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971. Q&AF: Leading Vs. Delegating, Dealing With Judgement & Balancing Gratitude And Growth
Entrepreneur Andy Frisella and his guests discuss, debate, and laugh their way through trending topics and hot-button issues. (This is also the home of Andy's other show, the top-ranked MFCEO Project Podcast)
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It was mentioned that LeBron James was seen reading this book pregame, possibly as a brand play or political statement. His actions during the national anthem were heavily criticized on social media.
Dave Brinney's Malcolm X book. So Lakers star still on that first page.
— Episode: 614. Andy & DJ CTI: Hunter Biden Shows U...
It was mentioned that LeBron James was seen reading this book pregame, possibly as a brand play or political statement. His actions during the national anthem were heavily criticized on social media.
Dave Brinney's Malcolm X book. So Lakers star still on that first page.
The podcast discussed an excerpt from this book which detailed Elon Musk's decision to deny Ukraine's request to use Starlink to attack Russia. The excerpt was mentioned in the context of a discussion regarding Blinken's refusal to criticize Musk's actions.
Isaacson's claimed in that excerpt that Musk had Starlink's connection in Crimea shut off.
— Episode: 572. Andy & DJ CTI: Liberals Turn On New...
The podcast discussed an excerpt from this book which detailed Elon Musk's decision to deny Ukraine's request to use Starlink to attack Russia. The excerpt was mentioned in the context of a discussion regarding Blinken's refusal to criticize Musk's actions.
Isaacson's claimed in that excerpt that Musk had Starlink's connection in Crimea shut off.
This book was mentioned as containing details about Elon Musk's decision to deny Ukraine's request to activate Starlink in Crimea to attack Russian naval forces. The author later clarified details of the events discussed in the excerpt.
Isaacson's claimed in that excerpt that Musk had Starlink's connection in Crimea shut off.
to clarify on the Starlink issue, the Ukrainians thought coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not.
They asked Musk to enable it for their drone sub attack on the Russian fleet.
Musk did not enable it because he thought probably correctly that it would cause a major war.
Volume I (Das Kapital series Book 1)
The podcast speakers discussed Marx's book in relation to the demoralization and destabilization of society, mentioning the author's ideas on removing educated people to create a society of servitude.
If you go read Karl Marx, he talks about this in his book. You have to demoralize society after you get control. You remove all the intelligence, you remove all the doctors, all the educated people, y...
— Episode: 564. Andy, Linda Catalina & DJ CTI: Vive...
The podcast speakers discussed Marx's book in relation to the demoralization and destabilization of society, mentioning the author's ideas on removing educated people to create a society of servitude.
If you go read Karl Marx, he talks about this in his book. You have to demoralize society after you get control. You remove all the intelligence, you remove all the doctors, all the educated people, you remove all the artists, and then you create a society of servitude.
The Cat in the Hat; One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish; Green Eggs and Ham; Hop on Pop; Fox in Socks
The podcast host recalled reading Dr. Seuss books as a child, where the theme was always to be yourself; however, this was contrasted with the negative experiences of not conforming at school.
You know when we're little we've all had the children's books, right? The Dr. Seuss books.
— Episode: Dr. Seuss Was Right, with Andy Frisella...
The podcast host recalled reading Dr. Seuss books as a child, where the theme was always to be yourself; however, this was contrasted with the negative experiences of not conforming at school.
You know when we're little we've all had the children's books, right? The Dr. Seuss books.
When I was little I can remember reading Dr. Seuss books and the theme always was be yourself.
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
This book was briefly mentioned as another example of a biography of a successful entrepreneur that could offer valuable lessons.
you go read Shoe Dog you could read like whatever it is you're trying to learn about man
— Episode: 758. #75HARD vs Danny Miranda
This book was briefly mentioned as another example of a biography of a successful entrepreneur that could offer valuable lessons.
you go read Shoe Dog you could read like whatever it is you're trying to learn about man
The book Shoe Dog was mentioned positively; the speaker admires the author's vision.
I've read the book Shoe Dog. I fucking feel night. These people are visionary people.
Balancing The Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win - Hardcover by Jocko Willink
It was described as a helpful book for becoming an effective leader, focusing on learning from mistakes and improving leadership skills. The book's first chapter details a negative experience that provided a valuable lesson.
One of the books that I've read along the way that has really helped me become an effective leader ... I am not a great leader. I have a long way to go, but one of the books that has helped me become...
— Episode: LEADERSHIP: The Dichotomy It Takes To Do...
It was described as a helpful book for becoming an effective leader, focusing on learning from mistakes and improving leadership skills. The book's first chapter details a negative experience that provided a valuable lesson.
One of the books that I've read along the way that has really helped me become an effective leader ... I am not a great leader. I have a long way to go, but one of the books that has helped me become an effective leader is Extreme Ownership.
I loved extreme ownership, but man, if I had The Dichotomy of Leadership when I was 20 years old, you know what I mean? What would my life look like?
extreme ownership, as you know, it starts off with the first chapter, which is about a horrible situation that occurred on the battlefield. Friendly forces fighting against friendly forces, which is in my opinion, the worst possible thing that can happen. And I was the guy in charge of it.
It was mentioned as a book similar in theme to "Sovereignty", implying a focus on taking responsibility and accountability.
If you've read books like Extreme Ownership and things like that, you're going to love this book.
What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
It was mentioned as a book theorizing that every 80 years, history repeats itself, which Andy Frisella agrees with and believes will ultimately end with a genocide.
Have you read that book the fourth turning no so there's a basically the theory is every 80 years there's basically a repeat of history right and you know and I agree with what you're saying the pendu...
— Episode: 669. Andy, Andy Stumpf & DJ CTI: Outrage...
It was mentioned as a book theorizing that every 80 years, history repeats itself, which Andy Frisella agrees with and believes will ultimately end with a genocide.
Have you read that book the fourth turning no so there's a basically the theory is every 80 years there's basically a repeat of history right and you know and I agree with what you're saying the pendulum goes back and forth and that's you know I'm around the same age as you I'm 44 and are in my life I've seen it go back and forth right and you have to and I the thing that concerns me is that I see it going further left yeah and then further right and at the end at some point in time over the course of history that usually ends with a genocide of some sort and so that's what scares me it's like you know when we were in the covid stuff and everything was going crazy you know there was no shortage of people who were on the covid bandwagon who were calling for the removal of somebody who wasn't vaccinated from society we had just in true dough one of the world one of the leaders of the world I mean comically but he's the fucking main dude up there in Canada talking about hey we don't know what we what are we going to do with these people they're a danger to society they were building literal camps so like it concerns me when you go back and like look at the things that how they behave during that time and then like what's the result gonna be now that's yeah dude and that's like that's kind of concerning
Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
This book was mentioned alongside Atomic Habits as something Andy Frisella was currently reading. It is based on a speech given by the author.
and then the other book is Make Your Bed.
— Episode: 10. Should You Eat Bambi or Bamboo, How...
This book was mentioned alongside Atomic Habits as something Andy Frisella was currently reading. It is based on a speech given by the author.
and then the other book is Make Your Bed.
The book, or a speech from it, was mentioned and positively received for its message about starting with small tasks to build momentum and success.
I saw that cool video on that just last night. It was this it was a retired Admiral I believe and he's like If you want to be successful in life start with making your bed he gave this really cool speech on it I saw you put up a thing about a somebody wrote a book right making ours. Maybe somebody else put it up I don't know as on Josh Brolin's Instagram is where I saw yeah called make the bed.
A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
It was strongly recommended and helped the speaker learn to manage money as a percentage of income, regardless of how much they make. The speaker believes they have sold more copies of the book than the author.
There's a book called The Automatic Millionaire. I've made everybody read it. All my guys read it. I send it out to everybody who's in our network. I'm still convinced I've sold more copies of that bo...
— Episode: 153. Finance, Influence & Authenticity F...
It was strongly recommended and helped the speaker learn to manage money as a percentage of income, regardless of how much they make. The speaker believes they have sold more copies of the book than the author.
There's a book called The Automatic Millionaire. I've made everybody read it. All my guys read it. I send it out to everybody who's in our network. I'm still convinced I've sold more copies of that book than that guy has sold of his own book. But it helped me out so much. I'm glad to return the fee.
I always learn to manage your money in a percentage. Like if you save 12% or 15% of your paycheck, the more money you make, you save the exact same percentage. It's a shift that just continues to go.
It was one of the first books the speaker read about money and it is highly recommended, especially for young people or those who struggle with budgeting. The book's principles on paying yourself first and investing in yourself were impactful.
The best book that I recommend to every young kid that comes in here, I bet you I bought this guy fucking. I probably paid for this guy's fucking house myself. Seriously, it's a book that I read. It was one of the first books I read. First book I ever read about money. It was about twenty one, twenty two years old. It's called The Automatic Millionaire.
David Bach, he writes a book called The Automatic Millionaire. I literally watched it on Good Morning America when I was like 21 years old.
The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
It was described as a book that does an amazing job of showing how there is an intentional agenda that is confusing kids. The speaker felt that the author presented a compelling case about the agenda's impact on children.
There's a great book out by, I forget the name of it, but it's called, I believe the name of it is Irreversible.
— Episode: 267. Andy, Vaughn & DJ CTI: Jen Psaki Wh...
It was described as a book that does an amazing job of showing how there is an intentional agenda that is confusing kids. The speaker felt that the author presented a compelling case about the agenda's impact on children.
There's a great book out by, I forget the name of it, but it's called, I believe the name of it is Irreversible.
The book, "Irreversible Damage," was mentioned as relevant reading material to understand the complexities surrounding gender identity and its impact on society. It was suggested that readers form their own opinions.
Everybody listening to this podcast should read the book Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier.
Stalin's War on Ukraine
The book was cited as an example of what happens when governments try to control food distribution.
Why don't you go read the book Red Famine it'll give you an idea of how this works dude we are this close away from having a fucking famine in this country for real
— Episode: 741. Andy & DJ CTI: Russia Aims To Under...
The book was cited as an example of what happens when governments try to control food distribution.
Why don't you go read the book Red Famine it'll give you an idea of how this works dude we are this close away from having a fucking famine in this country for real
The book details the devastating famine in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, and was mentioned as an example of the dangers of communism.
If you don't believe that go read the book Red Famine.
The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
The guest used this book's principles in his business and considered it one of the best and highly underrated business books, highlighting the 'hot dog' story as an example.
Unreasonable Hospitality is great book. It's unbelievable.
— Episode: 622. #75HARD vs Connor Cozen
The guest used this book's principles in his business and considered it one of the best and highly underrated business books, highlighting the 'hot dog' story as an example.
Unreasonable Hospitality is great book. It's unbelievable.
For a business book, it's one of the best. It's highly underrated. It's unbelievable.
The story in that book is the hot dog story.
It was described as a great book with a good story about a guy who transformed his restaurant from bad to the number one restaurant in the world. One concept from the book was highlighted as particularly impactful and profitable for the speaker's business.
I just read this book recently. It was a really good book. It was a story about this guy who had a restaurant and he took the restaurant and made it from basically shit to the number one restaurant in the world and a really good book.
But there was one con, it was a great story, right? But like my company's built on fucking service and hospitality. So like the name of the book was Unreasonable Hospitality.
Great fucking book. Great fucking book. If you haven't read it, read it. It's a good story.
How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
The book's main idea, "start with why", was discussed; the host expressed his dislike for the question "What's your why?", considering it a clich and not a genuine motivator for success. He felt that many people use superficial reasons as excuses for not achieving their full potential.
I cannot fucking stand when people say that
— Episode: ASK THE MFCEO: Another Q&A Episode, with...
The book's main idea, "start with why", was discussed; the host expressed his dislike for the question "What's your why?", considering it a clich and not a genuine motivator for success. He felt that many people use superficial reasons as excuses for not achieving their full potential.
I cannot fucking stand when people say that
everybody's like oh start with what's your fucking why
that's a big problem people think like oh well they I see this all the time they post a picture of their fucking kids or this is my why well if this is your why what a fucker you broke why it's not real that's what they're supposed to say
I just hate that whole fucking book it's a good book but it's like everybody reads it says the same thing what's your why fucking hate that what's your motivation what's your answer what's your reason for wanting to be why do you do all this shit like it's like a trendy thing to say it drives me fucking crazy
It was described as a pretty good book, not one of the top ones, but still good. The podcast host mentioned that people often misunderstand the book's central concept without actually reading it.
people look at the fucking title of the book they assume that they already know what it means and they don't read it and then they start using it you're gonna find your why it's all about your why blah blah if i hear someone motherfucker talk about their why i'm gonna punch him in the fucking eyeball like dude shut up you don't even know what you're talking about
it's a pretty good book
The book, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", was mentioned in the context of how language is used to manipulate and control, and how the ruling power often says the opposite to protect themselves from accusations of their actions. The speaker connected the themes of the book to current events.
if you look into George Orwell's book, you know, 1984 and you read it, um, he talks about how they use the language to manipulate and every, and by the way, they talk about this in Sal Alinsky's book...
— Episode: 382. Andy, Amir Odom & DJ CTI: Houston S...
The book, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", was mentioned in the context of how language is used to manipulate and control, and how the ruling power often says the opposite to protect themselves from accusations of their actions. The speaker connected the themes of the book to current events.
if you look into George Orwell's book, you know, 1984 and you read it, um, he talks about how they use the language to manipulate and every, and by the way, they talk about this in Sal Alinsky's book rules for radicals.
The podcast mentioned Orwell's book, *Nineteen Eighty-Four*, in relation to the manipulation of language and social narratives to control people. It was discussed in the context of how the concepts within the book have been played out in real life scenarios.
It's blatant communist subversion, fucking language, twisting shit of the Marxist and communist playbook. All right. That George Orwell talked about in fucking 1984.
Field Manual Expanded Edition
It was mentioned as Jocko Willink's latest book at the time of the podcast recording, focusing on leadership and the challenges leaders face. Andy Frisella considered Jocko Willink a master of effective leadership.
be sure to check out Jocko's latest book, "Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual."
— Episode: 12. Throwback: LEADERSHIP: The Dichotomy...
It was mentioned as Jocko Willink's latest book at the time of the podcast recording, focusing on leadership and the challenges leaders face. Andy Frisella considered Jocko Willink a master of effective leadership.
be sure to check out Jocko's latest book, "Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual."
This book, described as "awesome" by the speaker, focuses on practical implementation of leadership strategies and tactics. It was considered valuable even for a seasoned leader.
I got an awesome book I'm reading by a good friend of mine who is who I think is the premier leadership expert on the planet right now. Jocko Willink, great, great, great man. Super intelligent, especially when it comes to how to create leadership. He just came out with an awesome book, Leadership, Strategy and Tactics.
I'm probably three quarters of the way through it. As seasoned of a leader as I am in business, I still picked up a shitload of valuable info out of it.
How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
It was described as a great book that identifies three sources of charisma: power, presence, and warmth, all of which are things that can be worked on and developed.
There's a great book called the charisma book, charisma myth by Olivia Fox Cobane, and she identifies three sources of charisma, power, presence, and warmth. And those are all things that you can work...
— Episode: 559. Q&AF: Political Career, Giving Your...
It was described as a great book that identifies three sources of charisma: power, presence, and warmth, all of which are things that can be worked on and developed.
There's a great book called the charisma book, charisma myth by Olivia Fox Cobane, and she identifies three sources of charisma, power, presence, and warmth. And those are all things that you can work on.
It was referenced to explain that people generally accept what you project; if you project confidence in your pricing and service, people will likely accept it.
There's a great book by Olivia Fox Cabane called The Charisma Myth. And she basically talks about like interpersonally when you're engaging with somebody, all the studies and all the research basically conclude one thing. And that is that people generally accept what you project.
An American Prophecy
The podcast host mentioned the book in relation to a theory about a cyclical pattern in American history. He suggested that listeners should have listened to his previous podcasts and read the book to understand his perspective on current events.
go listen to the last three fucking years of my show and basically read Klaus Schwab's book
— Episode: 505. Andy & DJ CTI: Tucker Carlson Leave...
The podcast host mentioned the book in relation to a theory about a cyclical pattern in American history. He suggested that listeners should have listened to his previous podcasts and read the book to understand his perspective on current events.
go listen to the last three fucking years of my show and basically read Klaus Schwab's book
It was mentioned as discussing historical cycles and timelines, suggesting that current events may be part of a recurring pattern, whether orchestrated or not. The speaker found it interesting and relevant to the current situation.
One of the books Mike Diller just fucking sent me recently. I can't remember what it's called. I got a picture of it here. But it talks about, it's called The Fourth Turning, An American Prophecy by William Strauss and Neil Howe.
It talks about the terms and history and how everything's on a cycle and whether it be orchestrated or not orchestrated. I don't fucking know, bro.
this book is really crazy because it talks about how everything's on a same timeline cycle.
Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
Defending the Home Front
Vargas wrote this book to humanize the Border Patrol agency and its career field, explaining the day-to-day realities of the job to those who may not understand it.
Watching all the shit talk that the agency of the career gets for people that don't even fucking understand what the career is.
— Episode: 583. Andy, Rocco Vargas & DJ CTI: Trump'...
Vargas wrote this book to humanize the Border Patrol agency and its career field, explaining the day-to-day realities of the job to those who may not understand it.
Watching all the shit talk that the agency of the career gets for people that don't even fucking understand what the career is.
Honestly, I believe that career is the first line of defense against any kind of terrorist organizations or anyone trying to come through the border.
The ones who like all the fucking shit that they want to blame on them. It's genuinely has nothing to do with them.
If you've already made way and land onto America, it is our job to make sure that they're safe and we apprehend them and bring them in for processing. That is the job.
The Border Patrol career field isn't an aggressive posture. It's actually more of a humanitarian posture.
Vargas wrote this book to humanize the Border Patrol agency and its career field, explaining their day-to-day work to those who misunderstand it. He hoped to highlight the crucial role of Border Patrol agents in national security and to counter the negative portrayal they often receive.
watching what's happening with the border and watching kind of the scrutiny that's happened for Border Patrol agents, you know, is fucking frustrating, man. Watching all the shit talk that the agency of the career gets for people that don't even fucking understand what the career is.
I have a little bit of a platform. I know what my career was. And so what I did was pretty much write my career in this book to hopefully humanize the agency, humanize the career field and explain it to motherfuckers who don't really get what it is day in and day out.
Honestly, I believe that career is the first line of defense against any kind of terrorist organizations or anyone trying to come through the border. That's drugs. That's terrorists. That's the list goes on and on.
The book "The 2030 Agenda" was mentioned as outlining a plan for a new world order, the speaker expressed concern about its implications.
The 2030 agenda, fucking COVID-19, the great reset.
— Episode: 369. Andy, Maj Toure & DJ CTI: FBI Threw...
The book "The 2030 Agenda" was mentioned as outlining a plan for a new world order, the speaker expressed concern about its implications.
The 2030 agenda, fucking COVID-19, the great reset.
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