Dream Big & Manifest w/ Gilbert Smith

Welcome to Season 4 of the RPG Podcast. On episode one of this all new season Robert is joined by Gilbert Smith, MMA Fighter, Coach and Founder of Victory MMA Academy in Colorado Springs. The two discuss discipline, dreaming big, how to follow your dreams until they manifest, overcoming challenges, self-doubt, mixed martial arts and much more.

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Show Notes:

0:40- Gilbert Smith is a former UFC fighter, appearing as a contender on The Ultimate Fighter season 17 & 25 and is now a coach at Victory MMA in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

2:00- Smith believes he can be disciplined in other areas of his life because he is very disciplined when training in the gym. 

3:25- After not making the basketball team, Patton became obsessed with getting better, playing nearly everyday from age eleven to seventeen. 

6:16- One of the biggest challenges Patton faced was being in denial after receiving a new batch of underwear back in 2013 that had too many manufacturing discrepancies, on the outside they looked fine, but on the inside they almost looked mangled and couldn’t be sold in good conscious. Starting over was the only option and he knew he couldn’t give up. 

11:23- The biggest challenge Smith has faced was working under someone he didn’t know who ultimately wasn’t trustworthy and made him reconsider continuing to teach MMA. Fortunately, Smith was able to return to the original gym he was teaching and started rebuilding his business, ultimately saving up enough to buy his own gym. 

15:30- To stay driven, Smith will tell himself he doesn’t have a choice or plan b, he strives to be as smart as possible with studying and will ask for advice. He isn’t afraid to fail or be criticized. 

17:43- Smith has a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and master’s in business and project management. He is also A+ and Cisco CCNA certified which he used while in the United States Army, he admits that he didn’t enjoy that work at all. 

23:48- “Necessity is the mother of invention.” (Patton) 

26:56- Smith first began teaching martial arts at Camp Victory in Iraq, helping spawn the name of his gym, Victory MMA.

30:41- Sometimes Smith will watch other coaches on Instagram and process what they are teaching and adapt it into his own program. 

32:09- “When you live in your gift, you’re able to excel.” (Smith)

35:30- You have to dream big, but grind even harder. 

39:23- The most important thing that Smith tells his students is to not be afraid of failure, it is a process. 

41:28- Acro Yoga is something that Smith does to challenge himself and continue to learn as a student. 

48:16- Smith is very excited to help his son with his music and MMA career, he says he is going all in and not afraid to fail.