In this episode, we explore self-reflection as the foundation of growth, and journaling as one of the most powerful tools for clarity and self-improvement.

Drawing on lessons from capoeira, mentorship, and personal experience, this chapter invites you to see writing not as record-keeping, but as tuning. Like adjusting a radio frequency, journaling helps you choose which signals you let shape your mind — and which ones you block out.

This episode is not about productivity hacks or perfect systems. It’s about attention. About presence. About consciously shaping your identity instead of letting the world do it for you.

The book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠50 Lessons on Capoeira, Teaching, and Life⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Alex Maltsev

Contact: mail-podcast@alexmaltsev.me

This episode brings together several ideas from earlier chapters — identity, goals, habits, and planning — and distills them into one simple practice: ritual.

In capoeira, rituals create focus, presence, and meaning before the game even begins. The same is true for life. How you enter the day often determines how the rest of it unfolds.

The book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠50 Lessons on Capoeira, Teaching, and Life⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Alex Maltsev

Contact: mail-podcast@alexmaltsev.me

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

This episode is about planning — not as rigidity, but as responsibility.

Drawing parallels between capoeira, teaching, aviation, and daily life, we explore why having a plan is not a limitation, but a foundation for good improvisation. Why professionals rely on manuals. Why teachers prepare lessons. And why mastering your life doesn’t start with a five-year vision, but with a single, well-planned day.

This chapter invites you to slow down, take ownership, and rethink planning as a quiet discipline — one that builds clarity, confidence, and momentum over time.

The book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠50 Lessons on Capoeira, Teaching, and Life⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Alex Maltsev

Contact: mail-podcast@alexmaltsev.me