How to Turn Rejection to Resilience w/ Matt Del Negro

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Jay Ferruggia

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Kill your vices, sculpt your physique, and become unstoppable with my FREE 6-Step Daily Domination Blueprint.

Today's guest, Matt Del Negro, is an actor you may have seen on The Sopranos, West Wing, Law & Order, & more.

But his road to success was filled with tough times and massive uncertainty, which led to his book and podcast, 10,000 NOs: How to Overcome Rejection on the Way to Your Yes.

From humble beginnings to achieving his dreams, Matt is here to share his journey and the lessons of perseverance and resilience he picked up along the way.

How small actions can lead to lasting results. [11:11]
Why talent is only part of the success formula. [26:08]
Are comfort and complacency holding you back? [32:49]
What keeps most people from reaching their goals? [44:50]
Should you incorporate yoga into your routine? [1:13:05]
The keys to evolving as a man. [1:24:54]

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Jay Faruja show, the podcast that helps high achieving men get lean and jacked, build an unbreakable mindset, and become the man you're meant to be.
0:18.9	My guest today is Matt Del Negro. He is an actor who you may have seen on City on a Hill,
0:25.6	mayor of Kingston, Chicago Fire, West Wing, Law and Order, NCIS, CSI, Goliath, Teen Wolf, the Sopranos,
0:32.5	and more. Matt and I met many years ago in Santa Monica when we both lived in the same building.
0:37.6	We became friends.
0:38.8	We trained together many times.
0:40.8	And we recorded this podcast in January.
0:43.4	Matt has moved back to the East Coast.
0:45.5	And he was out in L.A., visiting some friends, doing some work.
0:49.2	And not too long after we recorded this, Matt became an official paying client.
0:54.5	So we are working on getting him jacked and lean for whatever future roles may call for that.
1:00.4	And hopefully you guys enjoy today's episode with my man, my brother, Matt Del Negro.
1:14.5	Oh, man. Dude, it's so good to see it. We were talking for an hour before we even started recording. Yeah, that was the best part of the podcast. The part that nobody was taking
1:18.0	to release years down the road. So, dude, awesome to have here. So great to see. I've been having
1:25.2	a blessed. I've been saying out all. This is great. It's funny.
1:28.2	That's the thing being back here is you see people that you've known and there's just
1:33.8	something about history with someone that, and literally, like we said, we haven't seen
1:40.2	each other physically since 2020.
1:42.1	Yeah.
1:43.2	And we see each other outside. You're getting out
1:44.9	your car, whatever. Boom. We've been talking nonstop the whole time, like dying laughing. And it's
1:51.9	just, it's a beauty of like old friendships. It's so great. Yeah. Yeah. It's weird too because I was
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