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Today, I find myself in a curious yet familiar conundrum of life. It’s something that continuously resurfaces itself as a question to consider and manage, especially as an adult. I won’t say more here, but instead I will allow the episode to speak for itself. I thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Per the request of my dear friend Katie, I come to you with a detailed breakdown of what my journaling process looks like. I also spend some time sharing why it has been valuable to me and why I would recommend it to others. I hope you find value in it and perhaps consider adopting it yourself. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Gabi and I sit down together in this episode to reflect on our second wedding here in Brazil, which brought many experiences and learnings along with it. We had an amazing time with our family and friends, so we figured we would spend some time talking and making sense of it together. Thanks for listening! As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

These past two weeks have been incredibly special for me. My heart has been filled with love from my closest of friends and family, along with experiences a sense of awe and wonder on many occasions from the special moments I was able to experience. I share more about it all here, which is just an introduction to more episodes to come. I hope you found some value in this one. Thank you for listeni...

Today’s podcast is about how refreshing it has been to share space with some good friends in Rio. It led me to some reflections on friendship, which I bring to you in this episode. I hope you enjoy it and can take something from it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast was a lot of fun. Gabi returned for a long conversation about what married life has been like so far. We start by talking about what she misses about the US, then talk about our life here in Brazil and what it’s like to be married. I hope you enjoy it, find some value, and perhaps get some laughs out of it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a personal example of how I have taken certain views as true without much questioning, or in other words, how I bought into dogma. Although the example is fairly benign, I think it illustrates the way in which dogmas are adopted quite well. I hope you find some value in what I share here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I was tasked with creating an introductory conversation prompt for my team at work recently. I came up with the following question: what is something you forget to be grateful for? The conversations we had were really interesting and produced some curious themes, which I why I decided to share them here today. I hope it sparks some meaningful reflection for you. Thanks for listening. As always, Mu...

Today’s podcast is about the road from mediocrity to greatness. It’s not a magical split. It’s often just about doing one more and making a consistent habit if small gains. The effects these gains have over time are truly astounding. I hope you find some value in this message. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I recently got into a conversation with a Chinese man while on a long run here in Rio. We happened to cross paths earlier and at that moment were going in the same direction at a similar pace, so we struck up a conversation. I took a lot away from the interaction, so I wanted to share some of those themes here. I hope you get something out of it, too. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️...

Today’s podcast builds on the last one, as it focuses on another song by Russ on his new album, SANTIAGO. I found so much beauty and wisdom in what he shared in the song. I couldn’t resist spending some time talking about it here. I hope you find it to be valuable or insightful in some way. I certainly did. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on a song from Russ’s new album, SANTIAGO. I really appreciated the album and the song in particular, so I wanted to take some time to share it with you. He touches on some interesting themes and presents a perspective which I think give some good food for thought. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the seventh and final of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing the challenge of fully embodying a growth mindset, then finish with some points on the importance of communicating well. I hope you found value in this episode and the series overall. I am grateful to you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the sixth of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing the some nuances in the pursuit of aligning with the ideal self, then finish with some points on how life in general doesn’t stop for anyone or anything. There is still more to come, so I hope you stick around for the remaining episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take c...

Today’s episode is the fifth of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing the omnipresent possibilities of black and white thinking, then finish with some points on how we’re always inherently examples to others around us. There is still more to come, so I hope you stick around for the remaining episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the fourth of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing how there is always something beautiful to be observed, then finish with some points on preferring love, curiosity, and interest to ambition. There is still more to come, so I hope you stick around for the coming episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the third of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing how we can make better luck for ourselves, then finish with some points on our need for space to reflect on and digest information. There is much more to come, so I hope you stick around for the coming episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the second of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. start by discussing a friend’s tattoo about setting forth, then finish with some points on awe and gratitude. There is much more to come, so I hope you stick around for the coming episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode marks the beginning of yet another quarterly review. This is now my tenth, which is cool to look back on. I start by discussing the value of having a clear sense of self to avoid the rat race, then I move to some points on maintaining a childlike capacity for fascination and managing a lack of control in life. There is much more to come, so I hope you stick around for the coming ep...

In today’s episode, I read a portion of a recent email I sent to a colleague in the field of sport science. It contains some big picture reflections on the field, which I think sum up nicely the way that I’m trying to approach this work and where I think we would benefit from going. I hope it’s a thought provoking listen for you. Thanks for tuning in. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

These last few days have been a blatant lesson of the impermanence of our experiences in life. They all come and go, often quicker than we can notice. This podcast is a meditation on that concept, which I hope brings you some useful reflection. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is one that still continues to shake me up and rattle me in my core, although I’ve made really meaningful progress on it over time. I discuss honesty and attempt to embody that honesty of which I speak with a personal story. I hope you find it to be a valuable reflection and that it guides you in some positive way. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take ca...

I’m excited about what I’m bringing to you in this episode. It reminds me of some of my best content from 2018 and 2019 in which my reasoning and ideas were very clear and engaging, along with being related to the big questions and implications of self development. I hope you find this episode to be inspiring and meaningful to you. It means so much to me that you listened. As always, Much Love ❤️...

Today’s podcast is about a topic that is incredibly curious to me but to which I have no answers at the moment. Nevertheless, I wanted to share this fascination, as I think it’s really interesting to ponder and consider. I hope you enjoy it and find it to be a meaningful reflection. If you have any insights, I’d love to hear them! Send me an email at matt@mattbest.net. As always, Much Love ❤️ and...

We currently find ourselves in one of, if not the, most unpredictable times in human history. I have spent some time thinking about how education may need to change and where I think we need to go (and where I hope we’re going). I took some time to put my musings on the topic together here, which I hope you find interesting and perceive the interest I have in this topic in my voice. The importance...