C-Monster Mindset: Resisting the Critics and Cultivating Self-Belief

Tired of constantly being brought down by critics? What if you could learn how to handle external criticism while also managing your inner critic? This episode of the Can't Be Broken Podcast is all about tackling criticism head-on and focusing on believing in yourself.

I open with an inspiring quote from Theodore Roosevelt, emphasizing the importance of those who are actually in the arena, putting in the work. I then share my thoughts on dealing with external criticism and the significance of the journey, embracing the growth that comes from facing challenges. By the end of this episode, you'll see the importance of being true to yourself and not letting the opinions of others bring you down. So join me, and remember, it can't be broken!

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:26

What up, what up, what up. And welcome to another episode of can be broken podcast. I'm your host, see monster. And today we're gonna talk about critics. Critics, those people that always have something to say. Whether you're winning or losing, whatever you do, they're gonna criticize. And then your own critic, you being your own critic, not believing or believing and having confidence.

Speaker 1: 0:51

But before we get started, i have a quote here by Theodore Roosevelt that I want everybody here and he goes. It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strongman stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who airs, who comes short again and again because there is no effort without air and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasm's, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Whoo, what a great quote. The reason I bring that up is because it's so true. People will always criticize whether you're winning, whether you're on top, or whether you're losing, or you make a fucking error or you fail, but they know nothing of high achievement, of shortcomings, of failures, of overcoming of glory because they're not in the game. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, playing the game, doing the deeds, getting better shortcomings, failures, learning, growing understanding, putting in those small wins. Don't worry about the people that have shit to say, that have something to say, because they will have something to say. Whether you're winning or losing, it doesn't matter. You just have to keep fighting, keep believing, keep growing, keep winning, one battle at a time. That's where everything is made, right there in the journey. The journey is where you grow. Winning the trophy winning is the outcome of everything you went through before that and that's where it's all made. But nobody sees that. Everybody just sees if your team lost, if you didn't get a base hit, if you hit the home run, now you're the champ, but they didn't see you.

Speaker 1: 3:31

Wake up early and go to hitting lessons. Go to strength and conditioning lessons. Go fucking hit the books real hard, wake up and do everything that you needed to do to get better, to grow, to learn, and fail the times and feel like shit at times. Remember there's always gonna be critics, but one of the biggest things and lessons that I want you to take from this is you're gonna be your biggest critic.

Speaker 1: 3:57

You have to live with yourself every day, between your ears, in your mind, whether you put in the work or you did it, whether you didn't do 20 reps of something and you cheated, whether you did more when nobody was looking, whether you did the right thing and whether you left it out there. You have to live with that and then ask yourself did I do everything that? I do everything possible to be the best version of myself at that moment, for what I was trying to achieve? and if the answer is no, then why the fuck are you mad? why would you be mad and not achieving what you wanted to achieve if you didn't do the work? why would you be upset? you only get what you put in. But if you did the work, if you put it all in there and you left it out there, i ask again why would you be mad?

Speaker 1: 5:03

a game is played to win or lose. Only one can win. But if you did everything right and the effort was there and you put everything out there, that's all you can do to control the situation, to control your effort, your discipline. But if you don't do everything, you have to live with that. Be true to yourself and fuck all the critics. Remember it can't be broken.