The Podcast · Episode 001

The Danger of Living for Other People’s Expectations

with Joseph Malan

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Key Takeaways

  • Filling in your "dream slot" for other people's benefit is not the same as knowing what you actually want.
  • Allowing yourself to say "I don't know" is one of the scariest — and most freeing — things you can do.
  • The path to homeownership, career, and relationship isn't one-size-fits-all.
  • Rushing it often costs you the chance to find what you're actually passionate about.
  • In dating, flow matters more than strategy. If you're bending over backwards to make it work from the start, pay attention to that.
  • Once you stop being afraid to lose, you start actually living.

About the guest

Joseph Malan

Joseph Malan

Joseph Malan is Matthew's brother — a 24-year-old Phoenix-area native currently in the thick of figuring life out. He's worked EDM events, sold Polaroids in festival crowds, taken impulsive trips to Nebraska, and thought deeply about love, loss, identity, and what comes after death. He's the kind of person who's living the questions instead of pretending to have the answers.

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