Becker Private Equity & Business Podcast
Most of the Things You Do Don’t Matter 4-14-25
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
In this episode, Scott Becker explores the idea that most daily actions won’t matter in five years, encouraging listeners to live intentionally and focus on what truly matters.
Chapter 1: Who is Scott Becker and what is this podcast about?
This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. And here's the discussion today. Most of the things you do don't matter. And this is not meant as a negative. This comes out of a quote on Twitter X by one of the most read people on Twitter. And I don't know these people, whether they're real people or not, but the quote goes something like this.
Chapter 2: What does the quote by Dickie Bush mean about daily actions?
It's by a guy named Dickie Bush. And he says, you know, All the little things you're stressing about or doing, most of them aren't going to matter in five years. And the real point of this is to constantly be intentional about your life and focusing on the things you really want to do. And I think that is a fantastic message. And I love that.
Chapter 3: How can intentionality improve our daily lives?
Chapter 4: What are examples of meaningful activities to focus on?
And it's not to overstate most things you don't do don't matter. But the point is really well taken in terms of intentionality. So, for example, trying to get a chance to have dinner with my wife. brother-in-law and sister, with my own family, with Liz, with my parents. And this is a great use of an evening, things that matter.
If I run around and chase 53 tweets today, at the end of the day, somebody might argue in five years that's going to be irrelevant. and constantly trying to be intentional about how you're spending your time, what you're doing, what you're trying to do, versus just going with the flow, which I do often. You know, I find there's three stages of mental health.
One is being too slow where I get depressed. Two is being busy. And I make up for a lot of things by just being busy and keep myself not depressed and not anxious by just being busy. And third is busy with purpose. But I do think it is critical to try and constantly work towards mental health, and doing the things intentionally that you should be doing.
It's almost like if I'm practicing a sport, if I go out and just hit balls, it's useless. If I go out and say, okay, I got to practice this, this, and that, which I need to work on. Same thing in any sport, same thing in life.
The intentionality, and it takes great energy to be intentional, but I love this concept of most of the things you do don't matter, which is really a message to be intentional about life. I just love that. Thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Thank you very, very much.
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