Matt and Michael explore entrepreneurial burnout, renewed creative vigor, and the question: Do you have one last home run left in you?

Cheers y'all 🍻

References & Resources

Books

* The Master and His Emissary — Iain McGilchrist (attention shapes reality)

* Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien (characters emerging as surprises)

* A Wrinkle in Time — Madeleine L'Engel

Talks & Media

* Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius — TED Talk (Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen story)

* Landman (Season 2) — Billy Bob Thornton's "one last home run" monologue

Anime

* Jujutsu Kaisen — Domain expansion as metaphor for personal influence

Biblical

* John 14:12 — "You will do greater things than these"

People Referenced

* Clint Eastwood — "Don't let the old man in"

* T.S. Eliot — "Old men should be explorers" (from East Coker)

* Tolkien — On discovering Strider while writing

Chapters:

[00:00] Intro: The Return of the Builder

Matt's renewed enthusiasm with AI collaboration

[00:55] Risk & the Unknown

"When you're building your own idea, the end isn't known at the beginning"

[03:20] Tolkien's Surprise

Characters emerging unplanned; Strider's introduction

[09:30] COVID's Toll

Michael lost 5 businesses; the cost of grinding

[16:15] Attention Shapes Reality

McGilchrist: Things become how you pay attention to them

[21:00] Ideas Choose Their Hosts

Elizabeth Gilbert's Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen story

[24:00] Don't Let the Old Man In

Clint Eastwood's aging advice

[28:30] The 50 LLCs

Matt's entrepreneurial history (hyperbole alert)

[36:05] Grave Sites as Time Machines

Matt visits childhood friend's grave after 20 years

[46:00] Still Here, Still Becoming

"I haven't perished yet... I am still becoming"

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