The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks

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Why the Relaxed Man Always Wins (with Bas Rutten)

Why the Relaxed Man Always Wins (with Bas Rutten)3 aug1 u 49 min

The most feared striker in MMA history spent this conversation talking about calm. Before his first fight in Japan, Bas Rutten wrote one letter on each fist with a marker: R, for rustig, Dutch for relaxed. He'd found out that morning his opponent was 33 pounds heavier, the round was thirty minutes long, and there were no rules he recognised. Mid-fight he was calm enough to overhear two spectators in the front row discussing a house move, and that was when he noticed the two voices in him. Th...