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Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack piece, titled A Cidade Maravilhosa, which you can read at mbest.substack.com/p/a-cidade-maravilhosa . I continue talking about my time living here in Rio de Janeiro, moving from talking about the sights of the city to its sounds. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a wandering reflection on how I’ve been thinking about my financial health and the broader economic landscape. I think back to some of my early episodes about this topic from years ago and connect them to where I am now. I hope you find it to be valuable during these uncertain times. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest Substack piece, which you can find at mbest.substack.com/p/obrigado . I recommend checking it out there, as I include some photos of what I describe in today’s episode. Rio is such a special place, and it merits a sincere reflection upon saying goodbye for now. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on relationships and how we approach conflict (or turn away from it). When others seemingly do us wrong, treat us poorly, of deceive us, how do we respond? What do we hope is the outcome of these interactions? I share my perspective here, which I hope you find insightful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on our current moment. With intense emotions, pain, and conflict unraveling around the world on the back of bombings between Israel and Iran, I take time today to search for a better way. I look for a lens to make the world better through our shared humanity, which I share in this episode. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest Substack piece, titled “In the Zone” which you can find at https://mbest.substack.com/p/in-the-zone . I talk about presence and flow experiences, the ways I have accessed them, and how they are always available to us. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast wasn’t an enjoyable one to record, but it was an important one for me in this moment. Taking stock of our negative emotions, allowing them in to contrast with the highs of life, helps us to know ourselves a lot more and to navigate these situations more effectively. I’ve repeatedly experienced this throughout my life, unsurprisingly leaving me here once again. I share a bit of what...

The plane crash that took place in India on June 12th was such sad news to see. So many lives lost unexpectedly, far sooner than otherwise would have been imagined. Amidst the tragedy, there is a meaningful reflection waiting for us, which I discuss here. I hope the message inspires you as it has done to me. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

This week has been a busy one! Work has been full with some additional responsibilities in addition to my normal duties, so it has asked a lot of me to focus and manage myself. I’ve enjoyed the experience, so I wanted to take a moment to reflect on that here. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on some takeaways from a dinner I had last night with some travelers. We were fortunate enough to dig into some of the deeper topics of our lives, which brought some meaningful takeaways that I wanted to share. I think you’ll find them useful and insightful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest Substack post, which you can see here: https://www.mbest.substack.com/p/the-real-thing . I dig into the lavishness of proposals and marriages as a route to talking about quality relationships and what really matters in life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Over the last two weekends, I’ve had some amazing runs here in Rio. The weather has been perfect, which combined perfectly with the immense beauty of this city. I describe what I experienced on these runs in today’s episode, along with what it means to me. I hope you enjoy it and can feel some of the positive emotions I share along with me. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please...

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest Substack post, which you can see here: https://mbest.substack.com/p/social-roles . I dig into my thoughts on my role in friendships, how that developed over time, and the value it brings to my life. I hope you find it to be a thought provoking and reflective piece. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast digs into a small change I’ve made in recent months that has had some significant consequences, but not in the most positive way. This change led me to see how the timing of my phone use can make a big difference in how my mind operates throughout the day, which I think you will appreciate hearing. As always, thank you for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on algorithms and their roles in our lives. It’s hard to enter any space these days that isn’t driven by an algorithm. Social media is the space where algorithms are taken to the max, totally usurping our agency with the force of catering to your unique desires and tastes. I argue here that we must be very thoughtful about the role algorithms play in our lives and o...

What we consume consciously drives what our minds chew on in our subconscious. The “A-ha!” moment is not random. It is informed by what enters out minds, which we dictate through our choices of what to consume and how. I break this down further in this episode, which I hope you enjoy and learn from. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is another reflection on my recent dive into my autobiographical notes. I identify a few more meaningful takeaways I have gotten out of this experience and share them with you. Perhaps you can relate in some way, and if you cannot, then I still think there will be something useful to consider here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, titled “The False Pendulum” (https://mbest.substack.com/p/the-false-pendulum). I discuss my experiences maneuvering between confidence and humility and the important realization about that maneuvering that I came to over time. I hope you find value in this lesson of life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on a new personal project. I’ve reflected on my experiences in an effort to document my life to date. I’ve written down what I remember from my birth up through high school so far, and that process has left me with some meaningful lessons. I share some early takeaways with you here, in the hopes that you find them useful and insightful. As always, thanks...

Today’s podcast is a reflection on adulthood. As I’ve grown and interacted more with adults who are older than me, I’ve seen just how much age is not a proxy for maturity and rising up the self-actualization ladder. Of course, I hold quite high standards, and perhaps those standards are “unrealistic” to most, and yet that fact doesn’t relieve this inner conflict. Perhaps you will resonate with wha...

Over the weekend, I got to spend some quality time checking in on a lot of friends I haven’t been in touch with in a while. In doing so, a lot came to mind, both through the exercise itself and in the responses I received from my friends. There was a lot to make sense of, so I’m sharing what I learned with you here, as I think it may serve you well. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ an...

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, titled Competence, which you can see here: https://mbest.substack.com/p/competence . I dig into what it means to be competent and how it is a fantastic antidote to worry and the psychological effects of uncertainty. I hope you find value in what I share here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast digs into a concept I’ve taken from a new book I’m reading called The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker. I’ve found her ideas to be really refreshing, as they resonate with a lot of my instincts and principles about how we should come together as people. Her ideas connect to an experience I’ve had here in Brazil since moving here, which I take some time to share with you here. I am...

Today’s podcast is a little more niche than usual, which oddly ends up being a message that I think all of us would benefit from hearing in one way or another. AI use is becoming more and more common in our lives, and it affects our brains in was that we need to be thoughtful about. I describe that process here and send a message to younger people about the implications our use of AI has in our li...

Today’s podcast is a reading of my Quarter One review, which I also wrote up and published on Substack. You can read it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/mbest/p/quarter-one-2025-review?r=2c9gzu&utm_medium=ios . I dig into a lot of learnings, from personal experiences in my relationships to politics to the deepest parts of our existence, which I hope you find useful. Thanks for listening. As alw...