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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Building Emotional Calluses
If one bad client, refund, or comment can ruin your day…
You’re not ready for scale yet.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down the importance of building emotional calluses—the ability to handle pressure, criticism, and client friction without losing focus or momentum.
As your business grows, so does the volume of problems. More clients means more feedback, more complaints, and more situations that test your patience and emotional control.
The key isn’t avoiding problems…
It’s learning how to handle them without letting them control you.
Paul explains how elite entrepreneurs detach emotion from outcomes, enforce strong boundaries, and operate from logic instead of reacting to every situation.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why friction with clients is normal and expected at scale
How taking things personally can hurt your performance and decision-making
Why enforcing boundaries protects your time, energy, and margins
How developing emotional resilience helps you stay consistent under pressure
You can’t control how people act…
But you can control how you respond.
Because when you build emotional strength and stay grounded, nothing in the market can shake your focus—and that’s what separates average entrepreneurs from elite operators.
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00:03:27Mar 29, 2026
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The Rest Is History
656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)
How did the second incarnation of the clan, born in Georgia in 1915, grow into a seemingly indomitable nation-wide fraternal organisation, numbering millions? Who were its new targets? And, with the Klan’s momentum seemingly unstoppable and an election on the horizon, would their appalling violence be publicly condemned?
Join Tom and Dominic as they chart the second rise of the violent, tyrannical, Ku Klux Klan….
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01:15:09Mar 29, 2026
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This American Life
884: The Idiot
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers at Serial Productions—who invented the true-crime podcast more than a decade ago—and from The New York Times.
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- Act One: M Gessen tells Ira Glass about the surprising events that prompted them to begin reporting on their own family for their new podcast, The Idiot. They play the first episode of the series. (14 minutes)
- Act Two: Ira Glass and M Gessen continue to talk through the story of M’s cousin, Allen Gessen. They play more clips from the podcast, and we finally hear about the big, shocking thing that snapped their family apart. (20 minutes)
- Act Three: M Gessen tells Ira Glass about Allen’s trial, and we hear a recording of his conversation with the undercover agent. (21 minutes)
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00:59:50Mar 29, 2026
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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Addiction to Urgency
Most entrepreneurs think being busy means they’re making progress.
But what if the constant chaos, urgency, and fire-fighting are actually the reason you’re stuck?
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down the hidden trap of urgency addiction—where everything feels important, but nothing truly moves the business forward.
When you operate in constant reaction mode, you’re not leading—you’re surviving. And survival mode is the fastest way to stall growth, burn out, and cap your income.
Paul shares how top entrepreneurs shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive systems and structured execution, allowing their businesses to run smoother, scale faster, and create real freedom.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why constantly reacting to problems can destroy focus and slow down growth
How to build systems that prevent issues instead of repeatedly fixing them
Why urgency is often a sign of poor structure—not productivity
How creating calm, predictable operations can increase revenue and reduce stress
The most successful businesses don’t run on chaos—they run on clarity, systems, and discipline.
Because when you stop chasing fires and start building infrastructure, you don’t just grow—you scale.
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00:03:10Mar 22, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump has Disaster Saturday as he Freezes Up in Fear
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’ disaster Saturday as he freezes up after threatening Iran and his presidency crumbles.
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00:21:01Jul 25, 2026
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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Client Firing Protocol: Purging Your Roster to Protect Your Culture
All money is not created equal.
Tolerating toxic clients out of a scarcity mindset actively destroys your company culture.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why holding onto abusive clients ruins employee morale and how purging your roster creates space for elite whales.
You cannot allow a bad client to constantly break your standard operating procedures.
When you protect bad money, you lose your best operators.
Firing a client does not have to be an emotional argument.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why keeping toxic clients out of fear destroys your team's morale
• How allowing scope creep causes your employees to lose respect for your leadership
• Why you must establish a mechanical, emotionless off-boarding process
• How purging the bottom tier of your roster creates a vacuum for dream clients
The truth is simple:
Your sanity is worth more than a toxic invoice.
Draw the line.
Remove the emotion.
Fire the headache.
Make room for the dream clients who actually respect you.
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00:03:34Jul 25, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Rep. Brendan Boyle on Trump's Budget and the House Recess
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on MAGA Mike Johnson shutting down the House for the rest of the summer as Trump's war becomes an even bigger failure and as MAGA Mike and the MAGA GOP are losing control and Meiselas speaks with Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle.
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00:27:38Jul 25, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Barron Trump Faces New Congressional Scrutiny
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Barron Trump getting called out in an investigation demand by a major Democratic Congress Member.
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00:21:45Jul 25, 2026


