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You probably know Steve as Bobby 'Baccala' Baccalieri from the Sopranos, or maybe you know him from his current role on Blue Bloods, but he is so much more than just an actor. Born and raised in a low-income household in Brooklyn, he eventually played collegiate basketball and graduated from Brooklyn College. He headed to Vegas and began working in night clubs where he met a multitude of comics and celebrities and was eventually bitten by the acting bug himself, much later than most. What you'll hear throughout our conversation is the extreme hustle and lack of ego that accompanied Steve's very quick rise to fame on The Sopranos. Even while remaining gainfully employed as an actor, he has always kept a side hustle, producing, pitching and creating shows as well as writing a best-selling books and co-hosting one of the most successful podcasts around, Talking Sopranos. His longtime marriage and successful raising of his daughters still remains his most proud accomplishment.It is not the critic who counts. If you’ve been knocked down... get up, dust yourself off, and get back in the arena. If you want to give back, share this with someone who could use it and leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen, so more people can find this show and benefit from these conversations.If you dig the show, CLICK HERE to learn how you can make this experience 3D by joining our 10,000 NOs Insiders Community: access to a members-only Facebook group, intimate, weekly Live video calls with Matt, including monthly drop-ins with some of his badass past-guests & VIP friends and more.SHOW LINKS:10,000 NOs: THE BOOKJOIN THE 10,000 NOs TRIBEFOLLOW MATT ON SOCIAL10,000 NOs INSIDERSGUEST LINKS:IMDB (FILM/TV CREDITS)WIKIPEDIAINSTAGRAM (@STEVESCHIRRIPAOFFICIAL)TWITTER (@STEVENSCHIRRIPA)TALKING SOPRANOS PODCAST - YOUTUBESTEVE SCHIRRIPA BOOKS

In this excerpt, from one of our weekly Live Zoom calls with the 10,000 NOs Insiders Community, we discuss the fact that, despite things not happening on your timeline, it is not helpful or smart to define ourselves by our worst dysfunction as many people do. That will only encourage people to place us into the smallest box in which they can put us while also convincing us that, "if it hasn't happened for us yet, it's never going to happen." This attitude is not only self-defeating, but can also prevent us from seeing that many times the slowness that we're experiencing is because we're being forced to learn something else that's actually going to serve us more than we ever could have planned.Monday Morsels are the short-form companion to our Friday Interviews of 10,000 NOs... brief riffs on the show's central topics & themes as food for thought to chew on throughout your week.It is not the critic who counts. If you’ve been knocked down... get up, dust yourself off, and get back in the arena. If you want to give back, share this with someone who could use it and leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen, so more people find this show and benefit from these conversations.If you dig the show, CLICK HERE to learn how you can make this experience 3D by joining our 10,000 NOs Insiders Community: access to a members-only Facebook group, intimate, weekly Live video calls with Matt, including monthly drop-ins with some of his badass past-guests & VIP friends and more.SHOW LINKS:10,000 NOs: THE BOOK10,000 NOs INSIDERSJOIN THE 10,000 NOs TRIBEFOLLOW MATT ON SOCIAL

Despite being born with a rare form of dwarfism, Christophe Zajack-Denek has become an avid surfer, played drums in a rock band across the US and Europe touring with artists like Iggy Pop and pursued a career in Hollywood. He is also making an impact on the lives of little people by bringing guests to his podcast, I'm Kind of a Big Deal to de-stigmatize the experience that little people face. While his stature may be small, his attitude and journey are HUGELY inspiring.It is not the critic who counts. If you’ve been knocked down... get up, dust yourself off, and get back in the arena. If you want to give back, share this with someone who could use it and leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen, so more people can find this show and benefit from these conversations.If you dig the show, CLICK HERE to learn how you can make this experience 3D by joining our 10,000 NOs Insiders Community: access to a members-only Facebook group, intimate, weekly Live video calls with Matt, including monthly drop-ins with some of his badass past-guests & VIP friends and more.SHOW LINKS:10,000 NOs: THE BOOKJOIN THE 10,000 NOs TRIBEFOLLOW MATT ON SOCIAL10,000 NOs INSIDERSGUEST LINKS:OFFICIAL WEBSITEI'M KIND OF A BIG DEAL PODCASTARTICLE ON DWARFISM BY CHRISTOPHEINSTAGRAM (@CHRISTOPHEZD)TWITTER (@CHRISTOPHEZD)