Resilience in the Face of Adversity: C-Monster Mindset

They say all journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware, and as C-Monster, I'm sharing an intimate look back at the grooves we've carved on the Can't Be Broken podcast. From the gritty beginnings of my competitive spirit to the unwavering commitment to my principles, this episode is a heartfelt tribute to the incredible guests and you, the listeners, who've shaped this odyssey. We've sprinted through storms and basked in victories, and as we perch on the possibility of a final lap, I'm infused with gratitude for the lessons learned and the wisdom imparted about resilience and mental strength.

Embrace the notion that action is the foundational key to all success. This conversation is a clarion call to be the first to grab the reins, to labor beyond the glare of the spotlights, turning your aspirations into tangible triumphs. I hold nothing back as we explore the criticality of hard work trumping talent, and the potency of personal accountability and work ethic. Our dialogue serves as a powerful reminder that the deliberate steps we take each day craft the future we dream of. As we potentially close this chapter, the echo of our mantra resounds with certainty—you simply can't be broken.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:24

podcast. I'm your host, seamonster, and this is another episode of Seamonster Mindset man. I've had a good run here, had a really, really good run with this podcast. I've been blessed to interview, learn, appreciate some of the guests that have been on this show of the Can't Be Broken podcast. It's been amazing to learn how to take time to reach out to people, learn from them, take their time and have them on this show and have them express their experiences, their knowledge and share with the people that listen, from everywhere, from business to baseball, to youngsters, to older people, to men and women and to people that have accomplished the line, continue to grind and move forward, and I'm super blessed with that I've. I've been also blessed to just get on here and talk and express my feelings and leave messages to my daughters and do the sea monster mindset, which is always refreshing for me and healing for me, and also just to let people know where I'm coming from and the way I fucking think and when I go from Caesar to sea monster.

Speaker 1: 1:44

It's crazy, but that name started a long, long, long, long time ago. When I was a kid, my dad used to call me monstro and a friend of mine used to call me monstro and they'd call me animal and animal, and you know it's just my, the way I kind of handled myself. I was very competitive, I was very brusco, very, very rough around the edges, I didn't take shit from nobody and I didn't like losing and uh had that competitive nature and uh, even to this day, I don't like losing. Um, and I think that was just how I I was, I don't I wouldn't say raised because I have an older brother and a younger sister and we're we're different and we're the same in many ways as well. But, um, my mindset is different and and I like it and I'm not going to compromise for anybody. But I learn and you know we all make mistakes and stuff and sometimes you got to take a step back for certain things, but at the end of the day, my core values and morals stay the same. But today, on Sea Monsters Mindset, well, two things really quick.

Speaker 1: 2:46

One I've been here doing this Can't Be Broken podcast for about two years now, probably over two years, not exactly sure. It just kind of when it officially started, and it doesn't really matter to me when it officially started. All I know is we started with officially with me and EA Essence and moved forward from that and it's kind of evolved into something a little bit different, something the same, the same core as morals and values, mind, body and soul stuff. But it's probably going to be coming to an end pretty soon. Just like anything else, all good things come to an end, and not only that change is inevitable. Just like anything else, all good things come to an end, and not only that change is inevitable. And we must move forward and other ventures and other things and other things that I want to do, and it's fine I might leave it open for a little bit and possibly get other people in here and some other episodes, but it's a good time, it's a good thing that I've wanted to do. It might be coming to an end, which is cool. There's no hard feelings about that at all and yeah, I've enjoyed it. I enjoy it to get on here. It's refreshing, like I said. But there's other things and that's just like anything else. You go to middle school, you must move to high school and high school and college, and then that comes to an end. You must work and sometimes there's other jobs and that comes to an end. You retire and move forward. So that's the beauty of it, not scared of change.

Speaker 1: 4:13

And so, yeah, today I want to talk about a sea monster's mindset. That way we get this thing going Is be first, and what I mean by that is be first. There's a couple different things and a couple different meanings of being first. Be first means that you're courageous, that you did something that nobody else maybe wanted to do. Being second means you lack the courage to step up when things aren't going right, when somebody's getting bullied, when somebody's getting picked on, when picking up that trash that you should have picked it up and nobody wants to do it, nobody wants to look a certain way. Being first is doing something because it's the right thing to do, and that takes courage. Courage that other people may think or talk or view you in a certain way, but you're your own person and doing the right thing is harder to do than doing the wrong thing, unfortunately, in society. But it also means to me.

Speaker 1: 5:11

Be first is just imagine if you were to show up to practice 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes earlier than everybody else ready. You get warmed up and you take extra ground balls, backhands, forehands, turn a double play, get rid of the ball, work on stealing, work on whatever you want bunting, hitting, going the other way, whatever you want to work in and you just do it for five minutes before anybody else gets going. And you have practice. Let's say you're in college and you have practice five days a week during fall. That's 25 minutes a week extra. That's 100 minutes a month in four weeks extra. And that's what is it? 100, what is it 1,200,? So 12 months. Let's just say approximately 1,200 minutes extra. That you did work than your other teammates, than the other people that you're fighting a position for, than other people in other colleges. You're going to get better quicker and you're going to get better quicker and you're going to leave people behind.

Speaker 1: 6:30

But people don't think about that. They want to get there, they want to jaw jack, they're tired. They're thinking about oh fuck, what are we doing today at practice? Why is this happening? They're messing around, they're grabbing ass, they're fucking. They ain't focused on getting better they're. That is the difference between what Kobe used to say Every little time that I'm out there a little bit more, I'm getting much better than them, quicker. You people want some shit. People want to go and play college ball. People want to go and play pro ball. People want to go and play fucking high school ball, make the team go here and there and make the varsity team, but they just kind of want it. What you need is to need it, and when you need something, that means you'll do anything and everything to get there. And what that anything and everything is is extra work, is getting there earlier and not fucking around, not being focused.

Speaker 1: 7:37

I remember when I was in high school, during my lunch break, I used to go out in the field and take ground balls things that I knew I needed to work on with another buddy of mine Ray Corrales was his name and he'd go and feed me and he was a younger kid but he was playing ball and we would take ground balls. We'd get each other better, we'd work on routes, we'd work on direction, we'd work on releasing the ball. We'd work on so many different things Every lunch break. Then I'd go to my regular practice when it started and I didn't have all the tools and I needed to do that in order to get better, in order to be up to par with other people that had talent. But imagine if you have talent and you're doing that.

Speaker 1: 8:26

The problem is people take shit for granted. They take their talent for granted. I'm hitting bombs right now. Who gives a fuck? You're 12. You're going to get passed up if you don't fucking work hard. Create good fucking habits. Create good habits of working hard. It'll pay off. You don't see it right now, but later on you will. I see it all the time here.

Speaker 1: 8:58

I've been doing my business now here strength conditioning, endurance, creating athletes for a long time, and those who put the work in here throughout time have gotten to the next level. Those who have stayed consistent, committed, resilient have gone to the next level. Those who have stayed consistent, committed, resilient have gone to the next level, no matter who they are, because they're going to be working on their skill at school, but they're going to be becoming athletes here, which is going to enhance that. You don't have to come here. Go wherever Get better, but stay consistent, stay committed. Go wherever Get better, but stay consistent, stay committed, be resilient and be first God.

Speaker 1: 9:40

There's nothing worse than getting people here and seeing talent wasted by fucking, not having good work ethic, by wasting time. I see it all the time and no matter how many fucking times I say something to that kid, to that person, to that client. It continues to happen. So you know what? I don't say anything anymore Because it's not my job to motivate you for your dream. It's not my job to fucking make you understand that your dream is very important to you, because I had a dream and I had self-motivation and I had self-drive. And if you can't find that, then I'll guarantee you you're not going anywhere. Talent will only take you so fucking far. After that, see you later. Bye, good luck. And then you've just created bad habits. And then, when times get tough and you're trying to find a job, you're trying to do this. You have bad habits. Next thing you know you don't have that job anymore. You try to find another job. And that's just life. Because you've never fucking worked hard in your life, you've never created good habits.

Speaker 1: 11:02

You know people say a lot of shit, everybody. I ask who comes through these doors, that's an athlete baseball, softball, whatever, soccer, basketball. So what do you want to do? Where do you want to go? They all say they want to play pro or they want to go to college. They want to play in college, from the Division I to III to NAIA. Tell those that have the possibility of making it there based on their work ethic, based on their actions and not their words. I can see it based on their commitment to themselves, on the way they carry themselves, on the way they invest in themselves. And then I can see also those who talk a lot, who need people to yell at them, who need motivation, who are not committed and not consistent but still want the other shit. Let me tell you something If you keep doing the same shit, you're going to get the same fucking results. If you keep doing the same shit, you're going to get the same fucking results. That's just reality. You want different results. Do something different. How about fucking show up? How about show up early? Be first, stay committed, be consistent, put in the fucking work, leave it all there and then see where that leads you to.

Speaker 1: 12:34

People talk too much, they say too much. They think being in 12U, 9, 10, 11, 14u, you know you're the shit. It gives a fuck. Nobody cares, you're 14. What people should care is if you're 14, with good work ethic, you're coachable, you pay attention, you work hard, you're a leader. You're instilling some fucking good things in that kid so that he can move on to the next level and he's progressing. Who gives a fuck about the rings? Who cares? Who cares that he went four for four out of shitty competition or even good competition?

Speaker 1: 13:14

How did he handle failure? That's more important. How did he handle 0 for 4 and then 0 for 4 the next game and what did he do? Is he trying different things to try to overcome that? Is he in his head? Did he make an error? Did he boot a ball? Does he want the ball back again? How you handle failure is more, and people just want to talk about their wins and people just want to talk beast mode, but then they're on their phone posting up shit. Don't matter. Show me with your actions, show yourself with your actions.

Speaker 1: 13:54

And lastly, accountability. People want others to hold them accountable. They're looking for coaches to yell at them, to tell them when to stop talking, to hold them accountable, to tell them when to go to the gym. They're looking for their parents to invest in them coming to the gym and doing this and that. How about the kid? How about you? Or the adult? Whoever Take accountability for your fucking own actions.

Speaker 1: 14:27

Understand where you're at and what you want, and that you don't need anybody else to motivate you, to inspire you, to drive you. You and your dream should be enough. What you want and what you need should be enough, and talking about it ain't going to get you where you want to be. That's not going to get you where you want to be. What's going to get you where you want to be is being first, putting in the extra work, understanding where you're failing at, so that you can work on that Doing shit that you don't want to do in order to get where you want to be. Doing shit that others don't want to do because it's important Doing the right thing that others don't want to do because it's important doing the right thing. All these little things, the small things, is what matters. It matters to coaches, it matters to teachers, it matters to the high level, but it should matter to you most. You want to play in the next level.

Speaker 1: 15:48

Here it is Be accountable, be aware, have good morals and values, be coachable, have good grades and work your fucking ass off. Did I mention anything about fucking throwing, running, hitting, defense, baseball, softball, iq, any of that shit? No, that will come if you take care of the other fucking things that everybody has the power to do. Break it down and you will be better. Hey, thanks for listening. I appreciate it. Hope you guys got something out of this episode. See monsters mindset, appreciate it and remember if you're going through the dumps or whatnot. You can't be broken.