Best Matt Gottesman Podcasts (2024)

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6 Things Creative Leaders Do To Differentiate Themselves From Everyone Else 18:07

2h ago18:07

18:07

In this episode, I talk about putting your face and voice out there so your work can speak for itself, finding your mission, creating more confidence for your work, being unapologetically creative, telling your story more and taking care of yourself more as a strategy to be a more effective creative leader and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgott…

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Are You Already Living Your Purpose & You Don’t Realize It 17:07

13h ago17:07

17:07

In this episode, I talk about rethinking how you view your purpose, identifying all the parts of your purpose, not searching outside yourself or any specific role/job for purpose, learning to put yourself first, deepening your connection with self so you can connect better with the world and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my we…

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Don’t Rush Your Most Important Work… Allow Your Life To Unfold Because Of It 17:09

12h ago17:09

17:09

In this episode, I talk about not rushing your work, why we’ve become so busy but unproductive, why leisure is so important to producing our best work, how key historical figures and scientists used more free time than work to advance their career, reducing anxiety, creating your body of work over a lifetime instead of a short time and more. Follow…

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If You Want the Anxiety of Things Not Working Out to Go Away... Then Change Often 17:56

4h ago17:56

17:56

In this episode, I talk about adapting to change faster than we usually do, why change brings us abundance, how consistency brings new opportunities daily, how to make different choices quicker, increasing your odds of winning and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352 My writing mattgotte…

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If You Don’t Change Your Habits, You’ll Be Left Chasing the Same Outcomes 20:32

1h ago20:32

20:32

In this episode, I talk about why you struggle changing unwanted outcomes, the difference between systems and goals, why goals are temporary but systems create a life you want, not putting off your happiness for a later date, not just winning the game but continuing to play it and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts …

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What Can You Change Minimally That Would Help You Gain Maximally 23:01

7d ago23:01

23:01

In this episode, I talk about looking at all the unobvious and overlooked areas that you can improve on, why 1% daily is more substantial than you’re counting, how your competitive advantage is in the things most people don’t see that affect your craft, an excerpt from James Clear’s Atomic Habit and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump …

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Don’t Be Afraid to Be the Exception… Life is About Being an Anomaly, Not Fitting In 21:05

21h ago21:05

21:05

In this episode, I talk about not being afraid to be more than one thing, building a portfolio of careers, doing multiple things but not all at once, observing your work ethic and prioritizing how you do the things you love the most, having daily wins in different disciplines and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts f…

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) - An Excerpt by Naval 25:01

2d ago25:01

25:01

In this episode, I talk about how we create our own luck, why the Internet gives us all the leverage we need, how we don’t need permission to create, why there’s never been a better time to create our own unique path, building leverage for ourselves, why old systems are not working, where we really learn to build our business and more. Follow me on…

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A Person Who Masters the Pause, Masters Their Emotions 23:13

7d ago23:13

23:13

In this episode, I talk about why mastering a pause in conversations will allow you to regulate your emotions, why we need clear thinking in every conversation, listening to others in order to understand them, being okay with not responding to someone right away, understanding what’s happening when someone projects onto you, practicing patience to …

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It Only Feels Hard Because It’s Unfamiliar 15:49

13d ago15:49

15:49

In this episode, I talk about why unfamiliarity creates resistance, breaking the boundaries of learning something new, not being overwhelmed by all the options and paths you can take, exhibiting patience while you put the pieces of your vision together, playing in decades not days and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly te…

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The Most Nimble, Flexible & Transparent Are Winning in Business… Not What You Were Taught in School 22:54

16d ago22:54

22:54

In this episode, I talk about the 1-4 person business, why traditional business is losing to the individual and modern business world, why planning is guessing, workaholism is not a virtue, making tiny decisions daily, working more efficiently, not paying attention to competitors, avoiding artificial growth and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgot…

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Obsession Bridges the Gap of Enjoying What You’re Doing Without What It Can Get You 18:44

8d ago18:44

18:44

In this episode, I talk about why getting into something can’t be about the allure of what you get in return, why “obsession” is about the game and not the material, how to truly sustain your path for what you want, figuring out the fine line between obsession and joy and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the s…

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The Most Generous Thing You Can Do With Your Gifts & Talents is Share Them With the World 23:19

18d ago23:19

23:19

In this episode, I talk about sharing your work daily, caring more about your process than the actual product, sharing who or what inspires you, why people will be attracted to your work simply because you’re telling your story and sharing the details you’re learning, teaching what you know, earning a living from your work, playing the long game an…

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Your Commitment to the Idea Needs to Far Outweigh the Validation For Doing It 21:01

11d ago21:01

21:01

In this episode, I talk about commitment to your idea versus the validation from others, the difference between devotion to your work versus validation for doing it, how commitment will be your follow through but validation may stall your progress and execution and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul her…

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The World Craves Your Authenticity Not Your Perfection 20:37

12d ago20:37

20:37

In this episode, I talk about why people don’t want perfection, why business is changing, how your “why” communicates to the world your mission, how your work explains your vision, showing your process, sharing your experiences, not stalling from perfection and more. Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 48…

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Can You Draw the Red Line that Separates What You Are Willing to Do From What You Aren’t 24:23

15d ago24:23

24:23

In this episode, I talk about creating more boundaries, knowing what your ethics and values are so you know not to cross them, protecting your creative freedom, knowing what’s in alignment and what’s not, saying no more and often and more! Discussed parts of Hugh MacLeod’s book, Ignore Everybody… check recommending book list below for a copy. Follo…

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Don’t Do it For the Applause… Do it For the Freedom 21:06

24d ago21:06

21:06

In this episode, I talk about not doing things for the applause but the freedom, how it can take years before the applause but the freedom can get you there faster, not chasing accolades but receiving them by celebration of your work, trusting yourself and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530…

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If There’s Anything You Know You Should Do, Do It Faster 19:08

25d ago19:08

19:08

In this episode, I talk about your ability to trust your gut faster, closing the gap between intuition and execution, wanting others to figure things out more than staying where you’re at, resistance is a sign you’re right on track, not worrying about what you lack and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul…

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If You Solve Time, You Will Solve Money. If You Solve Money, You Won’t Necessarily Solve Time 21:39

26d ago21:39

21:39

In this episode, I talk about the difference between time and money, why freedom is what people really want, how to create more time and freedom which attracts more money, being efficient instead of busy, not chasing the external and falling into a never-ending trap and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the sou…

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How Do You Improve Outcomes… Improve Your Critical Thinking 26:08

27d ago26:08

26:08

In this episode, I talk about critical thinking, creating better more predictable outcomes for your life, improving your communication, adapting to uncertainty, defending against manipulation, being more confident in your own path and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352 My writing mattg…

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When We Subtract, Our Creativity & Abundance Grows 22:06

30d ago22:06

22:06

In this episode, I talk about how subtraction helps expand our creativity and abundance, knowing what to subtract, simplifying our work, creating more impact in our work so it scales without having to do more work, sustainable growth and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352 My writing ma…

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The People You Admire Today Were Fighting the Same Things You Are But 10 Years Ago 22:45

1M ago22:45

22:45

In this episode, I talk about how to stick to your vision, what the people you admire went through just as you are experiencing, enduring criticism and how to respond to it, being consistent, how your life will change when you hit an inflection point where everyone knows your work and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly te…

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How to Rid Yourself of the Competition & Comparison Trap... For Good 23:16

1M ago23:16

23:16

In this episode, I talk about how to avoid the comparison and competition trap, why moving away from cultural expectations will help you define your own success, creating more expansion and opportunities from simply being who you are, pursuing your value over competition and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for th…

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Can You Commit to Something? That’s Where You Will Find What You’re Made Of 19:37

1M ago19:37

19:37

In this episode, I talk about commitment, having more follow through, becoming reliable (to self and others), creating more predictable outcomes, expanding your perspectives, creating sustainability, finding more answers and direction and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352 My writing m…

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Patience is a Verb… It’s What We Do In the Waiting 24:00

1M ago24:00

24:00

In this episode, I talk about aligning with future you, knowing what deserves your attention right now, supporting future you with specific activities today, observing your current outcomes to understand your future ones, how to listen to your intuition more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-73…

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The Goal is Our Contribution, Not Our Perfection 18:35

1M ago18:35

18:35

In this episode, I talk about paying more attention to your contribution than the perfection of your work, developing your unique perspective on your work, being open to how the work comes out of you, not allowing your perfectionism to get in the way of you producing and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the so…

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It Doesn’t Matter How Fast You Learned It… It Matters How Valuable It Is To Others 21:44

1M ago21:44

21:44

In this episode, I talk about knowing your value, understanding value versus time and money, why value is more important than time, knowing what’s a great investment, being solution driven, why the 9-to-5 landscape is changing on the idea of value and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352…

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Can You Go Through the Rejection and Still Continue to Do the Work 16:02

1M ago16:02

16:02

In this episode, I talk about loving your vision more than rejection, why rejection is a redirection that is better timing for you, releasing the expectations you have on what the path should look like, befriending rejection as a way to deepening your creations and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul her…

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The More Talent You Cultivate, the Less You Need Others to Validate It 22:55

1M ago22:55

22:55

In this episode, I talk about how confidence is built from your talent not others, trusting your own voice and path, authenticity is a verb, not needing external validation speeds up your process, leveraging other work to keep financial constraints to a minimum, being resourceful and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly tex…

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What You Solve For Yourself Is How You Serve the World 19:06

1M ago19:06

19:06

In this episode, I talk about how solving our own problems, challenges or curiosities is how we serve the world, training for our passions like we’re training for the Olympics, not playing the game for applause, making the mission ourselves and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352 My wri…

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Is Your Pain Pushing You or Your Vision Pulling You 19:49

1M ago19:49

19:49

In this episode, I talk about pain being your motivator versus your vision, why clarity is what we’re looking for to shift, suffering versus surrendering and how they affect our outcomes, knowing where you want to go so you know when you get there and how to make decisions along the way and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my wee…

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Are You Exercising Your Ability to Choose Differently? 20:35

1M ago20:35

20:35

In this episode, I talk about observing your choices, how to actively make a different choice, knowing there’s an alternative option, determining if it’s your expectations and timelines that need to change instead of the tasks and activities, finding people we can learn from and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts fo…

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To Go Far, You Have to Figure What To Leave Out 16:09

2M ago16:09

16:09

In this episode, I talk about learning to simplify your processes, adding constraints to be more creative, using the resources you’ve got from where you’re at, doing more with less is an advantage, knowing what to cut out when the overwhelm kicks in and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-73…

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Sometimes Clarity is Knowing What Doesn’t Work to Find What Does 19:39

2M ago19:39

19:39

In this episode, I talk about letting go of pressure and expectations while you figure everything out, skill stacking eventually leads to your purpose, dealing with uncertainty, trusting your curiosity, how a lack of clarity can lead to finding your calling and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 48…

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The Fastest Way to Speed Up Your Destiny is to Ask 19:00

2M ago19:00

19:00

In this episode, I talk about speeding up our destiny, why curiosity is our “in,” how we don’t have to be clear on what to do but we should be clear on what we want to achieve, using our intuition and discernment more, how people who’ve “done it” are looking to help you do it too and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly tex…

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Our Job is to Make the Ideas We Talk About After 8pm Become a Reality When We Wake Up In the Morning 20:20

2M ago20:20

20:20

In this episode, I talk about how to close the gap between being creative and executing our ideas, Virgil Abloh’s (founder of Off-White & Creative Director at Louis Vuitton) advice for creativity and execution, creating more discipline and process to our creativity and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul…

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Practice Isn’t Just Doing Something Over & Over Again, It’s Also Receiving Abundance Over & Over Again 16:37

2M ago16:37

16:37

In this episode, I talk about why more practice brings abundance in other areas of your life, how recovery and adaptation is just as important as doing the work, why rest will make things happen even faster, how we receive more opportunities simply from doing one thing and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the …

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Your Alignment is Closer Than You Think… You Just May Be Looking in the Wrong Places 22:16

2M ago22:16

22:16

In this episode, I talk about what brings you alignment, questions to immediately call in your alignment, observing your environments, documenting conversations that contribute to your alignment, finding what you get lost in, what are you obsessed with and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530…

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When You Don’t Feel Like Showing Up, Disrupt Your Current Patterns 19:36

2M ago19:36

19:36

In this episode, I talk about disrupting your current patterns and behaviors, recognizing when you’re burnt out so you can immediately shift priorities, the law of subtraction, the law of optimization, the law of visualization, the law of prayer and meditation and the law of moving forward and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my …

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If You Steal From One Author It’s Plagiarism; If You Steal From Many It’s Research 16:17

2M ago16:17

16:17

In this episode, I talk about why we learn from observing others in our field, why its important to take different approaches from different inspiration and try to make them your own, how copying one person is plagiarism but copying many is research… simply because we’re mashing together a bunch of ideas to make something our own, our creativity pr…

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The Best Things Can Happen Completely By Accident 19:25

2M ago19:25

19:25

In this episode, I talk about why the best things happen completely by accident or unexpectedly, increasing your chances for your work to take off, why the process is more important than the final product, the mission is you and that’s how you approach social media and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul…

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It Doesn’t Have to All Make Sense Today… Cause It Will Tomorrow 18:54

2M ago18:54

18:54

In this episode, I talk about things not having to make sense today, having different focuses for different interests and linking them together later, dealing with overwhelm of doing everything, having hobbies and interests that are simply for bringing more joy into your life, how those hobbies affect the rest of your life and more! Follow me on In…

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How Do You Find the People Who Light You Up 18:22

2M ago18:22

18:22

In this episode, I talk about finding people who light you up, identifying high frequency people, why the right people can invigorate you and the wrong ones can drain you, deciding who your most reliable friends are, having people in your circle who each have very varied interests and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly te…

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5 Things That Changed My Life 5 Years Ago 21:50

2M ago21:50

21:50

In this episode, I talk about 5 massive changes that will change your life as well… 1.) showing up even when you’re not that person yet, 2.) it’s not about being “ready” but being consistent, 3.) saying “no” is not rejecting others but saying “yes” to yourself, 4.) arranging your work around your life and not the other way around, and 5.) if it’s n…

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If You Want to Get Better… Seek Out the Talent 20:34

2M ago20:34

20:34

In this episode, I talk about finding networks and communities of talented people, why you have to always be seeking out more talented individuals, why people who’ve been doing what you’re doing longer or better are keys to your optimization, finding out what tools and frameworks others use so you can implement and more! Follow me on Instagram @mat…

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Can You Close the Gap Between Intuition & Execution? 20:44

2M ago20:44

20:44

In this episode, I talk about closing the gap between having an idea and executing, how to deal with our excuses, the top reasons we stall in executing our ideas, establishing more accountability, deciding on what to execute (long term versus short term) and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-5…

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The World You’re Looking For Is the One You Need to Create 16:55

2M ago16:55

16:55

In this episode, I talk about creating the world around you that you want to live in, why traveling and moving to other cities creates more movement in your life, balancing a home life and getting outside, having access to the whole world from the Internet, meeting our “right” people online and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my…

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Don’t Wait Till You Know Who You Are to Get Started. (- Austin Kleon) 17:18

2M ago17:18

17:18

In this episode, I talk about not waiting till you know who you are to start, why copying others allows you to learn techniques & frameworks, how imitation is not a form of flattery, how you’ll develop your personal style by being inspired by others, taking skills from others and reverse engineering them and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottes…

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Your Best Work is Always Worth Revisiting 20:16

2M ago20:16

20:16

In this episode, I talk about why your best work needs revisiting, how to promote your work over and over again, what your best work reveals about your new work, seeing how far you’ve come, celebrating your legacy before you die and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesman Jump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352 My writing mattgot…

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If You Want Your Work to Be Known... Share It With the World 18:18

2M ago18:18

18:18

In this episode, I talk about how no one is really paying attention in the beginning and that works to your advantage, how you develop an audience for your work as you develop in front of them, sharing your secrets on how you do something is the fastest way to grow, using the Internet to share your work and more! Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesm…

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