Stop Hanging With Losers: Level Up Your Circle | Saturday School
Mark Bell's Power Project
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🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Saturday School. Mark “Smelly” Bell breaks down a hard truth: the people you spend time with are shaping your finances, your mindset, and your future. If you’re feeling burned out on lifting culture—or you’ve outgrown the same conversations—this episode is your permission to level up your circle without apology.CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro00:50 - How to Avoid Burnout Strategies03:18 - Influence of Your Inner Circle10:15 - Impact of Words on Relationships11:57 - Personal Development Insights27:30 - Personal Development Techniques31:35 - Scoring Points in Life32:20 - Next Steps for Growth35:17 - Perception Changes with Success39:50 - Benefits of Financial Stability44:00 - Choosing the Right Environment45:54 - Investing in Yourself for Growth49:20 - Organizing Your Thoughts Effectively51:37 - Costs of Inaction52:58 - Importance of Presence54:27 - Investing in Opportunities55:47 - Personal Development Growth Spurts57:34 - Your Thoughts on the JourneySpecial perks for our listeners below!🥩 HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN! 🍖 ➢ https://goodlifeproteins.com/ Code POWER to save 20% off site wide, or code POWERPROJECT to save an additional 5% off your Build a Box Subscription!🩸 Get your BLOODWORK Done! 🩸 ➢ https://marekhealth.com/PowerProject to receive 10% off our Panel, Check Up Panel or any custom panel, and use code POWERPROJECT for 10% off any lab!🧠 Methylene Blue: Better Focus, Sleep and Mood 🧠 Use Code POWER10 for 10% off!➢https://troscriptions.com?utm_source=affiliate&ut-m_medium=podcast&ut-m_campaign=MarkBel-I_podcastBest 5 Finger Barefoot Shoes! 👟 ➢ https://Peluva.com/PowerProject Code POWERPROJECT15 to save 15% off Peluva Shoes!Self Explanatory 🍆 ➢ Enlarging Pumps (This really works): https://bit.ly/powerproject1Pumps explained: https://youtu.be/qPG9JXjlhpM?si=JZN09-FakTjoJuaW🚨 The Best Red Light Therapy Devices and Blue Blocking Glasses On The Market! 😎➢https://emr-tek.com/Use code: POWERPROJECT to save 20% off your order!👟 BEST LOOKING AND FUNCTIONING BAREFOOT SHOES 🦶➢https://vivobarefoot.com/powerproject🥶 The Best Cold Plunge Money Can Buy 🥶 ➢ https://thecoldplunge.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save $150!!
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| 0:00.0 | The more that I got into other things, as I was powerlifting, the less I wanted to still hang |
| 0:05.2 | around powerlifters. These people are chasing after these goals and these dreams and these |
| 0:09.4 | things are awesome. But man, I think they might be missing out on some other parts of their life. |
| 0:14.1 | You are the byproduct of the four or five people that you hang around with the most. As you |
| 0:18.8 | become more successful, it's going to be harder and harder to find people to hang out with that are like quote unquote on the level. |
| 0:32.1 | Welcome to Saturday School, everybody. I'm Mark Smelly Bell, a powerlifter of like 30 years, retired a couple years |
| 0:40.9 | ago. And one of the things that led to my retirement was some of the things we're going to be |
| 0:47.9 | talking about here today. Sometimes what happens is you're highly motivated about a new sport. and it starts to sort of take over your life. |
| 0:57.4 | It starts to become like almost everything to you in some ways. And for some people, |
| 1:01.5 | it does become everything. I didn't want to only power lift. I wanted to have other goals and |
| 1:07.6 | I wanted to do other things in life. It was always just something I did that was fun. |
| 1:12.9 | And at some point, it got to be more than just fun. |
| 1:16.0 | It got to be something that did help to build my character, |
| 1:20.5 | did help turn me into who I am to most other people. |
| 1:24.9 | But to my children, to my wife, and to many others, my brother, the lifting stuff |
| 1:32.3 | just, it just is something that I do. It's not what I am completely. The more that I got into |
| 1:39.6 | other things, as I was powerlifting, the less I wanted to still hang around power lifters. And the less I |
| 1:47.1 | still wanted to hang around people that only cared about being stronger. And even while I was |
| 1:53.7 | powerlifting, I didn't find that to be that exciting. Yes, I wanted to be a savage. Yes, I wanted to be |
| 1:58.9 | the best that I could be with powerlifting, but I also had these other goals. And what I was talking be a savage. Yes, I wanted to be the best that I could be with powerlifting, |
| 2:01.3 | but I also had these other goals. And what I was talking to a friend about recently is he said, |
| 2:06.2 | you know, the same things that excited me a year ago about the sport that I'm in don't excite me |
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