Episode #14 - Mindset and Motivation

On Episode 14 of the Musashi R&D Sessions Podcast, Ross and Dhiren dive into this week’s topic – Mindset and Motivation. In revenge for making him drink so much preworkout last week, Dhiren introduces a challenge for Ross that involves him eating a 90g protein bar every time he interrupts. The guys share their insights on mindset and motivation, touching on goals and objectives, short-term and long-term inspiration, and results. We also discuss the effect of sharing your goals, music, and the theory of nature versus nurture in regards to motivation and discipline. In sports news, R&D cover Usain Bolt’s positive COVID test, Messi leaving Barcelona, and Tim Tszyu’s victory over Jeff Horn. We also touch on the recent NBA boycott, and Harry Maguire’s arrest. This episode we finish with a pair of listener questions on the dissolution of glutamine, carnitine and beta-alanine, and who would win in an arm wrestle between Ross and Dhiren. Ross is once again is able to guess the origin of a famous athlete quote pitched by Hal the Intern, and Dhiren applies the philosophy of Miyamoto Musashi to the topic using the quote: “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.” Remember to comment and leave a review and we’ll get in touch to send you a free Musashi T-shirt! References: ·  The Book of Five Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings ·  Meditations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations ·  Dokkodo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokk%C5%8Dd%C5%8D ·  The Obstacle is the Way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Obstacle_Is_the_Way Timestamp: 0:00:07 – Intro to Topic 0:02:30 – The Game 0:04:39 – Goals and motivation 0:06:42 – Accountability 0:07:23 – Athletic vs calendar goals 0:09:22 – Waiting for the perfect time to train 0:09:46 – Excuses not to train 0:11:31 – Interruption 0:12:37 – Training with a partner 0:13:29 – Sharing training advice 0:13:47 – Lacking energy 0:14:44 – Training through boredom 0:15:35 – Music 0:18:03 – Other short-term motivation 0:19:25 – Motivational influences 0:21:19 – The king of short-term motivation 0:22:22 – Nature vs Nurture 0:23:15 – Starting the habit 0:26:17 – Seeing results 0:27:54 – Plateauing 0:28:20 – Consistency and discipline 0:31:48 – Long-term objectives 0:33:28 – Comparing yourself to others 0:35:12 – Tracking progress 0:37:08 – Challenging yourself 0:40:26 – Miyamoto Musashi story 0:42:06 – Tricks to aid motivation 0:43:50 – Ross being Ross 0:45:38 – Listener questions 0:48:32 – Sports news 0:58:45 – Mystery quote 1:00:22 – Musashi quote