REAL AF with Andy Frisella
956. Q&AF: Self-Accountability, Leading By Example & Scaling Without Lowering Standards
27 Oct 2025
Chapter 1: How can I stop lying to myself for positive change?
What is up guys it's Andy Purcell and this is the show for the realest say goodbye to the lies the fakeness and delusions of modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality guys today we have Q
In AF, that's where you submit the questions and we give you the answers. Isn't that right? That is. That's correct. So why don't we tell everybody how you could submit your questions to be on the show? Yeah. I mean, if you guys really want to, you know, submit questions, there's a few ways to do it. First way, guys, you can email your question in to ask Andy at Andy Fratella dot com.
You guys can also check the link in the description below and submit your questions there for a chance to be on a call in. Or if you guys go to the Q&A episodes on the tube, submit your questions in the comments. Now, if you're new to the show, which there always is new people, this is not just a Q&A show, okay?
We have Q&A, personal development on Mondays, and then we have shows within the show throughout the week. Tomorrow we're going to have what's called Cruise the Internet. We call it CTI. That's where we put topics on the screen. We speculate on what's going on. We talk about what might be and what might not be. and how we, the people, have to solve these problems going on in the world.
Other times, we're going to have real talk. Real talk is just 5 to 20 minutes of me giving you some real talk. And then we have 75 Hard Versus. That is where someone who has completed the 75 Hard Program comes on the show, talks about how they were before, how they are now, and how they used the 75 Hard Program to get their shit together. All right?
If you're unfamiliar with 75 Hard, you can get the entire program for free at episode 208 on the audio feed. It's audio feed only. It's not on YouTube, okay? That will give you the entire 75 Hard program, which is the boot camp, the initial phase of the Live Hard program, which is the world's most popular mental transformation program ever in history, okay? There's also a book you can buy.
The book is called The Book on Mental Toughness. You can get it at andyforsella.com. It is not free, but it has a plethora of extra information that you will not find in episode 208. So if you're like me and you want to know the nuts and bolts and the ins and outs and the whys, the book is probably a better option. We have trouble keeping it in stock, so it must be pretty good.
Again, you can get that at andyfrostello.com. Now, we do have this thing on the show that we call the fee, and it's just very simple. All right? If you enjoy the show, if it teaches you something, if it makes you laugh, if it gives you a new perspective, do us a favor and don't be a hoe. Share the show. All right?
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Chapter 2: What does it mean to lead by example?
What's up? Hey. How's it going? Good? Yeah. Yeah. I've been waiting for this. For what? This. Why? To make people better. Oh, you've been waiting. Yeah. I do want to remind people, the amazing people, that we do have this promo going on right now with the Form Energy drinks, okay? We went to 7-Eleven. We came, we saw, we conquered, and we did a great job, all of us. And...
Now we're on the second phase of this and again, like I said last week We're doing buy one share one. So if you took advantage of the dollar deals at 7-eleven We're asking this week that uh, you go out you make some people happy you make some people smile and uh
video that shit tag me in it all right and then at the end of the week probably beginning of next week we're going to award some kings and queens of dollar days all right and i can't tell you what that's going to be but it's going to be awesome so buy one share one all through this week and uh let's see how many people we can make smile all right yeah there's a special deal on the grape grape ones yeah free buy one steal one buy one steal one yeah break even
What's going on, though, man? Nothing, dude. Yeah, another beautiful, beautiful fall day here in Missouri. Yeah, man. It got cold and started raining. Yeah. Out of nowhere. Yeah, well, I mean, it's Missouri, bro. I tell people that all the time about Missouri. Like, dude, I love it here. It's great. But, like, we get all the seasons. In a day. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I'm convinced Mother Nature is a black woman. Why do you say that? Because she's always pissed. Yelling at us.
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Chapter 3: How can I scale my business without lowering standards?
Don't want nobody to be happy. Yeah. You know. You got to go home. I'm coming to your house, bro. No, man. But guys, yeah, it's Q&A, man. We got some write-ins. We're going to do some OG write-ins. We got some really great questions here. Yeah, we're actually recording this on Sunday. We usually record it at the end of the week, but we had Arte Syndicate here. Which was great, by the way. Dude.
That was awesome. It was great. A lot of great people, man. Yeah. A lot of great people. Really awesome. Packed a couple of days. Yeah. It was really cool. Yeah. So we weren't able to record on Friday, but that's why we don't have the call-ins today. Yeah. So we're going to do some write-ins today. We're going to get some write-ins, man. We're going to make some people better.
Guys, Andy, I got three good ones for you. Let's kick these off. Yep. Guys, Andy, question number one. Andy, a few episodes back, a young man called in talking about his dad. And during his description, I caught myself thinking, what the fuck? That kind of sounds like me. It wasn't one of my sons, but a lot of what he said hit close to home. I'm 39. 5'8", 330 pounds.
I was medically separated from the army about 10 years ago, but back then I was in the best shape of my life.
Chapter 4: What are the consequences of self-deception?
211 pounds of pure fuck around and find out. When I got out, I had no plan B. Married at 17 with four kids, life has always been an uphill battle, mostly from my own choices. I've been listening to your show since 2016, so I know exactly where I've dropped the ball and what needs to change. My biggest problem is discipline. It's a tangible skill and somewhere along the way I lost it.
Now I'm finally taking steps to make a lasting change. I've started 75 hard and launched a dog training business I'm passionate about right now. I'm still working the nine to five while building my dream, but I struggle to stay focused at work because my mind's on the business. At my age, I'm trying to make the most of what I've got left and start living life for me now that my kids are grown.
Any advice on balancing the grind, building my dream and maintaining discipline would mean a lot. Side note, I know I'm a fat fuck right now, but I'm an active fat ass. Bench 345, hit the gym and can still outrun some of these teenagers. I just love food too damn much. Number one, you can't outrun shit, okay? First of all, don't fucking lie to yourself. You ain't running shit.
You're 5'8", 350 fucking pounds. You're going to die if you don't fix your shit, okay? That's the truth. Quit lying to yourself. Quit saying, oh, it was 211 pounds back in fucking, you know, when Jesus was alive. No one gives a shit, bro. And you're attaching your identity to what you used to be, not what you could be. And the way that you say it shows that.
I'm trying to make the time the best of what I have left. Bro, you're 39 years old. You're still a fucking kid. What the fuck are you talking about? All right. If you don't get your shit together, bro, you're going to fucking die. You got like a year left or two years left. If I were you, I'd be completely focused on that because without that, you don't have a training business.
You don't have balance. You don't have a family. You don't even have kids because you're going to be in a fucking ground. So my advice to you would be to take that more seriously than anything else in your life. And as you get that into change and you get that in line, you are going to become way more effective in everything else. And I know you say you know this.
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Chapter 5: How can I maintain discipline while pursuing my goals?
Well, if you know this so much, then how the fuck are you so fucking fat? OK, let's be fucking real, bro. You need to tell yourself the truth. The truth is this doesn't matter what you used to be. Doesn't matter where you came from. Doesn't matter what you used to think. What matters is what you do from this day forward.
And if you don't take care of that problem of being that little and that fat, you got a big you got a big problem on your hands, bro. You know, you ain't going to outrun. No, you can't. You can't. Go do it. Let's see it. Let's see the video. Tag me in it. You're full of shit. All right?
So before we talk about balance and, you know, how do I balance the grind and this and that, bro, you need to grind some of that fat off your motherfucking body. That's the truth. Okay? So, and by the way, and people get mad when I say this, but you know what, dude, it's the truth. People judge you on your physical appearance.
Your success in life is going to come down to what people perceive of your presence when they first meet you. Okay. And if you walk in, you're going to train somebody's dog and you're fucking just as wide as you are tall. Yeah. You're going to get some clients, but you sure as fuck ain't going to get the premium ones.
The premium ones are going to look at you and they're going to say, this guy doesn't have a shit together. And that's what people who are in this condition do not understand. You are judged. This is real. That doesn't make it right. Maybe not, but we don't deal with maybes. We deal with what is, and what is, is that you have a big problem and it's in your fucking self. And, um,
I think the rest of the answer is irrelevant until you fucking get your shit together. That's the truth. Do you think that's a thing? I think it's bullshit that people say, oh, I can't balance all.
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Chapter 6: What is the importance of accountability in personal growth?
If you're really doing 75 hard and you're really doing live hard, you are much more effective at everything else that you do in your life. That's just the truth.
so it opens up time it shows you how ineffective you are and uh the balance aspect works itself out because you're coordinating your day every single day you're not floating through you're not uh taking it by chance you're intentionally living day by day by day by day and the fact that you know you let yourself go you know you've lived a long time just floating in the wind okay so don't feed me this because i know
About, oh. Ask me how I know. Yeah. Right, right, right. Bro, I was fucking 350 pounds too, dude. You know what I'm saying? This isn't like some dude who's just naturally ripped up here belittling you. I'm telling you the truth as if you're my homie. If you were my homie and you were sitting right here, I'd tell you that. So, yeah, man. You're lying to yourself. That's what it comes down to.
I think the discipline thing is very interesting, like especially to hear from somebody, you know, being in the military, that's all it is is discipline, right? Like you got, you know, people are telling you when to eat, when to work out, how long you're working out, right? And so like, you know, is it...
How important, I guess, I mean, I guess that's the whole point of 75 Hard Live Hard is like developing, having that system that holds you accountable and keeps you in that. Because I think most people are, I want to say inherently, super lazy and undisciplined. I don't think that's like a unique thing. You know what I'm saying?
Most people are just really good at telling themselves what they need to hear and talk themselves out of what's going on. This is the whole concept of the bitch voice and the boss voice. This dude's bitch voice owns him. It owns him.
owns them and the results speak for itself and until he balances that out nothing's it's going to get worse and worse and worse where are you going to be at 43 you know what i'm saying like i don't know what to say to that oh yeah bro that's real bro that's real address that then right back back in yeah talk about that yeah you need to lose 150 motherfucking pounds you're what do you say five eight what five eight three thirty yeah you need to lose 150 fucking pounds bro
And you need to do it right now or you're going to be fucking dead. That should be your number one priority. We all think, oh, it's not going to happen to me. No, you're exactly what it happens to. You're a walking fucking medical nightmare, bro. And you're about to fucking learn that. So you better fix it. I love it, bro. I love it. I didn't want to talk about his business.
No, bro, it's real, man. It's real. That's real shit, man.
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Chapter 7: How do I navigate resentment towards others' lack of ambition?
And, bro, by the way, what kind of example are you setting for your fucking sons? You know, you said that stung. It should sting. It should sting. You know what you're telling your sons? You're telling your sons what everybody else tells their sons. By the time it's 40, you know, your life is over. Bro, that's such bullshit. It's such a bullshit lie. Yeah, it is what it is, man.
You better fix it. I love it, man. I love it. Now, this is going to be a transition, but stay in line with this. Let's go to question number two. I'm interested in your thoughts on this. Guys, Andy, question number two. Andy. Thanks. Thank you for all the work you do. The time, effort, energy, intent. My life is a complete 180 now. I went from 375 pounds to 225 pounds in two years.
I have changed my life, saved my marriage. I can see my you know what now. Yeah. It's been absolutely amazing. My coworkers have been treating me differently in a good way. I feel better, breathe better, sleep better. Everything has changed. Here's my problem. I have been noticing that I have been building some major resentment towards the people around me.
For one, because not one of those motherfuckers said anything about me being a fat, lazy piece of shit. Secondly, and what's really bothering me is now I can't help but to look at them like fat, lazy pieces of shit for not wanting better for themselves. I do my best to be a good man. I'm not an asshole. But it's getting really hard to respect the people around me when their standards are so low.
Even with seeing everything that I have achieved. Any help working through this would be appreciated, brother. Well, this goes back to the first question.
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Chapter 8: What strategies can I implement for effective team management?
He's telling you right there, the second guy, how people look at people like the first guy. That's how they fucking look at you. People that have their shit together. People who are winning. People who...
quite honestly hold the fucking keys to your opportunities look at you and think that so back to the first guy you need to listen real close as far as the resentment goes no one's going to tell you you're fat bro It doesn't happen. And if we're being honest, had they told you you were fat, you would have cried about it. You would have felt sorry about it.
You would have said, that guy's a fucking asshole. And you probably would have just brushed it off as that. So let's be real. People don't tell the truth when it comes to that because it feels rude. It's not rude. The truth, that's actually kind. It's actually a kind, hard truth. And those things can exist together.
If you really cared about someone and you really, really, really wanted them to improve, you would tell them the things that no one else would tell them. But we don't live in a kind world, bro. We live in a scared world. We live in a world where people don't want to tell people the truth. We live in a world where people don't want to tell themselves the truth.
OK, so you can't get mad at people for not telling you. That you were fat. They're not going to do it. It's not going to happen. And can knock them for that. And if they had, you would have fucking thought they're a piece of shit. Yeah, right. So you were in a different place mentally. Then you're now you're second guessing it.
But the other part of the equation, I think, is a natural part of getting your own shit together. You start to look at people different. You start to see people different. You start to understand how.
easy relatively it is to handle that part of your life and you start to look at people and think what the fuck is going on with this person that they won't take advantage of the opportunity they have to get their shit together and that's a natural reaction But just like them to you, you don't want to walk around being like, hey, you fat fuck, like you need to get your shit together. Right.
But that could sound differently. You know what I'm saying? That could sound like, hey, man, let me talk to you for a second. Yeah. Here's the deal. I care a lot about you, dude. And the reality is, going back to the first guy, you're 30 fucking nine years old, man. Like, let's go over here and look in the mirror. You're just as wide as you are tall. Do you think this is healthy?
Do you think this is going to provide you with a fulfilling life? Are you happy with yourself? Sometimes they'll say, well, yeah. No, they're not. They're not. There's not a single motherfucker out here. And this has been the biggest lie that's been told for the last fucking 15 years. This body positivity nonsense. There's not a single person out here that is healthy.
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