Obsessed with it all That’s why I won’t settle Not until every nook And every cranny Of every day Is composed of moments I can’t wait to recall
I help busy people do inner work.
The full collection of explorations.
Obsessed with it all That’s why I won’t settle Not until every nook And every cranny Of every day Is composed of moments I can’t wait to recall
The more time you spend thinking about how you can get other people to like you…
The less time you’ll be able to spend thinking about how you can become someone you like.
And here’s the catch-22.
The more time you spend becoming someone YOU like… the more likely other people will like you.
And the more time you spend trying to be someone who is liked… the less other people will end up liking you.
Wanna know why you feel anxious?
Too many open processes.
You’re doing too much; thinking too much; taking on too much.
What you need is a healthy dose of less.
Less obligation. Less running around. Less distraction.
So that you can focus more on closing what’s already open.
A desire for more isn’t usually satisfied with more. It forever renews.
A desire for less, however, can be satisfied.
Eventually, all that will be left is what’s most useful, important, and necessary.
THIS is the desire that should be forever renewed.
Moving from consumer to creator can be intimidating.
Consuming is risk-free, relaxed, and dopamine-releasing—but, unfulfilling.
Creating is risk-taking, nerve-wracking, and self-exposing—but, rewarding.
One intermediary step that helped me is curating.
Which, many people don’t realize, is a form of creation in its own right.
Taking the best of what you find and creating your own unique content playlist(s) is an art form—one that highlights unique taste.
The best part is this: by immersing yourself in what speaks to you and your unique tastes—you’ll start making connections with your unique life experiences and ideas… it’s inevitable because you’ll only ever be pulled to curate what resonates.
And oftentimes, the byproduct of good curation over enough time will be creation.
Justin Egliskis believes that our minds can become prisons if we abstain from mental work and he focuses on having conversations around health and resiliency.
In this podcast episode, Justin and I chat about what attention to detail says about you, the intrinsic benefits of exercise, the importance of building skills, why long-term vision is crucial and much more.
You can listen to the episode using the embedded player below or (if you don’t see it) you can find it on Spotify here. Thanks and enjoy!
To see Matt’s other LIVE audio conversations, click here.
The things you do daily shouldn’t be misery inducing.
They also shouldn’t be challenge-free and mind-numbing.
The things you do daily should be somewhere in the goldilocks middle.
Easy enough to show up for (even when you don’t want to); hard enough to keep you from atrophy or regression.
Get this balance wrong and you’ll either burn-out (and yo-yo) or blow out the flame of your potential.
Two consequences that are happening far too often in our society.
It’s time to level up your Goldilocks game, eh?