Overview

On this episode of Build Your Network, Host Travis Chappell interviews Ken Shamrock, the World’s Most Dangerous Man, a world-recognized MMA fighter.

Topics Discussed:

• About Ken Shamrock
  • Wrestled in the WWF.
  • Founder of the Lion’s Den, a renowned fighting school.
  • He’s a businessman and international figure.
  • Founder of Lion’s Den ministries.
  • He’s an author of two books and has appeared in a few movies.
  • He matches up celebrities with hotshot entrepreneurs.
  • They set up strategic partnerships through entrepreneurs.
  • He has another thing called pocket shot, a pocket slingshot.
  • Looking to start a reality show about the world’s most dangerous fighters.
• Tell us about what happened when you were a child to make you who you are today?
  • He’s always been a fighter.
  • When he was five years old he was jumped in the bathroom.
    • This solidified that he was a fighter.
  • What was the environment you grew up in?
    • His biological mother and father separated.
    • They were left home a lot, sometimes with no food.
    • They were in the ghetto and only had one bed to sleep in.
    • It’s interesting to see the power of human beings when they’re in adversity.
  • When he was 6-7 they moved
    • By the time he was 10, he had been put into a juvenile.
    • He ended up in the Shamrock boy’s home, that’s where he started finding an opportunity to change his life.
      • Bob Shamrock notices his violence early and channeled his energy through sports.
    • At what point did you realize you wanted to pursue fighting professionally?
      • He did wrestling in college and then saw a video of early MMA fighting.
      • He decided he wanted to do this.
      • A few months later he was in the ring in front of 17,000 people and won his first fight.
    • Did you have any formal fight training?
      • He did street fighting since the time he was five years old.
        • He was very aware of how to fight and he had athletic ability.
      • He was strong and able to manhandle and muscle his opponent.
      • Because of his emotions and desire to win, it showed when he was fighting.
    • When UFC first started, what types of venues were hosting?
      • After the first couple of shows, they were starting to fill the arena.
    • Where along the timeline did you do some WWF fighting?
      • In the late 90’s, he was there for a little less than three years.
      • How was it going from UFC over to WWF?
        • It goes against the grain from everything you understand, it’s a difficult transition.
        • It was about putting on a good show.
      • How did your relationship with Des Woodruff come about?
        • He was traveling and doing a lot of ministries and meet and greets.
        • He started to panic and think he couldn’t keep doing what he was doing.
        • He needed to learn how to leverage what he had already built to start making money.
        • He went on a ministry trip and got picked up by Des, he had volunteered to drive him around.
        • Des helped him give his business a direction, work on his website, and create residual income.
      • Do you believe that what you know or who you know is more important and why?
        • The situation weighs heavily on that decision.
        • If you know everybody but you don’t have anything, what does it matter?
        • Who you know in the right situation is powerful.
      • Are you spending more time on relationships now, or still skillsets?
        • Right now, he’s focusing on who you know.
        • He and Des have good knowledge of business and marketing together.

The Random Round:

• • • What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
      • Golf
    • If you could sit on a park bench with anyone for an hour who would it be, and why?
      • Abraham Lincoln
    • How do you like to consume content best, books, blogs, podcasts, or videos?
      • Videos
    • Give us a glimpse of your morning routine
      • Wake up and get coffee
      • Sits down on the couch with the wife
      • Eat breakfast
      • Go to gym
      • Get to work
    • What is your go-to pump up song?
      • Loves all music, there’s no one song.
      • Usually soundtracks
    • What are you not very good at?
      • Algebra and any math harder than that.
    • What is one place where we can find you online?
      • Twitter, Instagram, social media
      • Twitter handle: @shamrockken

Tweetable Quotes:

• It’s interesting to see the power of human beings when they’re in adversity.
• Because of my emotions and desire to win, it showed when I was fighting.
• If you know everybody but you don’t have anything, what does it matter?

Resources Mentioned:

Buildyournetwork.com– Podcast website

BYN.media/fb – Facebook Group

CE3.co – Ken’s website