Matt's Words of Wisdom

You Don't Want To Be Happy

One of my mentors works with many wealthy people. Some of them are billionaires. One day at lunch I asked him, “What do these people have in common?” I was...
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The Beast

In the three and half years since we started Yes Theory, there were at least ten times we wanted to call it a day and quit. Where we thought it...
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You're So Weird

I hate the word weird. With a burning passion. Calling something weird is judgmental. It’s ignorant. It’s rushing to conclusions. “That’s weird” are the two ugliest words in the English...
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My Favorite Drug

I replaced drugs with discomfort.
And discomfort, I soon realized, is a far different type of addiction.
It doesn’t grow stale.
It doesn’t make you weak in the long term.
Quite the opposite.
The positive effects are permanent.
The high lasts far longer than any other addiction possibly could.
 
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I Hate My Birthday

I’ve always hated my birthday. Every year, I dread growing one year older. It’s a reminder of the goals I still haven’t achieved. Of the tasks I’ve left unfulfilled. Of all the flaws I thought I’d have fixed by now. Last year, on my 26th birthday, I ran away. I panicked. I shut off my phone. Got in the car.
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Be Patient

We want the solution.We want it now.We want to change. To be better. To be fitter. To be happier. And when it doesn’t happen as fast as we expect, we get all sorts of...
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The Ironman

  When I first met Jerome five years ago, I was in awe of him.He was the first Ironman I’d ever met.When he explained what the race entailed, I couldn’t...
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How To Achieve Your Crazy Dream

0 weeks. That’s how close my first Ironman race is. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the Ironman consists of: A 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim. A 112-mile (180 km) bike ride...
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Your Next Chapter

If you were writing the book about your life, what would the next chapter look like?Would you give up?Would you jump into the unknown?How would you react?Great books surprise us.They...
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Your Opinion Of Us

weird thing happens when your work starts to gain traction. Your actions become overanalyzed.  When you start, it’s just a few close friends. But gradually, you encounter the opinions of...
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Go Outside

Why would you go to the Louvre... When you can just look at the pictures online? This was the question Professor Peter Younkin, asked Thomas during University. None of the...
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Look Up

What a shame that we can’t see the stars.   On an average night in this big city.    Light drowns out the universe.   We block out our surroundings....
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