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• Why Does Dana White Believe He Can Fix Boxing as a Promoter?

  Dana White says boxing was his first love. He knew the sport was broken as it declined, and he knows how to fix it. He is already two years ahead of where he thought he would be, because the people doing it now are bad at it. He says to watch what he does over the next five years.

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• Why Does Dana White Advise Young People to Take Risks?

  Dana White explains people live as if days will last forever but people will not. 30 years old seems so old when a person is 18 years old. Young people should avoid wasting time and should take risks instead of sitting home alone thinking about how much more could have been done. Realizing one could have been bigger or could have been better ranks as the worst outcome a person can have.

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• Why Does Dana White Never Reflect on Past Achievements?

  Dana White never reflects because whatever happened yesterday means nothing today. At 57 Dana White focuses on tomorrow and getting bigger and better instead of looking back. Dana White wants to be better tomorrow than today in every way possible.

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• Why Does Manifestation Require Daily Work to Succeed?

  Manifestation is real. When you decide who you are, what you want to do, what you are going to accomplish and get up every single day to work toward it, failure is impossible. Many people only create vision boards then fail to press the pedal or step on the gas after programming their GPS.

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• Why Does Dana White Call Gary Brecka a Life Changer?

  Gary Brecka gave Dana White 10 years to live, then a 12 week program. Dana White felt better in six weeks, with clarity, his legs, and the sleep apnea gone. Dana White and his wife believe he had less than 10 years to live. Dana White calls Gary Brecka a life changer. Without Gary Brecka, Dana White would not be doing the other work or running at the same level, even though he would still be doing the UFC.

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• Why Does Dana White Love Haters?

  Haters are the best. There is nothing better than haters. Haters will lay out what they think is wrong with your business. Haters keep you on your game. You know what is real and you know what is just bullshit.

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• Why Does Dana White Say Most People Cannot Be Entrepreneurs?

  To be an entrepreneur is a very unique thing because it is hard enough for a lot of people to get up every day and depend on themselves to take care of themselves. When people become entrepreneurs lots of people depend on them. Lots of people feed their families and the role must be taken very seriously.

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• Why Does Wanting Free Time Rule Out Your Own Business?

  Wanting more time to yourself makes starting your own business the wrong choice because there is no such thing as a day off when you run your own business. There are no birthdays, no Christmas, no Thanksgivings. Bad shit will happen every single day that you need to deal with. But when you like what you do, it is fun. The key to becoming a good entrepreneur is to find solutions to problems every day.

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• Why Does Dana White Believe His Parents Made Him a Better Parent?

  Becoming a parent helped Dana White realize the correct way to feel about kids and the proper way to act as a parent. As a result Dana White believes his parents made him a better parent.

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• Why Does Dana White Say Deciding Makes Failure Impossible?

  Dana White says when you decide who you are, what you want to do, what you are going to accomplish, and you work toward it, it is impossible for you to fail. Dana White believes the formula for success applies to building the UFC and advises entrepreneurs not to be afraid to take the risk.

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