274 - Man in the Arena

CJ and David sat down with Jemal King and Wall Street Trapper right after the One Percent stage, and what came out was bigger than money. Jemal spent his early years as a cop, putting on a vest every day. Trap came up on the corner. Two men who once lived on opposite sides of the ...  Show more

You can't build the new you without tearing the old one down. That's the truth most people don't want to hear. Because demolition is uncomfortable. It's messy. It's loud. And it doesn't look like progress when you're standing in the middle of it. But here's what you need to under ...  Show more

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

Now that we know how and why we criticize others (and ourselves), what can we do to stop being so critical (if we decide we want to)? In this podcast episode, I’ll teach you some thoughts you can use to work through being critical, how to check in with your motivation behind your ...  Show more

In today's episode, Andy talks about how criticism paralyzes people from reaching their full potential, the importance of taking advice from the individuals who have achieved what you're trying to achieve, and how to use negative criticism to fuel yourself to a higher potential. 

“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