Pulling the Positive from Failures with UFC Champion Frankie Edgar
We know our kids are going to fail and that they’re going to be disappointed. Pulling the positive lessons from failures can help kids use losses as stepping stones to greatness. But what happens when we as fathers fail?
Today we have Frankie Edgar on the show for a return visit. He was the UFC Lightweight Champion of UFC 112 and is a husband and a dad.
Frankie risks crushing failure every time he steps into the ring. Naturally, it’s no fun losing a fight, but he knows that his kids are watching. Listen to how Frankie sets a champion’s example of pulling the positive from failures and how he draws the line between family and fighting.
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Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar was born and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey where he first started wrestling in high school. After college, he got into mixed martial arts and his career took off. Frankie Edgar is now known as “The Answer.” He has 9 year old and 8 year old sons and a 4 year old daughter.
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What You’ll Learn
- What wrestling taught him about life
- How he became mentally and physically tough
- Balancing family life as a pro-athlete
- How he becomes present in whatever he’s doing
- How he cultivates his laser-like focus
- How he faces his kids after he loses a fight
- How he teaches his kids to own their own failures
- What it’s like being a husband as a UFC fighter
- The example Frankie’s father set for him
- How it’s not always about being the rough guy, but being happy
- How he still dates his wife
- The difference in raising a daughter
- The number one thing he wants to teach his kids
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MENTIONED EPISODE: Frankie Edgar on Life Lessons from the Octagon
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