Ep. 181: "The Old Version of Yourself Has to Die" | Josh Botha

About this episode

Josh Botha shares his journey from a novice to a four-time Team Canada World Championship competitor in precision rifle shooting.

Josh Botha showed up to his first precision rifle match with a blind-magazine .204 Ruger and no idea what he was doing. A decade later, he's a four-time Team Canada World Championship competitor, senior designer at MDT (Modular Driven Technologies), founder of the BC Precision Rifle League, and the man behind North Star Precision Training. In this episode, Josh shares his journey from South Africa to England to BC, how archery led him into the precision rifle world, what it's really like inside MDT's culture, and the massive news about MDT acquiring Lone Peak Arms. We dig into the mental game of competitive shooting, the NRL Hunter format, wind reading, barriers to entry for new PRS shooters, the role of faith in business and life, and why one person stepping up can change everything. 🎁 This month we're giving away a SAI Mini Red Dot to an active Outpost listener - Silvercore Club members, activate the Outpost in your member portal to enter! 🔗 Connect with Josh: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbotha_/ North Star Precision Training: northstarprecisiontraining@gmail.com and https://www.instagram.com/northstarprecision/ BC Precision Rifle League…

People in this episode

Host: Travis Bader

Guest: Josh Botha

Topics covered

• precision rifle
• competitive shooting
• mental game
• training
• business
• faith

Keywords

• precision rifle match
• Team Canada
• mental game
• NRL Hunter format
• wind reading
• barriers to entry
• faith in business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MDT (Modular Driven Technologies), BC Precision Rifle League, North Star Precision Training, Lone Peak Arms

Places: South Africa, England, BC

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