LST #63: Matthew Dicks || Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life

Learn Speak Teach Episode #63 with Matthew Dicks. Full Show Notes at: https://realbusinessconnections.com/episode/matthewdicks2/ During this episode, you will learn about: [03:18] Get to know our guest; Matthew Dicks [03:38] Learn Speak Teach #4: Matthew Dicks || Why You're A Bad Storyteller... And What To Do About It: http://bit.ly/3Zlk0Q6 [04:15] Why he wrote his new book - Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life [11:11] Productive things you can do within 6 minutes [15:30] Ways to ensure you remain productive in boring, unproductive meetings which steal your time [18:52] What to do when you get caught doing something unrelated to an unproductive meeting [20:07] The ‘I am not gonna do it, and let's see what happens’ strategy [22:37] What Matthew has learned from teaching elementary school kids [25:50] How he motivates his students to improve their performance in mathematics, and what we can learn from that [32:56] What enables Matthew to remain optimistic during difficult times? [35:48] How optimism impacts brain health [44:10] What you can do to find optimism and feel more productive [49:33] Exercises you can implement to help you live a more fulfilling life [51:20] Support Matthew: https://www.storyworthymd.com/ [52:00] Join Storyworthy: Storytelling for Business and Professionals: https://www.facebook.com/groups/storyworthybusiness/ Key Takeaways: When money is limited, the need to save it and do things like coupons increases. However, when you have enough money, it is a terrible decision to make. [09:59] If you feel like you are doing better than the people around you, that’s a great feeling, and it causes you to want to continue doing that. [17:54] So many pointless and needless things in our lives can be eliminated by saying let me see what happens if I don't do it [20:42] Think positively, and you will have a more optimistic view of life [39:06] “Happiness is a lot smaller than we often think.” ~Matthew Dicks [42:36] Don’t look to the moon if all you have to do