The Best Podcast

Today’s podcast is the second in a series of readings of the newest article on my blog (mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-four-2022), which is my reflection on the fourth quarter of 2022. It’s my eighth one of these articles already, which is pretty cool to me. In this episode, I speak about the value of empathy for overcoming trauma and pain to how too much analysis can take the beauty out of life. I hope you find it to be a valuable set of learnings and continue to tune in for the following episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is the first of a series of readings of the newest article on my blog (mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-four-2022), which is my reflection on the fourth quarter of 2022. It’s my eighth one of these articles already, which is pretty cool to me. I touch on the importance of building muscle all the way to how framing and context are key considerations to have in mind for saying what you wish. I hope you find it to be a valuable set of learnings and continue to tune in for the following episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I’ve been off of social media for over three years now. This time has provided me with so much growth, reflection, and personal development, something I hope to continue in each year that lies ahead. Yet I’ve come to ask myself whether it’s the right time to return to seize an opportunity to share my message and grow my presence. As you can tell from the episode, it’s a lot of deliberation that this idea has delivered, so I wanted to share what that thought process sounds like with you all. I hope you appreciate the rawness of this and that you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is an examination of the thoughts and visions we do frequently experience in moments of anxiety and worry. All of the worst scenarios come to our heads, which can easily overcome us and haunt us. I reflect on this human experience in this episode, with an eye to the opportunities these moments bring. I hope you can resonate with the possibilities I share here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about a weakness of mine that I’ve noticed through repeated challenges and failures. I tend to operate well with the big and heavy things in life, and not so well with the smaller day-to-day things. I talk through this a bit here and hope that others can resonate in the same or in the opposite direction. I appreciate you listening and following me on the journey. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast brings me back to my old roots in the science of motivation. I’ve been privileged to work with many great thinkers, practitioners, and researchers in this space. I try to distill the learnings from one key organizing framework of motivation in this episode for you to better understand how you can think about motivation practically. I hope you find it to be of great utility. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast stems from a conversation I had last night with some friends about examining our lives. It’s so easy to get caught up in life and not step back to examine what is really going on and what can change to make things better. I share this podcast as a tool for you to do this reflect exercise (or for you to share with someone else who may need it). I hope you find this to be valuable! Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Small wins that compound over time through consistent improvement are an incredibly powerful tool. They’ve changed the game for me in my approach to various things in my life, including my fitness journey in weightlifting. I talk through this example in the episode, along with stepping back to think through how you can apply the model to the thing you currently care about improving. I hope you find it to be a valuable message and that you can perceive the enthusiasm this has brought me. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

This podcast may be a bit destabilizing. I share a deeper dive into my views of consciousness and how I’ve come to make sense of it through meditation and my personal learnings and experiences. It’s something I’m really happy to finally share here, so I hope it’s one you find to be valuable to hear and consider. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts being about the compensatory control model, then meanders to the value of identifying behaviors and thoughts with specific terms. The model is a really interesting one to have in mind as we look at ourselves and the world, which is why I wanted to share it with you all here. Second, the bigger point of what the model can do is help us to classify things to provide the opportunity for greater sense making and positive change. I hope you find the contents of this episode to be valuable. I’m excited for what is to come in 2023! Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.