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Neil Adams

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1128 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

I don't know whether you can call it a power, but I have the ability to be able to say, stop. And I can just, and that's what I did in the end. In the end, there was an incident when I was working for Belgian judo and there was an incident. It was Christmas. It was, I tell you exactly the day. It was 20th of December and me and a Belgian coach, we got absolutely hammered.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

I don't know whether you can call it a power, but I have the ability to be able to say, stop. And I can just, and that's what I did in the end. In the end, there was an incident when I was working for Belgian judo and there was an incident. It was Christmas. It was, I tell you exactly the day. It was 20th of December and me and a Belgian coach, we got absolutely hammered.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

I don't know whether you can call it a power, but I have the ability to be able to say, stop. And I can just, and that's what I did in the end. In the end, there was an incident when I was working for Belgian judo and there was an incident. It was Christmas. It was, I tell you exactly the day. It was 20th of December and me and a Belgian coach, we got absolutely hammered.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

But we were at the wrong place and he got noticed. And so I remember they pulled me up in front of this board and I looked down at these guys and half of them were people I didn't want to be in that situation with. You know, they're not people that I respected and they're not people that I trusted.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

But we were at the wrong place and he got noticed. And so I remember they pulled me up in front of this board and I looked down at these guys and half of them were people I didn't want to be in that situation with. You know, they're not people that I respected and they're not people that I trusted.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

But we were at the wrong place and he got noticed. And so I remember they pulled me up in front of this board and I looked down at these guys and half of them were people I didn't want to be in that situation with. You know, they're not people that I respected and they're not people that I trusted.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

I think if it's to do with drinking, all I can say is that the two days or a week into not drinking, you'll feel different. You know, it'll make a physical difference and you'll like that physical difference.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

I think if it's to do with drinking, all I can say is that the two days or a week into not drinking, you'll feel different. You know, it'll make a physical difference and you'll like that physical difference.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

I think if it's to do with drinking, all I can say is that the two days or a week into not drinking, you'll feel different. You know, it'll make a physical difference and you'll like that physical difference.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

And then from a mental perspective as well, because I think that, you know, you have a massive downer, you know, and I think that that must be because of drugs as well, because I had a situation with my brother, you know, he was like, you know, professional wrestling and the drugs was an element there. And, you know, so I'd never touched a drug or even seen one in my life before.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

And then from a mental perspective as well, because I think that, you know, you have a massive downer, you know, and I think that that must be because of drugs as well, because I had a situation with my brother, you know, he was like, you know, professional wrestling and the drugs was an element there. And, you know, so I'd never touched a drug or even seen one in my life before.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

And then from a mental perspective as well, because I think that, you know, you have a massive downer, you know, and I think that that must be because of drugs as well, because I had a situation with my brother, you know, he was like, you know, professional wrestling and the drugs was an element there. And, you know, so I'd never touched a drug or even seen one in my life before.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

But, you know, I'd let the alcohol side go too far and then decided never to do that. So then I guess I had people ringing me up, you know, saying, you know, how can we stop? You know, so when they say, can I have a word? Can I discuss something with you? And I know then what they want to discuss with me, you know. And the thing is, is that I would say, you know, if you stop...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

But, you know, I'd let the alcohol side go too far and then decided never to do that. So then I guess I had people ringing me up, you know, saying, you know, how can we stop? You know, so when they say, can I have a word? Can I discuss something with you? And I know then what they want to discuss with me, you know. And the thing is, is that I would say, you know, if you stop...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

But, you know, I'd let the alcohol side go too far and then decided never to do that. So then I guess I had people ringing me up, you know, saying, you know, how can we stop? You know, so when they say, can I have a word? Can I discuss something with you? And I know then what they want to discuss with me, you know. And the thing is, is that I would say, you know, if you stop...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

then feel the effects of it and it will make a difference to your everyday life. And that will make a massive difference. And I think about anybody who kind of, you know, is down all the time is to find the cause of what's pushing you down. You know what I mean? And try and attack that. I mean, because it's never, somebody once said to me, they said, whatever you got, you know,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

then feel the effects of it and it will make a difference to your everyday life. And that will make a massive difference. And I think about anybody who kind of, you know, is down all the time is to find the cause of what's pushing you down. You know what I mean? And try and attack that. I mean, because it's never, somebody once said to me, they said, whatever you got, you know,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

then feel the effects of it and it will make a difference to your everyday life. And that will make a massive difference. And I think about anybody who kind of, you know, is down all the time is to find the cause of what's pushing you down. You know what I mean? And try and attack that. I mean, because it's never, somebody once said to me, they said, whatever you got, you know,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

We've got something special. I mean, we have a great life and I've had a great competition record. It could have been better, but it was great. But I've had success with my business and we're still out there and we have a great life. We travel all the world. And there's people out there that would live in your house at the drop of a hat, wherever you are. They drive your car everywhere.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#427 โ€“ Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

We've got something special. I mean, we have a great life and I've had a great competition record. It could have been better, but it was great. But I've had success with my business and we're still out there and we have a great life. We travel all the world. And there's people out there that would live in your house at the drop of a hat, wherever you are. They drive your car everywhere.