Dan Martell - January 02, 2026


People ahead of you won't judge you

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Episode Stats


Length

37 seconds

Words per minute

231.51

Word count

144

Sentence count

6


Summary

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In this episode of the podcast, I sit down with my good friend, writer, comedian, and podcaster, John Rocha, to talk about how to deal with the criticism that comes with being a writer, and how to handle it.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 It's never the people ahead of you that criticize you,
00:00:02.740 it's the people you left in the dust.
00:00:04.400 Even though somebody loves you,
00:00:06.080 if what you're doing attacks their identity,
00:00:09.220 it's gonna be a challenge for them not to say something
00:00:11.760 and for you to like feel bad about it,
00:00:13.440 but it has nothing to do with you.
00:00:14.840 One of my parents gave me a call
00:00:16.600 when they found out I was writing my book.
00:00:18.440 They were concerned about the stories
00:00:20.400 that I was gonna share in the book.
00:00:22.020 Now you think a parent would be really excited
00:00:24.580 about their kid getting a book deal,
00:00:26.860 and I think they were,
00:00:27.760 but not to the degree of the potential downside for them.
00:00:32.020 If you're truly gonna f***ing go for it,
00:00:34.080 you gotta be ready for the people you love the most
00:00:36.560 to attack you.