The Best Podcast

Today’s podcast is the fourth in a series of five readings of the newest article on my blog (mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-four-2022), which is my reflection on the fourth quarter of 2022. It’s my eighth one of these articles already, which is pretty cool to me. In this episode, I speak about the caution we must exercise when communicating through jokes and sarcasm to the value of having a conf...

Today’s podcast is the third in a series of readings of the newest article on my blog (mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-four-2022), which is my reflection on the fourth quarter of 2022. It’s my eighth one of these articles already, which is pretty cool to me. In this episode, I speak about the importance of realizing just how little we know to how AÍ may evolve in its role in human-to-human center...

Today’s podcast is the second in a series of readings of the newest article on my blog (mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-four-2022), which is my reflection on the fourth quarter of 2022. It’s my eighth one of these articles already, which is pretty cool to me. In this episode, I speak about the value of empathy for overcoming trauma and pain to how too much analysis can take the beauty out of life...

Today’s podcast is the first of a series of readings of the newest article on my blog (mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-four-2022), which is my reflection on the fourth quarter of 2022. It’s my eighth one of these articles already, which is pretty cool to me. I touch on the importance of building muscle all the way to how framing and context are key considerations to have in mind for saying what y...

I’ve been off of social media for over three years now. This time has provided me with so much growth, reflection, and personal development, something I hope to continue in each year that lies ahead. Yet I’ve come to ask myself whether it’s the right time to return to seize an opportunity to share my message and grow my presence. As you can tell from the episode, it’s a lot of deliberation that th...

Today’s podcast is an examination of the thoughts and visions we do frequently experience in moments of anxiety and worry. All of the worst scenarios come to our heads, which can easily overcome us and haunt us. I reflect on this human experience in this episode, with an eye to the opportunities these moments bring. I hope you can resonate with the possibilities I share here. Thanks for listening....

Today’s podcast is about a weakness of mine that I’ve noticed through repeated challenges and failures. I tend to operate well with the big and heavy things in life, and not so well with the smaller day-to-day things. I talk through this a bit here and hope that others can resonate in the same or in the opposite direction. I appreciate you listening and following me on the journey. As always, Much...

Today’s podcast brings me back to my old roots in the science of motivation. I’ve been privileged to work with many great thinkers, practitioners, and researchers in this space. I try to distill the learnings from one key organizing framework of motivation in this episode for you to better understand how you can think about motivation practically. I hope you find it to be of great utility. Thank y...

Today’s podcast stems from a conversation I had last night with some friends about examining our lives. It’s so easy to get caught up in life and not step back to examine what is really going on and what can change to make things better. I share this podcast as a tool for you to do this reflect exercise (or for you to share with someone else who may need it). I hope you find this to be valuable! T...

Small wins that compound over time through consistent improvement are an incredibly powerful tool. They’ve changed the game for me in my approach to various things in my life, including my fitness journey in weightlifting. I talk through this example in the episode, along with stepping back to think through how you can apply the model to the thing you currently care about improving. I hope you fin...

This podcast may be a bit destabilizing. I share a deeper dive into my views of consciousness and how I’ve come to make sense of it through meditation and my personal learnings and experiences. It’s something I’m really happy to finally share here, so I hope it’s one you find to be valuable to hear and consider. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts being about the compensatory control model, then meanders to the value of identifying behaviors and thoughts with specific terms. The model is a really interesting one to have in mind as we look at ourselves and the world, which is why I wanted to share it with you all here. Second, the bigger point of what the model can do is help us to classify things to provide the opport...

Transition. That’s what the new year brings. It’s arbitrary, yet it’s an opportunity. Let’s try to make the most of it. Here are some parting words as we start the year. Take them as you wish. Thank you, as always, for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care. Cheers to 2023.

We so frequently hear about and are exposed to the big, wholesale personal change that people take on, especially around the turn of the new year. While it’s an enticing idea, these efforts are frequently not sustainable. In response to this, I discuss some ideas about what are sustainable changes in this episode, which I hope you find to be useful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ an...

Today’s podcast is about how our expectations and past experiences can severely cloud our ability to taste life and to be curious if we do not become aware of it. It’s a concept that really has shaken me to the core, which I hope you can feel and hear in this episode. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

This weekend, I had a lot of good conversations. One of them involved sensitivity and how it can lead to hesitation in authentically sharing what we think and perceive with others. It brought some really insightful points up, so I wanted to take some time to talk through it here. I hope you find it to be insightful as well. It’s a refreshing view that gives me hope. Thanks for listening. As always...

Religion is something I don’t touch on all too much here in my monologues and conversations. I do spend quality time thinking and talking about it, though. One perspective on it that I really appreciate is Anthony De Mello’s in his book Awareness. I speak about one specific point he makes here in this episode and why it resonates with me. I hope you resonate and find some value in it, too. Thanks...

Today’s podcast is a new topic for me. I played around with the new OpenAI product, ChatGPT, which is an artificial general intelligence program that can answer any question asked by a user in human-like prose. It’s fascinating to see where the field has come and what this means for the future. It’s a lot to think about, hence why I’m sharing it with you today. Thanks for listening and I hope you...

Today’s podcast comes to you on the back of a conversation with a family friend, in which he told me about a colleague’s Facebook post regarding her work as a psychologist. She wrote about how she doesn’t like when people throw their personal matters onto her upon hearing that she is a psychologist. I thought this was a really interesting topics, so I came here to talk through it for a few minutes...

Today’s podcast is a reflection on the romanticism of the peak moments and the intensity of hard work in action and sport movies like Rocky. Months of hard training, day after day, is often captured in a 4-minute clip. I speak about this at length here, and where I think we should shift the focus of our romanticism. I hope you find it to be a valuable reflection. Thanks for listening. As always, M...

Today’s podcast is a short reflection on a portion of a book I really appreciate titled Awareness by Anthony De Mello. It’s so easy to be carried away by our thoughts and emotions, which can lead us to acting impulsively and trying to fix things that we don’t understand. In this episode, I bring De Mello’s perspective on this problem to light, which I find to be a useful frame. I hope you do as we...

Today’s podcast is a couple of quick thoughts that I wanted to share. First, I talk about a new part of my morning routine that has been helpful. Second, I talk about some nuances around the narrative of participation trophies and excessive entitlement making a “softer” generation. I hope you find something here to be helpful or insightful. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and...

Today’s podcast comes off the back of Thanksgiving, an American holiday that calls particular attention to gratitude. Gratitude is a bit of a paradox nowadays for many. There is so much to be grateful for, yet it is a sea of things that can also drown us. In this episode, I talk through my personal journey through that sea and reflect on how to navigate it. I hope you find it to be a valuable list...

Today’s podcast is the sixth and final part of my reading of my latest article on The Platform, titled Quarter Three - 2022, which you can see at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2022 . In this reading, I cover a number of learnings, from connecting our personal value and goal attainment to sitting with our distraction. These articles always provide me with a lot of value, and I hope they do...

Today’s podcast is the fifth part of my reading of my latest article on The Platform, titled Quarter Three - 2022, which you can see at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-three-2022 . In this reading, I cover a number of learnings, from the role of communication in an effective kitchen to empathizing with the rejector. These articles always provide me with a lot of value, and I hope they do for you...