primal instinct. Thousands of years ago if we snapped our leg like that our options would pretty much only be drown yourself or get eaten. Or gangrene and sepsis but who wants that.
“It can only last so long”. That is something I remember him telling me 7 years ago when he spoke to my travel baseball team when I was in high school. My coach was a friend of Corey’s from high school; he brought Corey in to give us a workout and talk to us. That phrase is something I will remember forever.
Corey dragging his ass along the floor crawling away from his coach with a snapped leg trying to get to the pool to drown himself is the most fucked up hilarious thing I've heard all day
what a great guest, i’m a wrestler myself and i can relate with him. i just finished high school and i was so ass but i worked so hard until i was eventually better than my whole team, nobody in my team could beat me. i worked my ass off but i never wrestled because of my shitty grades. their was a guy named bryce in the team and i always looked up to him because he was the best in the best. he was so big, strong, and fast. he was my motivation. i wanted to BEAT him badly. his senior year which was my sophomore year i told myself that i HAVE to beat him that year. i had to. i went to every single practice everyday for the whole school year, i would go to wrestling practices in a wrestling gym after schools wrestling practice. i would eat healthy and lift weights. the last month of school was coming up which meant bryce was going to graduate so one day after practice, after everyone left. i challenged bryce to a match and everything i wanted at the time was there in front of me. i wanted to beat him and i knew it wasn’t going to be easy. we are wrestling and i get a clean double leg and pin him. the joy i felt was so good. i finally felt like everything that i ever worked for i got. my motivation was gone after he left. my grades became shittier and i broke up with my girlfriend at the time so everything was shitty. the reason i’m telling my story is because i feel like this clip of this guy talking is a reflection of me. if you read this than thank you for spending the time to read my comment. and remember, nothing in life comes easy.
Bro, you need to find something better to motivate yourself. Other people come and go, but there's no off season in life. You literally accomplished nothing in high school because you slacked on homework, when you could have been killing it in tournaments.
Micayla Presley your absolute right bro, i did slack i didn’t get my shit done but hey i learned that’s the most important thing. i am back on track for sure, 5 months ago i weighted 245 lbs and today i weigh 200lbs so ive lost about 50 lbs and i’m really proud of myself. my goal is 170 and i know i’ll make.
Can relate about being underestimated, started wrestling a little later I wrestled 3 or 4 matches total in middle school, I was look at as the chubby kid with a learning disability, while majority of the team were wrestling since they were 7, and were on the team with me again in high school, got my first full year in 9th grade, my goal was to be a regional qualifier like my cousins I looked up to, I wanted that since I started, I worked my ass off endured a lotta bullying and being looked down upon, my social status was looked upon as low I wasn’t supposed to get where I got, and it turned into jealousy, but I don’t care I didn’t let starting late in the game and other challenges get in the way, as I get older I appreciate the life lesson more than the medals.
Respect this guy so much, as someone who suffered a life changing car accident, I have the exact same mindset. Just fucking do it, it’s all you can do, find the good in the bad and have gratitude for what you have. The stuff I do now I never would have thought I could do since my accident, all it takes is some will power and belief. This will take you everywhere & anywhere.
' it can only last so long '. I'm going to use this motivation next training session ... for myself and when holding pads for others!! Loved hearing this story. New fan of Corey Anderson. He overcame.
This guy tells great stories about his life and adversity he's faced and overcome. Could be a motivational speaker for some of these youngsters growing up.
Man this would be a great movie! Lol wow man that would be cool lol. Almost like Pursuit of Happiness and maybe a little Blind Side lol. Great Interview
Didn't know who he was until this and I'm so intrigued, fascinating journey. And he tells it in a way that keeps you so engaged. Also, good on Joe for being a great listener and not cutting in.
Crazy I started telling myself something similar. 'This is all but a transitional period.' No matter where you're at in life, what you do with the time determines where you'll end up. Dope content.
Inspirational man, odd I found this segment today. Tomorrow is supposed to be my 1st day of no more bull shit actually do shit physically. I've always been in great shape my whole life but over the last year, I just stopped doing shit. Put on weight, loss motivation. I'm very glad to have seen this. I needed that extra push.
I’ve never seen my dad work in my life. He was retired at 35, having invested in real estate. He always said he loves hard work, he can observe it for hours. He used to say all those things and I have to admit I believe it. I tried to change my perspective to work ethic but haven’t been successful. I tend to think people who work harder than me are less smart and I can’t change it...
@Corey Anderson, how likable are you!!!???!!! I’m so happy that the @JRE had you on the podcast. Great personality, extremely confident in the RIGHT way, not conceited... joyfully honest, I just enjoyed the time I got to spend getting to know you. God Bless you sir, enjoy your new baby, I will pray for you and your family, because you deserve it and I want to :)
corey graduated the same high school as i did, his story is true and really inspiring, our coaches told us he was ‘a turd’ in high school and by the point, a champion.
I love his back story. Its painful seeing him get kod by jimi and osp. I wanna see him put together some wins. I wanna see him fight Dom reyes. I think Dom needs to prove himself more after the volkan fight
I understand, a little under a year ago I was working 2 jobs, concrete in the morning usually started about 4-6 am depending on how hot it was that day because we tried to always beat the heat lol but that was my first job I had been doing that pretty frequently for about 3ish years and I ended up getting a second job at buffalo wild wings typically 6pm-2am about 2 years in and I'm doing both getting some good money taking care of things. I work a 6-12 go home sleep wake up but on my way to work that morning I fall asleep driving on my way to a concrete job, I ended up hitting a rock (the job was kinda in the mountains) right before I hit I woke up saw my car flip in the air land on it's side and then finally leaned over and fell on it's wheels again. Thankfully I lived but fractured my lower back so after the hospital they told me they wanted me to lay in bed for about 4 or 5 months and of I had to get up to wear a brace. This really hurt me but more mentally because just a year before hand I was pushing about 280 and was able to get down to 180 running and exercising regularly so I didn't want to lose that because of how proud I was of how far I was able to go. It didn't stop me though I didn't just lay down lol after 3ish months I tried to run a mile straight and was only able to do half cause of the pain. I didn't run one for about 2 weeks because I got all sad and what not but finally I was close to going back to work and I remember thinking sitting here on your video game isn't gonna change that mile time and went on a treadmill and ran my personal fastest mile time so far. About two weeks returning to regular since the injury you know working out and working both jobs I'm on my way home one night from buffalo its about 3 am and I'm now on a skateboard in my apartment complex because the car crash but I slip and my ankle and small leg bone(don't hate me because I don't know what it's called lol) snap and I'm screaming at 3 am trying to wheel my broken leg with my skateboard to roommate so he can take me to the hospital where I end up having to get put to sleep so they can try to pop my ankle back. I get surgery they put 7 pins in a metal rod down my small leg bone and I got a metal band around my ankle with a bolt through it. So now I'm about 6-7 moths in and I can not tell you how mentally hard it is to get back to it now I'm still not where I was but now I feel like I need to work twice as hard now trying not to go back to the weight I was I'm currently 194 so I'm trying to get back to the luscious 180 haha. I'm glad I was able to hear your encouraging words and if anyone has any advice or words of encouragement I'd greatly appreciated it, thank you all for your time sorry for making it so long lol
I’m pushing 240 5’5 lazy as fuck barley working a part time job 5 hours a day 5 days a week, how do I drop the weight I wanna get down to 200 in 3 months HELP
I really love this guy. I kind of went through the same thing so I can really feel and understand his mind. He's 100% correct about his outlook and attitude
I used the old asthma excuse in high school to get out of some long runs around the track. I always told myself I was a sprinter and didn't need to run long distances. I didn't realize success in life was about having the attitude to try even when things got hard. It took me years to learn that lesson.
I'm a 270lb obese 27 year old female. I am here because I am no longer going to be a lazy ass. I need to make money for myself so that I can join a jiu jitsu gym and lose weight while doing something I love! I am ready to change my life and become someone!
Big tip - lift weights that are kinda heavy but light enough to push or lift about 30 times while you lose weight (squats, curls, bench, etc...this prevents stretchy loose skin and stretch marks, keeps you tight all the way down to 160 !!
I really needed to hear this. I am at a fork in the road in life and was wondering what to do next. It can only last so long! AND reduce laziness even if you think you're not lazy there is always a way to improve. It's all a mental game so be positive and in return I will always think positive. Find the good luck in bad situations! Get it! I hope everyone has a great day!
This is the type of mindset anyone should have about the police. It doesn’t seem like he bitched and complained about being pulled over. He accepted it. As stupid as it is. He accepted it and saved all that energy he could of wasted by being angry and focused it into growing his life and inspiring others with similar stories to do the same. 🙌🏼
Wow, this won me over as a Corey Anderson fan, this man is dropping knowledge and practicing what he preaches. Beast ! Gotta keep working on my mental game 💪 glory to the almighty God
