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Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, titled “The False Pendulum” (https://mbest.substack.com/p/the-false-pendulum). I discuss my experiences maneuvering between confidence and humility and the important realization about that maneuvering that I came to over time. I hope you find value in this lesson of life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on a new personal project. I’ve reflected on my experiences in an effort to document my life to date. I’ve written down what I remember from my birth up through high school so far, and that process has left me with some meaningful lessons. I share some early takeaways with you here, in the hopes that you find them useful and insightful. As always, thanks for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on adulthood. As I’ve grown and interacted more with adults who are older than me, I’ve seen just how much age is not a proxy for maturity and rising up the self-actualization ladder. Of course, I hold quite high standards, and perhaps those standards are “unrealistic” to most, and yet that fact doesn’t relieve this inner conflict. Perhaps you will resonate with what I’m feeling. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Over the weekend, I got to spend some quality time checking in on a lot of friends I haven’t been in touch with in a while. In doing so, a lot came to mind, both through the exercise itself and in the responses I received from my friends. There was a lot to make sense of, so I’m sharing what I learned with you here, as I think it may serve you well. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, titled Competence, which you can see here: https://mbest.substack.com/p/competence . I dig into what it means to be competent and how it is a fantastic antidote to worry and the psychological effects of uncertainty. I hope you find value in what I share here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast digs into a concept I’ve taken from a new book I’m reading called The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker. I’ve found her ideas to be really refreshing, as they resonate with a lot of my instincts and principles about how we should come together as people. Her ideas connect to an experience I’ve had here in Brazil since moving here, which I take some time to share with you here. I am sure you will find some value in my reflection. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a little more niche than usual, which oddly ends up being a message that I think all of us would benefit from hearing in one way or another. AI use is becoming more and more common in our lives, and it affects our brains in was that we need to be thoughtful about. I describe that process here and send a message to younger people about the implications our use of AI has in our lives and personal development. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my Quarter One review, which I also wrote up and published on Substack. You can read it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/mbest/p/quarter-one-2025-review?r=2c9gzu&utm_medium=ios . I dig into a lot of learnings, from personal experiences in my relationships to politics to the deepest parts of our existence, which I hope you find useful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about a part of me that others might consider to be insufferable. I can’t seem to watch a Netflix show or a movie without perceiving a high opportunity cost. I always find myself thinking about how else I could be spending my time, and then when I look back afterwards, I notice how far behind spending my time that way brought me. It’s far from what most people are used to, which makes me feel for others who have to deal with this part of me. I talk through it a bit here, which I hope you find interesting. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a recording of both my latest Substack post (https://mbest.substack.com/p/day-1564) and my latest journal entry. I’m now running on 1564 days in a row of daily writing, so this episode will give you a good look at what this looks like for me now and how I’m thinking about it. This is a meaningful inflection point for me, so I hope you find some value in my thoughts. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.