I had a great conversation with a friend yesterday in which he posed me a question about what makes someone great for long periods of time. I share my thoughts on this here at a couple of different levels, which I hope you find to be useful in some way for yourself. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Not using social media on my phone anymore is such an interesting experience in today’s world. It feels like I’m the only one doing it, and yet I feel like the opposite of the crazy one. In this episode, I share why, along with highlighting the negative effects social media can have on our attention spans and goal oriented behaviors. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast digs into a variety of topics. I start by discussing and defining mindfulness, which leads me to some observations about anxiety and its relationship with mindfulness. These points set me up to discuss a framework for thinking about pharmaceutical solutions to problems like general anxiety disorder and the unique dynamics at play. It’s an intricate topic, so I hope you provide me some feedback if you have any. I thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast includes a set of personal updates, particularly related to my health and an insight I had during my recovery, along with updates to my blog and Substack. For those who would like to become a paid subscriber to my Substack, you can do so here: mbest.substack.com/subscribe . Thank you for listening and for your attention! As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is the product of this different period of life I’ve been living through after my surgery. My normal routine has been severely limited by the necessities of my recovery, which means my life and usual outlets to manage stress have changed a great deal. I talk through what this has been like for me here, along with a few other observations of myself. I hope you enjoy listening. Thanks for tuning in. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

“Free Speech” is frequently one of the hottest topics being discussed by people, whether it be online or at the dinner table. It’s often shaped in such an odd way that strays from the reality of our day to day dynamics. I try to take the conversation in a new direction here, which I hope is more useful and better for us to grapple with the topic. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of a recent post on my Substack titled “The Switch” which can be found here: https://open.substack.com/pub/mbest/p/the-switch?r=2c9gzu&utm_medium=ios . In addition to the reading, I give a more detailed explainer of the piece at the end. I hope you find some value in the idea I convey here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

It’s not like Matt to miss a week of podcasts. What may have happened? Is he okay? Your answers to those questions, and much more, here in this episode. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

My 13th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-one-2024. This quarter brought plenty of new experiences, a new country, a trip back to my hometown, a funeral, and a fresh return to Rio. In this tenth and final episode of my quarterly review, I talk about topics ranging from the major downsides of current events to pursuing the deepest why. Thank you for listening and for sticking around until the end of this set of episodes. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

My 13th quarterly review is now complete, which you can find in its totality at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-one-2024. This quarter brought plenty of new experiences, a new country, a trip back to my hometown, a funeral, and a fresh return to Rio. In this ninth and penultimate episode of my quarterly review, I talk about topics ranging from our duty to tell our friends the truth to the unique energy of airports and airplanes. There is one final episode to come, so I hope you stick around for it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.