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Black Belt Speech | Lex Fridman
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I got my BJJ black belt yesterday from Phil Migliarese and Ricardo Migliarese at Balance Studios after 9 years of hard training and competing. I've learned more about life from martial arts than any other endeavor I've undertaken. The biggest lesson is that I'm not special, far from it, and that to get better at anything, you have to work hard. There are no shortcuts.
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The Humbling Truth of Hard Work
In this segment, Lex Fridman reflects on the profound lessons learned from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) that surpass his academic experiences. He emphasizes the humbling realization that he is not special and that achieving excellence in any field, whether it's robotics or martial arts, requires relentless hard work. Lex shares a personal anecdote about competing and the emotional challenges of losing, highlighting the importance of effort over outcome.
"so I've learned more in these maths than I have in all my years I'm a nerd I got a PhD I learned more about life about the mind that these masks that I have in all the years of school and I think two ..."