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Today’s episode is the last one of a series of four in which I’ve laid out my learnings from the past quarter of the year. It continues to amaze me just how much one can learn if you sit down and pay attention to yourself and to life. These episodes are the result of that process. I hope you find the lessons I divulge here to be valuable and useful in your own life. Perhaps they will serve you bet...

Today’s podcast is the third set of learnings from my reflections on quarter two, which I started two episodes ago. There will be a fourth and final episode of these coming out in a couple of days. If you’re curious to see the entire piece in one place, head over to mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-two-2021. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a continuation of my reading of my new blog post, which you can see at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-two-2021 . I hope you enjoy the episode and the reflections I’ve pulled from the last three and a half months. I’ve come to really appreciate these articles and time for reflection. I hope you can see why. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care. More to come!

Today’s podcast is the first of a few that will cover my learnings from quarter two, for which you can find the full written version at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-two-2021 . This process of writing each night, reviewing all of my writings at the end of a quarter, pulling out key themes, then expanding on them, has been incredibly rich and insightful for me. I hope that you can pick up on tha...

A member of my closest friend group will be starting a new journey as he moves across the country at the end of the week. To honor him, we’ve spent some quality time together this week and have reflected on the meaning if this friendship we have built. This episode is an embodiment of that reflection. I hope you can relate to some aspects of your own friendships in what I mentioned here. It’s a tr...

Today’s podcast is about a person who is a top level professional in his field from whom I think we can all learn. He’s a rapper named Russ from Atlanta whose journey is a unique and inspiring one. I think you’ll find the takeaways I share about Russ can be applied to your own life in some area. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot to me. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a sneak peak at the longer piece I’m working on of my takeaways from journaling everyday over the last 3 months. As I did last time, I plan on going through these takeaways and expanding on them in a longer written piece, which I will read on the podcast. Today’s episode is a sneak peak of what expanding on a takeaway from the last three months might look like. I hope you enjoy...

Today’s podcast is a whirling conversation through COVID, disparities in health outcomes, drug use, communities, history, our marginalized and minoritized communities, and a conversation we need to have. It was a wandering road, but it was a road that I think we need to go down as a society. I hope you enjoyed the conversation. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a discussion of common critiques to “new age” psychology, philosophy, and “self-help”, which I agree with but think lack a more complete picture. My discussion attempts to dive into additional details to complete that picture, or at least contribute to completing it a bit more. It was an episode I enjoyed doing and I hope you find it to be valuable. Thanks so much for listening....

Today’s podcast is about an idea I recently stumbled across but I think is a really valuable one. Before you start an endeavor, make a plan for when you will quit. Tune in to hear why doing this could be such a beneficial idea. I think you’ll find value in it. Thank you for listening. It means a lot to me. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about the great value of being vulnerable when sharing with others in conversation. Opening up in a vulnerable way is a practice that can teach us a ton about ourselves and others, which I walk through here in the episode. I hope you find it to be valuable and that you can perhaps apply some of what I said in your own life. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ a...

Today’s podcast is about the value of reading. It’s a habit I’ve had off and on since the end of high school, but each period of time in which I read consistently has brought me significant benefits. I’ve really started to notice this after getting back into reading more again over the last week or so, so I wanted to take some time to share with you. I hope you find it as valuable as I do and perh...

Today’s podcast is about something that surfaced in the media and on social media following the hiring of Chauncey Billups as the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers, a professional basketball team in the NBA. It was a frustrating thing to see for me, so I wanted to spend some time to talk it through here, as it has some significant implications. I hope you enjoy it and find value in it. Thank...

Today’s podcast is a story I heard about Beethoven over this last weekend. He lost his hearing around the age of 30, which at the time seemed like it would be devastating. However, it instead sparked some of his most creative and expressive work in his career. How did this happen and why is it relevant today? I work through those questions in the episode, in which I hope you find a lot of value. T...

Today’s podcast is a special one. I present to you a conversation with my grandma about the early stages of her life. As you’ll see, she has so much to share. Our relationship has flowered over the last couple of years and I’m so grateful for it. Perhaps you’ll see why in this episode. I hope you enjoy it despite the lawn mowing in the background and the lightness of her voice. She is nearly 87 af...

Today’s podcast is an exploration of the value that observing and participating in “drama” can have for us. We often give drama a blanket negative label, when in reality it has a lot of social value that goes ignored. I wanted to explore that side here and then share some thoughts on how to live a good live without drama. It’s a different angle, but it was fun for me to think through, so I wanted...

Today’s podcast is for my dad. It’s Father’s Day in the US today, so I wanted to take some time to reflect on our relationship and share a few things that I love and appreciate about him. Of course, I forgot to say so much, but I at least got to express some highlights that came to mind here. I hope you enjoy it and that you find the things I’ve learned from him to be valuable. As always, Much Lov...

Today’s podcast is a very personal story from my life. It’s a story of love, heartbreak, errors in judgement, hard pills to swallow, and emergent growth. It’s a story that carries tremendous weight in my base of experiences that have taught me key lessons. Most importantly, it’s a story that has led me to being a better human and better partner today. I hope that you find value and meaning in this...

Today’s podcast is a reflection on an experience I had yesterday, looking down from a balcony at a restaurant. It was a series of thoughts that provided me with some important understandings and perspective that help me to live better and make better decisions. I wanted to share them with you here. Thanks for listening. I hope you find some value in this episode. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please...

Today’s podcast is based on a piece of advice I received today which I think applies really well for many young people. It’s about the value of a growth mindset, patience, focusing on one’s own path, and time. It’s one of my better episodes in recent memory I think, so I hope you enjoy it and find it to be valuable. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot to me. Much Love ❤️ and please tak...

Today’s podcast is a brief message about the value of exposing yourself to friends and others who get you to see yourself and life in a deeper way. I’m trying to maintain more organization in my thoughts, so I hope this concise episode can be the start of an improvement in that. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about connections and why the people in our networks influence us so much, above and beyond what we may initially think. The types of people in our lives can determine a truly great deal. The podcast admittedly tails off at the end because of some commotion in my house in the background. I tried to push through, but one’s attentional capacity can only be so strong I suppose. Tha...

Today’s podcast marks a new period for me. I moved out of my apartment last weekend and it proved to be an emotional experience. My roommate of five years and I headed our separate ways and said our goodbyes. This episode is dedicated to him, with some concluding remarks on what lies ahead. Onward we go. Thanks for listening. It means a lot to me. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I have come to realize that one of the most important, yet small, skills that I value is the ability to talk about or be curious about things that do not interest you, especially in social settings. The benefits are quite significant, which I discuss here, and I’m really convinced that this skill can take us a long way. I hope you enjoy the discussion and find the message to be a valuable one. Tha...

This podcast comes off of a weekend of some great conversations that covered tons of topics. Some on which I had a lot of knowledge, some on which I was a novice, and some in between. I took some time here to talk through my experience of those conversations, what I took away from them, ways to process disagreement and challenging subjects, and how I adjust my thinking following these types of con...