Matt Higgins

If I could go back in time and talk to the younger version of myself or the 20 version of myself or the 30s, it would be the same speech. Nobody cares. You are spending so much mental energy anticipating how your ambition will be rejected or judged. And you are self-censoring your own potential because you believe that others will care.

If I could go back in time and talk to the younger version of myself or the 20 version of myself or the 30s, it would be the same speech. Nobody cares. You are spending so much mental energy anticipating how your ambition will be rejected or judged. And you are self-censoring your own potential because you believe that others will care.

And the reality is they don't care a fraction of what you think they do. And two, those who do are wasting their life and you should pity them.

And the reality is they don't care a fraction of what you think they do. And two, those who do are wasting their life and you should pity them.

and not fear them and i if i had known that i would have achieved more with this life i would have done it more peacefully i would have done it with a more open heart because i think when you anticipate judgment you become more close-hearted and because you're everyone's an enemy right like oh somebody's trying to tear me down you and you do feel their energy sometimes and that does make you more more resistant to opening your heart up if i had just realized like nobody cares and the ones who care you should just feel bad for

and not fear them and i if i had known that i would have achieved more with this life i would have done it more peacefully i would have done it with a more open heart because i think when you anticipate judgment you become more close-hearted and because you're everyone's an enemy right like oh somebody's trying to tear me down you and you do feel their energy sometimes and that does make you more more resistant to opening your heart up if i had just realized like nobody cares and the ones who care you should just feel bad for

And so I would say to anybody younger or at any point in our life, we are going to meet God one day. And I'd be like, oh, nobody was thinking that. You were lost in your own little prison of your own making. And the other thing I wish I would have told them is the only thing guaranteed is truly the present. You should embrace mortality. Mortality is a gift that can zoom you into the moment.

And so I would say to anybody younger or at any point in our life, we are going to meet God one day. And I'd be like, oh, nobody was thinking that. You were lost in your own little prison of your own making. And the other thing I wish I would have told them is the only thing guaranteed is truly the present. You should embrace mortality. Mortality is a gift that can zoom you into the moment.

And I would have spent a lot more time early on thinking about death. I know this sounds nuts, but I have an app on my phone called WeCroak where five times a day it reminds me I am going to die. And those moments are actually quite peaceful because they make me not care about all the noise that's going on. So I gave you two. not just one.

And I would have spent a lot more time early on thinking about death. I know this sounds nuts, but I have an app on my phone called WeCroak where five times a day it reminds me I am going to die. And those moments are actually quite peaceful because they make me not care about all the noise that's going on. So I gave you two. not just one.

I love connecting with your audience. I'm rooting for everybody out there. If you read my book, Burn the Boats, DM me because I'm a human being who needs to sustain this effort. I am doing it. I'm on a mission. And so it's not a mission of ego gratification. It's a mission of having an impact. Maybe that is ego. But if you read it and it moves you, just DM me on LinkedIn.

I love connecting with your audience. I'm rooting for everybody out there. If you read my book, Burn the Boats, DM me because I'm a human being who needs to sustain this effort. I am doing it. I'm on a mission. And so it's not a mission of ego gratification. It's a mission of having an impact. Maybe that is ego. But if you read it and it moves you, just DM me on LinkedIn.

I read every single comment. So I would love to hear from you.

I read every single comment. So I would love to hear from you.

Oh, thank you so much. Have a great day.

Oh, thank you so much. Have a great day.

We all have another level of effort, energy and determination that we can only harness if we cut off our backup plan.

We all have another level of effort, energy and determination that we can only harness if we cut off our backup plan.

We all have another level of effort, energy and determination that we can only harness if we cut off our backup plan.

Yeah, we shared all the good stuff, though. We got to respect it.