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When your business grows you might have to learn how to work with people. This was really tough for me at first. Especially learning how to hire! My golden rule: hire the person for the position, don’t try to change the person to fit the position.

What do you do when you’re worn out? If you run a small business feeling drained is common, so it’s important to know how to tap into energy reserves when you need them. I’ve been feeling a bit worn-down the last few days, so in this episode I talk about

Running a small business can feel like the Wild West. When you’re your own boss, you are the one who has to make decisions about what’s important. But with a million to-do’s vying for attention, how do you decide what matters most? This episode is all about determining where is

Are you stressed in your small business? Most of us are. A big part of running a small business is learning how to grow into the type of person who can handle stressful situations in a calm reasonable way. I’ve learned a lot of techniques for this over the years,

No one likes to fail, but some of us are more scared of it than others. When is a fear of failure healthy and when does it throw us off our path? In Mornings with Matt episode 16, I talk about my own fear of failure, how I lesson it

In Mornings with Matt Episode 15, I talk about what is maybe the biggest mistake new small businesses make – especially those with a client or service based model. That mistake boils down to this: spending too much focus on things other than getting clients in the door as soon as

This is Mornings With Matt EPISODE 14 2015 was a year of BIG changes for me, and in 2016 my main focus is to go deeper and more focused in my creative pursuits while also coming from a healthier place of more self-acceptance. I talk about viewing each aspect of

In this episode I answer the question: “How do I figure out what I’m good at that other people will pay for? What are my marketable skills?” In short, my answer is that people put way too much stock in what people say and not enough in what people do.

WARNING: More bumpy roads in this episode! I tried to edit the noise down as much as I could. So TWO Volcanoes we tried to see and it was too cloudy both times! But still you get to hear Carlos enlighten me on some things about Costa Rica’s many volcanoes

UPDATE: In this podcast we advise using dollars everywhere and not exchanging your money. I (Matt) have since learned that in a few cases places will not take dollars…or it is inconvenient for them. But this has been by far the exception rather than the rule. Even when I only

Can you be friends with an ex lover? That’s the question I talk about today. My answer is “Yes, but with some important caveats.”

Today I talk about going outside of my comfort zone and why I think it benefits me even if there’s no existential reward, simply because it teaches me something about myself every time and expands my sphere of control just a little bit.

I was talking a few days ago with a former student about what I might do differently if I could live my teens and twenties over again. (I’m in my mid-thirties now so still young I’d say.) Of course there are a lot of mistakes people make when they’re younger

Today, just a bit of me talking about mindfulness and meditation, what extent they’ve worked in my life (including as a part of acceptance and commitment therapy) and in what ways they might be only part of the whole picture. I’m curious to know what you think and whether these

I’ve been under a lot of stress the last few days and have felt overwhelmed. In this episode I talk about some of the strategies I use to get me through days or weeks where it feels like everything is crashing down and there’s more than I can handle. I

I’ve already talked about how much better I do on days when I start with a positive habit such as making my bed, but in this episode I talk about the power of creative work – even if only for a few minutes – in jump starting your day.

I’ve had trouble sleeping my whole life – lots of trouble! But over the years I’ve found some ways to get a better night’s rest, and at least partially cure my insomnia. One common theme that used to come up for me was that when I had trouble sleeping, the

In this short episode I talk about why I think willpower is an awful strategy for changing your life. What it boils down to is this: willpower works in the short terms but we all run out at some point and revert back to our old patterns. What works better,

In this episode I try going for a walk – it didn’t quite work! Sorry for the breathing but oh well. The topics addressed are breaking defense mechanisms and addictive loops and some strategies I use to get out of my head when I feel a bit trapped or like

Here’s the first episode of my very informal off-the-cuff podcast on productivity, motivation, entrepreneurship, self-improvement, goals and habits or whatever I feel like ranting about. I call it Matt’s Drive to Work because my strategy is to turn on my iPhone recorder and talk for a few minutes while I