Zach Davis, Martial Arts Professional

It’s common to feel like you can’t do what you love and pay the bills at the same time – that you have to have a “real job”, one that you don’t love and may not even like, and hope that it leaves you enough free time and energy to do some of the things that you’re really passionate about. But what if you can make your passion into your career? Today’s guest did.

Zach Davis is a martial artist professional and now owns a martial arts school. In today’s episode, he’ll talk about how he landed on that profession and ended up owning his own school, what it was like for him to give up drinking, and what soft skills he thinks are the most critical. 

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

• What Zach is doing now and how he transitioned from manager to owner
• What age ranges Zach works with
• What Mixed Martial Arts is all about
• Whether Cobra Kai has increased enthusiasm
• Zach’s path to this point
• Where an athlete’s dedication, discipline, and motivation comes from
• What works for sustaining momentum and building new habits
• How Zach came to a way of doing what he was passionate about for a job
• Navigating trade-offs
• Zach’s positivity and where that comes from
• What it was like for Zach to stop drinking
• What Zach noticed that let him know it was time to stop drinking
• Whether it’s as hard now not to drink as it was in the past
• The soft skills that Zach thinks are critical
• How Zach would advise his younger self

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