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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...

Today’s podcast is the fourth 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 ability of love to remove our death anxiety to the benefits of trying to like our jobs. These articles always provide me with a lot of value, and I hope they do...

Today’s podcast is the third 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 three big learnings, the first about parsing the difference between true competence and confidence, the second about hierarchies of value through attention, and the third about saying “thank yo...

Today’s podcast is the second 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 drug use and legalization debates to the feeling of longing. These articles always provide me with a lot of value, and I hope they do for you as well. Thank you for...

Today’s podcast is a 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 first reading, I cover a number of learnings, from the impact of our desire for control to the role of human psychology in our financial decisions. These articles always provide me with a lot of value, and I hope they do for you...

Today’s podcast is a brief reflection on Election Day with a few recommendations for how to approach it. It’s simple, but I think it gets to the core of two important pieces of what problems we are facing as a society in our politics. I hope you find it to be useful and easily applicable in your life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on a new song by an artist who I really appreciated called Bazzi. On his new album, Infinite Dream, he has a beautiful, short song called Human. He says a lot of really thought provoking things in the song, which I wanted to take some time to discuss today on this 600th episode. I hope you enjoy it and find the messages to be valuable. Thanks for listening. As alway...

Today’s podcast is about taking the extra step. Whether it be in our work, in developing political and religious beliefs, or any other domain of life, our natural instinct is frequently to get to the desired outcome with minimal personal investment and expenditure. I take the time in this episode to talk through why that instinct is flawed and why we benefit from going against it, which I hope you...

Today’s episode is dark, yet I think very important to come back to and acknowledge. There is so much pain and suffering in this world, which we frequently don’t see in the developed world. This acknowledgment is really powerful to ground ourselves in reality and to also develop a deeper sense of gratitude for our circumstances. I hope you find this to be a meaningful reflection. Thanks for listen...

Today’s podcast is a special one. I finally sit down with my brother to talk about his life journey, his best family memories, the good and bad times, and our relationship. It’s one of the best and most meaningful conversations we’ve ever had, so I hope you take some time to listen. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is short and sweet. I read a quote in an email from an email list I subscribe to that said that we are more often pulled down by poor positionality than we are by poor decisions. This quote spoke to me, so I wanted to take some time to reflect on it here. I hope you find it to be a valuable point to consider. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a framework for making decisions. When something really big and really difficult appears before us in life, how do we confront it? What parameters do we use to make those choices? Can we have a consistent set of parameters we consistently return to each time that can help us to navigate these challenges more efficiently? I think the answer is yes, which I discuss in this episode...

Today’s podcast is about uniqueness and the ways we should strive to make ourselves unique, whether it be in the world or in our communities and networks. It’s a topic I have thought about a lot, so I hope this short episode does it justice and perhaps gets you interested in the idea. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a monologue about my learnings from planning a work event over the last two months. It has brought me a lot of emotions and learnings, so I wanted to take some minutes to review it here today. I hope you find it to be a valuable reflection! Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about the value of asking the question why in deep layers. When we ask ourselves why over and over and over again to see where it takes us, we can learn so much about ourselves and others. It’s a concept that fascinates me, which is why I wanted to take some time to discuss it here today. I hope you enjoyed it and found it to be a valuable use of your time. Thank you for listeni...

Today’s podcast is an explanation of an idea I’ve had brewing in my head for a while. Habits are great to strive for, but I wonder if they’re truly the best thing for us to pursue. If we did various behaviors in intervals, those would be more challenging and perhaps more impactful on our health and well-being. I explain some examples in the episode, which I hope you find to be insightful and inter...

Today’s podcast is about a simple topic - how to focus to get things done. We so frequently battle up against this, as we live in a world of more and more distractions. I discuss how I handle the basics of this topics in this episode using a specific example of today. I hope you can relate and find the message to be valuable. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast begins with a quote from one of my favorite books - Awareness by Anthony De Mello. It’s such a fun and eye opening read, which is why I wanted to discuss a paragraph from it today in this episode. I hope that you enjoy it and find the message to be valuable. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.