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Today’s podcast is about a conversation I had on new years that resulted in a blank stare in return. I’ll leave you to listen to find out the topic that led to this reaction. I hope you find some value in what I share here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about a piece of feedback I received from my wife yesterday. Trying to optimize across so many fronts can be draining sometimes, even as we strive toward greater wellness and well-being. When we step back to ask what the optimization is for, it is precisely in the pursuit of those outcomes. How can we toe this line and keep ourselves well with high expectations? This is the ques...

Today’s podcast is one that is very “in the moment.” It’s a reflection on the way my day rapidly changed with just a couple of actions - deep focus on a task that meant something to me, along with a long run. It’s stunning to me how our mental states can change so much through a small number of choices we make, which I hope you can grasp and feel in this episode. Thank you so much for listening. A...

Negative internal dialogue has a silver lining if we allow it to shine through. In fact, it can do a lot for us, even more than neutral or positive internal dialogue in many cases. I share more about this here, along with how we can make it helpful to us, which I hope you find valuable. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

In today’s podcast, I share my experience starting the new year at Copacabana beach with my wife, her family, and some good friends of ours. It was truly a spectacle. Given New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are always quite distinct days, there is a lot to learn if we stop to take them in on the other side, which is what I do here. I hope you find some value in the episode. Thanks for listening. A...

Today’s podcast is an intense one, so I hope you listen close and let this one sit with you. I talk about what I’ve taken from writing everyday for the last three years and the quarterly review process I have embarked on. It has brought me so much more than I expected, which I’m sure you will hear in my voice. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

This year, I spent Christmas away from home and away from my family for the first time. It was a very new experience for me and it opened my eyes to a few things, which I wanted to take some time to reflect on and share. I hope you enjoy it and find some value in my words. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

By the title, you might be asking if I’m running out of topics to talk about on the podcast. I ensure you that is not the case. Instead, observing the self as we orient ourselves around and approach mundane tasks, such as cleaning a bathroom, can be quite informative if we pay attention. I share a personal experience here, which I hope does a good job of showcasing this point. Thanks for listening...

Today’s podcast digs into some observations I’ve had about social dynamics, particularly relating to the gym. We see the same people, day after day, week after week, but we never say hello and connect with them. I explore why this might be the case and my observations of this behavior in my own experiences. Perhaps you’ll find it interesting to ponder. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️...

Today’s podcast is about randomness and the massive role it plays in our lives. It’s present in the big stuff, the little stuff, and everything in between. I hope you enjoy what I present here and find it to be thought provoking. I appreciate you taking the time to listen. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Gabi returns to the podcast today for the who-knows-th time to discuss the question of: “What is a rich life?” I really enjoyed the conversation, as it was fun and extremely wide ranging. I hope you enjoy it, too. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

In my return from quarterly review land, I discuss the value of listening to debate, but not just any kind of debate. In this episode, I talk about the nuances of that point, along with the benefits I think it brings to people’s lives. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this eighth and final episode of my quarterly review, I talk about how we’re set up to fail psychologically by not le...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this seventh episode of my quarterly review, I talk about the impact of a problem versus opportunity frame to the val...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this sixth episode of my quarterly review, I talk about how the history we reference is severely limited compared to...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this fifth episode of my quarterly review, I talk about whether the greatest impact is the most profound one to a maj...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this fourth episode of my quarterly review, I talk about the need for different tools during different phases and for...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this third episode of my quarterly review, I talk about topics ranging from a system to organize our digital lives to...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this second episode of my quarterly review, I talk about topics ranging from towing the line between transparency and...

My 11th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2023 . This quarter taught me a lot, as it found me in multiple continents, hosting family and friends visiting Rio, executing a second marriage, and much more. In this first episode of my quarterly review, I talk about topics ranging from the ephemeral nature of novelty to protei...

Today’s podcast is brief yet clear. How we begin our days can have a big impact on how our days go. It sets the tone for how we think and how we manage ourselves. I share a recent change I made and the impacts I’m observing, which I hope you enjoy and find valuable. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

In this life, we can do anything but we can’t do everything. We can spend time with anyone, but we can’t spend time with everyone. The choices we make about what we do and with whom we spend our time affects our internal worlds and the lives we lead. I dig into these concepts during this episode, which I hope you find insightful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

The other day, I read some provoking content about responsibility over my wife’s shoulder in an email from a list she subscribes to. It was so thought provoking for me that I haven’t been able to get it out of my head, which has led me here to share it with you. I hope you find it to be as engaging as I did. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is centered around a question that I frequently come back to in my thinking. Asking it on repeat provides a useful lens for inquiring about our true motives and the ultimate end goals of our actions. I share why I value it, along with some examples, in this episode, which I hope you find to be valuable in some way. As always, thanks for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast comes after listening to a conversation with Bill Perkins, the author of a recent book titled Die with Zero. Many of his ideas were quite thought provoking for me, so I wanted to share them here as food for thought with you. I hope you enjoy it and find some value. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.