Episode #99

World Champion Mike Chandler on Escaping Doubt and Finding True Confidence

MMA world champion Michael Chandler (Success Through Failure episode 323: Mindset of a Champion from a Champion: UFC’s Michael Chandler on Success, Failure, and Your Journey to Greatness)
MMA world champion Michael Chandler (Success Through Failure episode 323: Mindset of a Champion from a Champion: UFC’s Michael Chandler on Success, Failure, and Your Journey to Greatness)

Key Takeaways

Align your self-belief with your ambitions and focus on the process, not just outcomes, to eliminate self-sabotage and unlock peak performance.

Setbacks and doubt can spiral even after early success; resilience and recalibrating your mindset are essential to get back on track.

Leverage abundant modern resources for continuous self-education and stay consistent—success often comes from doing the right things long enough and believing you can be the best.

Top Quotes

Somebody has to be the best, so you have to ask yourself, why shouldn't it be you?

It's not that people don't do the right things, it's just that they don't do them long enough.

You have to bring your level of belief up so high that what you're trying to accomplish is in line with it.

Episode Summary

Failure, self-doubt, and becoming a world champion.

Today I bring you Michael Chandler. Originally from St. Louis, Michael Grew up in a typical blue-collar, hard-working household with a union carpenter and a secretary for parents. The value of hard work was instilled early on as well as the desire to do what he could for those around him.

In 2004, Mike enrolled at the University of Missouri, walking onto the school’s wrestling squad. While at Missouri, Chandler was a four-time NCAA qualifier, collected 100 career wins, as well as earning fifth place at NCAA’s, earning Division I NCAA All-American honors.

Following his collegiate wrestling career, Mike began training mixed martial arts with Xtreme Couture. He fought his way to the top and is the current Bellator Lightweight Champion and ranked as the #7 lightweight in the world according to FightMatrix.com and is regarded as one of the top 20 greatest lightweight fighters of all time.

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