274 - Man in the Arena

Eric Thomas and CJ break down leadership, team building and why you can't build it alone. The greatest wins in your life will never come from solo effort, and the thing that made you successful as an individual might be the very thing destroying your team. CJ said it at the 1% ev ...  Show more

Why do talented people keep losing? Eric Thomas says sometimes it is not the talent. It is the team. This week the crew breaks down the power of we. The Bears walk into Monday Night Football with their third string quarterback and still get the win. ET explains why that was not l ...  Show more

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..." Teddy Roosevelt

With all the criticism and negativity that surround us today, it can be hard to maintain a positive attitude. But when we tune out all negative-sounding comments, we risk cutting ourselves off from even the constructive criticism we desperately need to grow and improv ...

Most people don’t truly win or lose—they simply watch from the sidelines, afraid to step into the fight. Inspired by Teddy Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena speech, this episode explores how too many of us trade victory and defeat for the comfort of playing it safe. We avoid risk, ...

In this episode I discuss the inevitability of criticism & some thoughts around handling it.“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” Elbert HubbardReferences and links discussed can be found at www.Martin-MacDonald.com/Ep51TOPICS02:11 - Which people suffer from ...  Show more