Michael Easter

And I think that it would be beneficial for people to step outside of what is like comfortable for them more often, because that is usually when you experience something that's really difficult and kind of shakes you or

um, shakes your foundation or challenges you in a way.

And I think when we have those challenge moments, there's the, that's where the opportunity is.

That's where the opportunity is to like get to the other side.

But if we never even approach the bridge, like how do we, how do we ever get to their side?

How do we ever figure out, you know, what opportunities lie ahead of us, what we're really made of, what we're really drawn to, what we're really great at, unless you're willing to, um, put yourself out there a little bit and you gotta be willing to fail too.

I absolutely think that failure is such an important part.

And I,

I've read a lot of books on the psychology and how the human brain works and how the female brain works.

And one thing that I've learned, which I implemented much later in my career.

So I retired after I lost, not when I lost my belt, but I came back and I fought one more time in New York, as you had mentioned.

And I was absolutely not present in that fight.

I was somewhere else entirely, which is such a weird experience.

Because you win the belt, you have this two-week high.

Now, all of a sudden, life starts to get real.

You go, oh, this didn't solve all my problems.

You lose the belt.

And you're like, all right, what's the idea if I start getting back at the belt?

Even though I kind of, I knew already that it wasn't, but it was the only thing I had because I had not taken the time to resolve any issues with myself.

Yeah.