Just wrapped the @felicis + @NextLegacy_ event at Black Hat last week! So fun to train with and learn from UFC Hall of Famer and legend @ForrestGriffin, super bowl champ @ryannece, and a handful of security founders (@tines_hq, @semgrep, @ConductorOneInc, @Resourcely, etc) / CISOs / channel partners. After training, we had the opportunity to hear from Ryan and Forrest on mental fortitude. A few thoughts / quotes: - "Find something that is scary or hard for others that comes easy or is fun for you" - Forrest never got nervous before fights and credits that as a key advantage - "If you've never put everything you have on a single bet, I feel bad for you because you aren't living…. Ante up and play the game" - "Losses are great because they can serve as the greatest motivators" - Forrest says his greatest growth in mental fortitude came only after he put everything he had into a fight and still lost - Forrest would remember 2 things to get in the right mindset before entering the cage: 1) "I've done the work and am not going to float the check" - training should be harder than the actual fight 2) "I'm not going to quit on myself" cc @NancyZWang, @alexbovee, @travismcpeak, @drewdennison, @dlukeomalley, @sachafaust, @TomAlcockCRP, @ipsec, @thenava, @WayneDuso, @georgegerchow, etc.