10,000 "No" s with Matthew Del Negro

By Matthew Del Negro

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Actor Matthew Del Negro (The Sopranos, The West Wing, Scandal) describes his career as being told "No" for a living. Here, he gets up close and personal with top-shelf folks from all walks of life about the 10,000 "No" s they've had to endure and struggles they've had to overcome on their journey to where they are today. Inspiring, raw, honest and funny, this podcast will help you see that the people you think have "got it made" put their pants on one leg at a time, just like you.

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As 2019 draws to a close and Matt writes furiously on his book to make a deadline, we preview some of our upcoming guests, including Henry Winkler, former Navy SEAL Chris Burns turned trauma surgeon Chris Burns and Sam Apuzzo ...

10,000 "No" s with Matthew Del Negro episodes:

12.13.2019 Holiday Hiatus & Plans for 2020 As 2019 draws to a close and Matt writes furiously on his book to make a deadline, we preview some of our upcoming guests, including Henry Winkler, former Navy SEAL Chris Burns turned trauma surgeon Chris Burns and Sam Apuzzo ...
12.06.2019 From Foster Child to Olympic Hopeful, Steven Benedict As a professional track and field athlete and Olympic Trials Qualifier, Steven Benedict has run in some of the world's most prestigious events. In addition to the Adidas Classic Diamond League and US Nationals, he spent two years running for ...
11.29.2019 Why Gratitude and Thanksgiving Require Forgiveness For this episode, released on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, Matt riffs on thoughts from a recent work trip to Hawaii where he saw some movies he loved, some that disappointed and experienced a Catholic Mass that surprised him. ...
11.22.2019 Actor Sarah Shahi, That Which Does Not Kill You Will Make You Stronger Sarah Shahi is beautiful. But despite having graced the covers of countless magazines, it would be wrong to call that her defining quality. To sit down with her is to discover that she has humor, strength and grit that exceeds ...
11.15.2019 Emmy Award-Winning TV Journalist, Jane Hanson (New York Live): How to Listen & Remain Calm While the Bombs Drop Around You Jane Hanson has interviewed VIPs from Bishop Desmond Tutu to Presidents to Rock Stars, Pop Stars who turned out not speak English (you'll hear that funny story)... you name 'em, she's probably interviewed them. And she's collected nine Emmy Awards ...
11.08.2019 Showtime's City on a Hill Creator, Chuck MacLean: How to Make it in Hollywood Even if You're a "Sh*tbum from Quincy" At 33 years old, Chuck MacLean has worked with some of the biggest talents in Hollywood like Brad Pitt and Antoine Fuqua. Currently, he collaborates with major players Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Tom Fontana, Jennifer Todd and Kevin Bacon with ...
11.01.2019 How to Remodel Yourself, Speaker & Transformed Mommypreneur, Carrie Wilkerson Carrie Wilkerson forgets just how much she has transformed, but she went from twice her current size, weighing 266lbs and feeling lethargic, to being what I describe as "tiny" and an absolute ball of fire when it comes to energy. ...
10.25.2019 Setting Yourself Up for Success Most people want to do big things or start new hobbies. But when they go to pursue them, they generally underestimate all of the resistance surrounding the pursuit and eventually lose their steam. In this solo episode, Matt expands on ...
10.18.2019 Organic Krush Co-Founder and Concerned Mom, Michelle Walrath, Creating Community to Combat a Corrupt Industry & Keep Our Children Eating Healthy Michelle Walrath is an entrepreneur and restaurateur who has also Executive Produced several critically-acclaimed Documentary Films, including Tapped, Fed Up, The Devil You Know and Under the Gun through her Atlas Films. But behind every endeavor she's tackled as an ...
10.11.2019 Psychotherapist & PTSD Specialist, former NHL Hopeful Mike Boyle, Even Tough Guys Get the Blues Mike Boyle is not your typical psychotherapist. He's not your typical guy either, but he kinda used to be. A standout hockey player with aspirations to play in the NHL, Mike became critically depressed as a college athlete after suffering ...
10.04.2019 Relationships & How They Led to An Epic East Coast Excursion & a Book Deal In this shorter solo episode, Matt riffs on relationships, which sometimes start as work-related and then become friendships... and other times start as friendships and then become work-related... and how they had a huge impact on his past week's trip ...
09.27.2019 Australia's Top 10 Female Entrepreneur, Sue Hollis: You Are Not Your Business Card Sue Hollis has every reason to be arrogant and obnoxious: she was a powerhouse corporate warrior for both British Airways and Qantas before realizing she wanted to make a bigger impact with her work. That's when she stepped down and ...
09.20.2019 Chase that Dream, Scratch that Itch & Be Grateful for All that Comes Your Way Launching a podcast was unchartered territory. So was deciding to be an Actor. But both have led to new, surprising experiences, relationships and opportunities that were nowhere in sight at the start. In this short, solo episode Matt discusses the ...
09.13.2019 Former Navy SEAL Jason Redman, How to Overcome Life Ambushes and Find Redemption After Any Fall Jason "Jay" Redman is a retired naval officer and US Navy SEAL. He also wrote the book The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader and his second book, Overcome: Crush Adversity With the Leadership Techniques of ...
09.06.2019 ABC Scandal's Jeff Perry, on Acting, Love for the Work and the Origins of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company Many of you likely know Actor Jeff Perry as the strategically conniving, power-hungry, Cyrus Beane opposite Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn on Shonda Rhimes' smash it, Scandal or as Meredith Grey's father on Rhime's other smash hit, Grey's Anatomy. What ...
08.30.2019 How Much Are You Suffering Because You're Too Afraid to Ask for What You Need? Asking for help can be seen as weakness. In this solo episode, Matt discusses that the true lack of courage is in NOT asking for help because it allows us to let ourselves off the hook. Quotable: “And I said, ...
08.23.2019 How to Reframe ANY “Problem” to Make it Help You Get Stronger In an effort to keep it real, Matt opens up about a very mundane recent "battle" he dealt with. The key takeaway is that it is not the perceived obstacle in front of you that matters as much as your ...
08.16.2019 City on a Hill Actor, Mark O'Brien If you've been watching City on a Hill this year on Showtime there is no doubt you've been riveted by Mark's portrayal of Jimmy Ryan, the slippery brother to Jonathan Tucker's Frankie Ryan. But what you'll know after listening to ...
08.09.2019 How To Compete Everyday, Jake Thompson Welcome back to 10,000 "No"s and thank you for being here again. I know last week's episode was quick, for my birthday, but hopefully it home in terms of making you realize just how lucky we all are to be ...
08.02.2019 The Miracle of You Being You On his birthday, Matt riffs on the extreme odds of just being alive and why it's worth being grateful. SHOW NOTES: "I know you've all got challenges, as do I, that's part of life, but..." (2:35). The odds of a ...
07.26.2019 Dexter's Julie Benz, How to Thrive Even After You've Been Killed Off Julie Benz is an actress. She's been working steadily for a long, long time, but probably most recognizable as Dexter's wife, Rita, on Showtime's Critically Acclaimed smash hit, Dexter. What you may not know is that Julie was a serious ...
07.19.2019 Lessons for Launching Any New Venture, Looking Back From 100 Matt revisits his very first episode of 10,000 "No"s, from 2017, to share with listeners how every new venture has things to be proud of and things to improve. Topics covered include: - Pulling the trigger - The benefits of ...
07.12.2019 Refusing to Be Defined by a Disability, Ashley Longo At 22 years of age, Ashley Longo just graduated Loyal University in Los Angeles and she's headed back there for Law school at the end of this Summer. She's accomplished this and many other things, including mentoring a young girl ...
07.05.2019 How to Stop Analyzing & Act Matt answers some college students questions about staring into the abyss as they begin their journey into "the real world". While he loves and encourages the self-discovery and reflection, he offers that there is no substitute for the learning process ...
06.28.2019 The Power of Consistency In a quick riff, Matt discusses the role that consistency has played in his career and his health and offers that it plays a primary role in whatever it is that you're pursuing. SHOW NOTES: Recent chat with past guest, ...
06.21.2019 How Gary Woodland Changed the Narrative to Become a Champion A self-described non-golf-lover, Matt reflects on the lessons listeners can learn from Gary Woodland's dramatic comeback from his previous 0-7 record when leading after 54 holes to win his first Major Championship, the US Open (and admits he may be ...
06.14.2019 How Celebrating Milestones Can Help You Stay on Track After attending a 25th college reunion and a 5th grade graduation in less than a week, Matt riffs on the benefits of stopping to smell the roses and acknowledge the progress that one has made in this solo episode. SHOWNOTES: ...
06.07.2019 The Go-to Acting Coach of Oscar Winners, Terry Knickerbocker For the past 20 years, Academy Award Winner Sam Rockwell has insisted on working Acting Coach Terry Knickerbocker to prepare for every one of his roles. An actor himself prior to teaching, Knickerbocker studied at the Experimental Theater Wing at ...
05.31.2019 How to Regain Control of Your Life After Walking Through the Fires of Addiction, Sam Morris Sam Morris came into this world with severe allergies that set him apart from his peers from the time he was born. That very feeling of being an outsider is what made him so at ease on the tennis court, ...
05.24.2019 What You Do When No One is Watching is What You Get Rewarded For Later In this solo episode, Matt riffs on the idea that what you do when no one is watching is what gets rewarded later in public. Revealing a guest request made by the staff of an Acting Coach to Oscar Winners ...
05.17.2019 How to Let Go of a "No" So It Doesn't Control You In this solo episode, Matt answers a passionate listener's letter that asks, among other things, “What if you can’t overcome it? And there isn’t anything better? And you just have to gracefully let go of it? What’s your advice for ...
05.10.2019 Melissa Ponzio, Teen Wolf's Mama McCall: Honesty and Authenticity on the Journey to Being a Professional Actor Melissa Ponzio is best known to a younger generation for her portrayal of Melissa McCall, mother of Scott McCall, the central character on MTV's smash hit Teen Wolf. She's also known for her runs on Army Wives, The Walking Dead ...
05.03.2019 How to Protect Yourself & Your Loved Ones, Top Self-Defense Expert, Tony Blauer Tony Blauer's image has been gracing the covers of Martial Arts and Self-Defense magazines for decades, he teaches tier-one operators, and he is a big deal in that world, but the reason I wanted to sit down with him for ...
04.26.2019 Mad Men & Parenthood's Emmy-Award-Winning Casting Director, Carrie Audino Carrie Audino won a Primetime Emmy in 2010 for Casting the critically-acclaimed series, Mad Men. She was nominated another 5 times. She also won the Artios Award, presented by the Casting Society of America and was nominated another 4 times, ...
04.19.2019 Erinn Hayes, How to Survive Being Killed Off a Sitcom Prematurely (by Scoring Lead Roles in TWO Netlfix Comedy Series) Erinn Hayes is funny. There's no way around it, as I discovered at the table read of the newly released Netflix Comedy Series, Huge in France. But less than a year before that day, she was inexplicably killed off a ...
04.12.2019 Gad Elmaleh, How to go from being Huge in France to being Huge Everywhere Gad Elmaleh has been voted the Funniest Man in France, named Night of the Order of Arts and Letters by France's Minister of Culture and named Night of the National Order of Quebec. He's also worked with such giants as ...
04.05.2019 How to Pursue Excellence When Reinventing Your Career, All The Wiser Podcast's Kimi Culp For those of you who have been with me and the show from the beginning, you may remember Kimi Culp - Episode 2, my first guest back in 2017. If you haven't heard that one yet, you need to go ...
03.29.2019 Poo~Pourri/Supernatural CEO Suzy Batiz, How to Create a $500 Million Empire & Make the World Believe Your Poop Doesn't Stink Suzy Batiz has been featured by leading business publications including Forbes, CNBC, Fast Company and Entrepreneur. She has also been interviewed for Leaders Create Leaders, Modern Hero, Marie Forleo, Girl Boss Radio & The Skinny Confidential podcasts and has given ...
03.22.2019 Real Life Shawshank Redemption, How to Rebuild & Thrive After 7 Years in Prison, Twice-Bitten Crossfit CEO Rob Grupe Rob Grupe is now the owner of one of the largest Crossfit Facilities in the country, leading men and women to be their best selves, inside and out. But a 20 year prison sentence for a first-offense, after years of ...
03.15.2019 How Quitting Can Sometimes Help You Win, Quitting By Design Author Lynn Marie Morski As a physician, attorney, speaker, author, and lifelong quitter, Lynn Marie Morski founded Quitting By Design, wrote a book about it, and is now on a mission to help people carve out a successful life through strategic quitting. At first ...
03.08.2019 Superbowl Champion Heath Evans, How to Grind, Prove the Naysayers Wrong, & Atone for Our Sins After We Fall Heath Evans played fullback in the NFL for 10 seasons and has a Superbowl Ring to show for it, from his time with the New Orleans Saints. Four of those seasons were with the New England Patriots and football royalty ...
03.01.2019 How to Build Your Own Empire When Others Don't Give You What You Want, Social Media Icon Simonetta Lein It's hard to imagine how Simonetta Lein accomplishes all that she does. She has over 1 Million extremely engaged Instagram followers who find inspiration in her messages of female empowerment and fashion. She's a successful model and journalist, and she ...
02.22.2019 Become Your Highest Self, Top Ranked Spirituality Podcaster & Best-Selling Author, Sahara Rose Sahara Rose is still only 28. Which is why she had to overcome heaps of criticism en route to becoming the #1 Internationally Best-Selling Author of Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda. But her fresh take on an Ancient philosophy is also ...
02.15.2019 Chasing The Dream Without Sacrificing Family, 'Driven' Singer-Songwriter, Artie Tobia Artie Tobia is a prolific singer-songwriter, with a catalog of over 100 songs he has written over the past two decades, while performing over 200 nights a year. Continually working on his craft, his fourth album Aberdeen was the CD ...
02.08.2019 How to Find Faith, Pro Soccer Player turned Pastor, Jesse Bradley Jesse Bradley was a self-defined atheist from a family full of non-believers and mixed faiths, as a kid. He dreamed of being a professional basketball player, but it never happened. He did, however, become a pro soccer player. He also ...
02.01.2019 The Power of Story, 'The Exonerated' Creator & Story Expert, Jessica Blank In 2002, 'The Exonerated' took Off-Broadway by storm. It was written by Jessica Blank and her husband Erik Jensen and I remember being riveted, as was everyone else, by the real-life transcripts of death-row inmates that were artfully spun into ...
01.18.2019 How to Transform Your Body & Persona, Strength Coach, Transformation Specialist & Super-Connector, Jay Ferruggia Jay Ferruggia is bald, jacked and tattoed. So it's easy to be intimidated by him or judge him from afar, as I once did. But scratch the surface and under the muscular build is a sensitive, inquisitive soul who has ...
01.01.2019 From Obesity & Brain Tumor to Nike Athlete, Grammy Award Winner Charlie "Rocket" Jabaley Charlie Rocket ran a multi-million dollar business where he managed hip-hop artists like 2 Chainz into Grammy Awards. But he weighed over 300 lbs and was diagnosed with a brain tumor so he decided to do what he has done ...
12.07.2018 Best-selling Author/Speaker/ Pro/College Sport & Fortune 500 Leadership Consultant, Jon Gordon, on Grit, Attitude & Faith Sitting down with Jon Gordon, it became immediately apparent why he is trusted by Major League managers and players, asked to speak to NFL teams and sit down one on one with entire rosters of Pros to ensure that their ...
12.03.2018 What Goes Up Must Come Down - Monday Morsels In an effort to cut fat as I approach 2019, this will be the end of the short-lived Monday Morsels segment. In this episode, I talk about making decisions and then course-correcting and admit that this experiment pulled too much ...

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