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Five Major Lessons Conor McGregor’s Life Can Teach Us About Career Building
From a footballer to a boxer, from a trainee plumber to an MMA fighter, and from a legendary UFC fighter to a CEO
Conor McGregor is an Irish mixed martial artist who is “[…] Officially Stripped of UFC Title Following UFC 223.” Based on UFC’s recent ranking, he is the world’s #9 UFC lightweight champion.
He had a total of 28 mixed martial arts matches, out of which he has lost only 6 — his prominent rivals being Floyd Mayweather, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Dustin Poirier. In 2021, Forbes named him the world’s highest-paid athlete, with an estimated $180 million in earnings.
In the following section, I would like to extract some lessons from some angles of his life — especially his professional career. The goal is to uncover some lessons that can be applied to our own career-building missions. You’re going to see that choosing our passion over what society or luck determines for us is much more fruitful.
Lesson #1: You Don’t Need Higher Education to Build Your Career
Conor McGregor did not pursue any bachelor studies, let alone master’s or Ph.D. He attended primary and secondary schools in South Dublin…
