Category: Big Life

What Does Business Teach You About Life?

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Very few people get into business as a way of learning – it would, after all, be a very expensive form of schooling and one which wasn’t guaranteed to have the impact you’d signed up for.

Here Are The Current Trends In Podcasting You Need To Know

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Are you just dipping your toes into the waters of podcasting? If so, it’s worth exploring the latest trends on the market. These are some of the possibilities that could be relevant to you. 

Tips for Living a Happier and More Fulfilling Life

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Life is full of ups and downs. It is typical for you to get consumed by the challenges of life and forget to be happy. Often people associate happiness with a condition or timing. However, this should not be the case.

Life Balance: Running a Business During Personal Problem

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Whether you need to find new ways to work better or you’ve got to develop yourself in new ways, it requires so much energy, and this can be to the detriment of your personal life.

3 Tips for Building Your Confidence and Living a More Fulfilling Life

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Easily one of the most prevalent and crushing of these issues, however, is a chronic lack of self-confidence – and the associated inactivity, sorrow, insecurity, and sense of uncertainty that comes along with that lack of self-confidence.

What Are The Keys To Living a Fulfilled Life?

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We spend a lot of our time trying to impress other people (or even ourselves) in various ways. We’ll build a career that we may not love and buy items that we don’t necessarily need…

Business Trips Are the Best Time to Take a Vacation

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I am a professional speaker, and that has me on the road a lot – for business. So, dedicated vacations can be very difficult to find time for. However, since I do have to take business trips why not use that time in a multitasking way — work and respite combined?

4 Tips For Managing Anxiety and Depression at Work

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Stress can be a big part of being a manager or CEO of a company. Many people rely on you from employees to customers and even stockholders. That stress can sometimes develop into anxiety and depression.

Stress Busting Exercises for the New Year

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One of the most important factors in maintaining your mental health is having a good work-life balance. Exercise is one of the best ways of doing this. Not only will the activity improve your physical well-being, but…

How To Be Happier (Even Though Your Life Isn’t Perfect)

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Wait, what? Isn’t your life perfect? Well, welcome to the club! In fact, the brutal truth of the matter is that no one’s is. Although that probably doesn’t make you feel that much better. However, there are some strategies that will.

Accepting The Responsibility Of Self Care As A Businessman

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Many men believe that they do not have to take part in self care. There’s a perception that to be strong means to be without emotion, and this means that feelings get swept under the rug rather than being openly dealt with, eventually leading to a very low quality of life.

How You Can Break Into Tech Sector, Even If You’re Not A Natural Geek

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The tech sector is now the largest industry listed on the US stock exchange. It’s bigger than oil and petrochemicals, comprising more than 26 percent of the total market value. What’s more, it’s tech more than anything else that is driving gains in the stock market.

Three Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Destress

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Three Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Destress Stress is an unavoidable part of modern life. And while you can’t realistically hope to completely eliminate it, entrepreneurs tend to suffer it more than most. When you’re trying to launch your own business, pitch to investors, find clients, chase invoices, […]

The Health Industry Jobs That Pay The Big Bucks

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If you are someone who is looking to go into a career that pays the big bucks, then there is no better industry than the health sectors. Doctors, nurses, and all other kinds of health professionals benefit from some exceptional salaries as well as numerous other financial perks and benefits.

Here’s Why You Might Want To Quit Your Job And Work From Home

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If you have ever considered the option, know that you aren’t the only one. According to statistics, there are over 38 million home-based business in the US, and that number is only set to increase over the coming years.

Don’t Let Your Business Give You A Headache

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Running a business should not be the kind of thing that you dread to do day after day. If it is, it means that something has gone terribly wrong somewhere. Don’t get me wrong: there will always be some degree of stress and tension…

Learning Online – The New Norm

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Online learning is one of the most popular ways to upskill yourself now. There are some massive perks to learning online too. It has revolutionized the workforce and enabled people in any situation to get excellent skills and head back out into the world of work.

Giving Yourself More Garden Space

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Not all of us are blessed with vast gardens. And small gardens have their own challenges when it comes to design and space. However, with small spaces, you have more opportunity to play around with the space.

Taking a Holiday as a Sole Trader

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Being a sole trader can be fantastic. You can make money for yourself, working flexibly and taking time off when you need to. You can use your skills, talents and previous experience to build up a business from nothing

6 Top Tips For Starting A Business In Your 50’s

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It’s a well-known fact that life doesn’t stop at 50, however, so many people feel as though once they hit the big 5-0 they’re no longer allowed to follow their dreams.

What You Need to Know to Create a Bestselling Book

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I have completed the long and arduous journey and recently had my book, “Leader of the Pack” reach number one in self-help, new releases on Amazon. Now I get to brag about having a bestselling book and share how I made it happen. So, here are some the techniques I learned along the way that you’ll need to create your best-selling book:

Pictures from the “Leader of the Pack” Book Party

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Pictures from the “Leader of the Pack” Book Party March 29, 2018 at Till & Sprocket NYC It was a wonderful night filled with good food & drink, meaningful conversation and a lively discussion about Matt’s new bestselling book,”Leader of the Pack” – The Self-Help Book that will change […]

How to stop hate speech after Charlottesville?

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How to stop hate speech after Charlottesville? My common sense solution to stop hate speech and prevent what happened in Charlottesville from happening again.

It’s Time to Change the Way Marriage Works

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Making marriage a 2-year renewable deal will ensure that no one gets stuck in a bad place and will make both parties know that they must perform – be good spouses or the arrangement will end.

A Father’s Day Epilogue ​It’s Time To Stop Thinking of Dads as the #2 Parent

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Fatherhood is a blessing, a responsibility and something every man is 100% capable of doing – at least as well as any mom.

When I Realized It Was Okay to Be a Dad and Stopped Trying to Be a Mom

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When I Realized It Was Okay to Be a Dad and Stopped Trying to Be a Mom It was 1997 and it was time for me to figure out how to take charge of this unimaginable situation I was in. I was the primary – correction, sole and […]

I May Have Left The Photo Retail Business, But I Still Love Photography

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I May Have Left The Photo Retail Business, But I Still Love Photography It was exactly on my birthday in August, two years ago, that I signed the papers that allowed me to exit the photo retail business. I found a sense of irony that it happened by […]

E2: Parents: Dealing with the Mixed Emotions of Your Son or Daughter’s Graduation – Sunday Night Live w/ Matt Sweetwood

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Parents: Dealing with the Mixed Emotions of Your Son or Daughter’s Graduation – Sunday Night Live w/ Matt Sweetwood

You’re Invited to My New Show: “Sunday Night Live”

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I hope to share with you what I have learned about how to have a happier, more successful and more rewarding life – what I call a BIG life – a life worth living.

The King David Award: The Highlight of Jewish Heritage Month in Washington D.C.

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The King David Award ceremony was held at the U.S. Capitol on May 3rd. Past honorees have included such luminaries as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Dr, Henry Kissinger, Rudy Guliani, Kirk Douglas, Steven Speilberg, Alan Dershowitz, and many other industry leaders and philanthropists.

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10 Rules to Determine Whether Any Relationship Will Steal Your Happiness

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Happiness in life is most affected by the quality of our relationships. So how do you know if any relationship you have – work, friend or romantic, is good for you?

How The Influencers Changed Advertising

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Please enjoy this video where I discuss the re-invention of the camera store and photography business I operated for 28 years and my new role as US CEO of the new social media platform, beBee.com – and why personal branding is a crucial part of being successful in today’s connected world.

Moving to NYC in my 50s was the best decision of my life

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Original article is published by the New York Post, read the full article here! “Dating is a lot more complicated” “I was like Mr. New Jersey,” says Matt Sweetwood, a recent Battery Park transplant from Millburn, NJ. “I had grown up there, went to Rutgers, and raised five […]

The Man-Up Project Episode 13: How to enjoy the Holidays as as single parent?

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The Man-Up Project Episode 13: How to enjoy the Holidays as as single parent?  In this podcast I share with you how I turned around my mood around the holiday season as a single Dad. Because we all can enjoy a meaningful and merry a holiday time.         

10 Reasons Why Late to Bed and Late to Rise Can Make You Successful

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10 Reasons Why Late to Bed and Late to Rise Can Make You Successful Published on Entrepreneur 11/16/16 There have been many articles about how getting up early is the key to success. The most well-known is one by Richard Branson, Why I Wake Up Early. Recently I […]

Are you hanging out with people that are good for you?

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In this video, we got together with Dr. Geo again, and talked about why men are not taking care of themselves and what it entails in the long run.

How Male Bonding Builds Better Business

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As a result, I have had a full schedule of high pressure power business meetings. Those who have participated in these kinds of meetings know how they typically go. You meet in some nondescript conference room, shake hands, greet each other, small talk for 30 seconds and get to the business at hand. When the business is done you shake hands and head off on your merry way.

The Man-Up Project Episode 10: Why You Need to Surround Yourself Only with Positive People?

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In this podcast, I talk about why you only need to surround yourself with positive people that give you love and are successful. And once you do this, you’ll attract people who will help and support you, and your life will change significantly.

How do I Mourn the Death of a Dad I Wasn’t Close to?

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I can remember back to when I was 5 years old and I would sit with my mom and 7 year older brother in front of the big living room window looking out into the night. Sometimes we would watch the lightning storms, counting the seconds to the next thunder clap.

Stop Answering Emails – It May Improve Your Life

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I check my email multiple times an hour and my typical reply time is less than 30 minutes – unless I am very indisposed. When I ran my company, I had a communication rule that said every email had to be responded to within 4 hours – or else. So it came as a big surprise to me…

10 Tips for Men to Survive a Divorce

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So you are thinking about getting divorced or maybe you are going through one right now? What you will likely discover is that divorce for a man, is as painful as childbirth is for a women – except the excruciating pain of divorce can last for years, decades or a lifetime.

I’m a Man Who Likes Taking Selfies

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Over the past few years I have taken hundreds of selfies and posted them all over my social media. The discussion about the narcissistic nature of folks who take selfies has made its way out of the psychiatric community and is now somewhat commonplace. And therefore, I have been called…

Travel Back in Time… Here’s What I Would Change

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Imagine if we could travel back in time. Thinking back to troubled periods in my life, I recall having daily thoughts of wanting to travel back in time. So let’s say I could go back in time and relive only one day. What day would it be and what would I do differently?

The NFL’s Steve Weatherford • Super Dad Role Model

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We met at Steve’s New Jersey suburban home. It’s about 20 minutes from where the New York Giants play in East Rutherford, New Jersey. I got there when Steve was driving up with his wife and family in his big SUV. I immediately had a flashback to about 20 years ago…

I’m an Empty Nester: Has My Role as a Dad Changed?

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I remember looking at them back then and imagining a future when all of them had graduated from college. They would all be on their own, financially independent, married and with children. I thought of them scattered across the country…

10 Habits to Find Happiness and Success After Divorce

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I was determined to follow a different path and not allow history to repeat itself – for the third time. I had 13 years and a lot more life experience under my belt, which gave me the strength and wisdom to develop these 10 habits to direct me to happiness and success after divorce:

A Dad’s 12 Wishes for the New Year

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I have spent the last 19 years raising my kids by myself, which has taught me more than I could ever possibly write about what is really important. So in the holiday spirit, I share the 12 things I wish for this coming year.

7 Reasons Why It’s Better to Date Single Dads

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I had gone through the divorce from hell but I still hoped to find that elusive and special woman that I could spend the rest of my life with. I hadn’t dated in over twelve years, but with a lot more life experience and little more confidence, I thought I would have a relatively easy time at it.

5 Scientific Ways to Live a Happier & Healthier Life

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It was late 1996 and my marriage and family life I dreamt of was ending. My wife of 8 years and mother of our 5 small children was gone. The emotional strain of it all caused me to let myself go and I weighed on the wrong side of 300lbs. I felt undesirable, and I feared I may be alone forever.

7 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Being a Man

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When I was little boy growing up in the New Jersey suburbs, my idea of a what it took to be a man was formed by the stereotypes I watched in the movies and on TV. I wanted to be a combination of Dirty Harry, James Bond (Sean Connery only) and the Fonz.

My 10 Secrets to Making It Work After Divorce

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It was late 1996 and my marriage and family life I dreamt of was ending. My wife of 8 years and mother of our 5 small children was gone. Our children had borne the brunt of this. The next few years of my life were filled with court dates, forensic accountants and custody evaluators.

4 Freedoms I Wish For This Independence Day

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Give me liberty or give me a hot dog and a beer. It’s good to have an option. In the heat of roaring BBQ’s and deafening sounds and bright flashes from fireworks, it’s easy to forget what the 4th of July is all about – An independence hard fought and earned that started from a dream.

What I Learned at a Marketing Event About Being a Dad

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And then our keynote speaker, Vicente Fox, the former President of Mexico spoke. What, I wondered, would his talk have to do with clever marketing? “There’s no limit to what you can do in your life with a purpose,” he said, “but it is a purpose that has to be…

I Was Sitting at the Bar When the Rabbi Said to Me…

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No, it’s not the beginning of a joke. Yes that really happened. This past fall I was sitting at the bar of a Manhattan restaurant next to my friend, Adam Jacobs, who is a Rabbi at Aish Center, New York. We were having a cold beverage to celebrate the premiere of his documentary.

Chronic Parent Syndrome and Multitasking on Steroids

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One of the personality traits that successful parents develop is the ability to multitask. I don’t mean the normal kind of multitasking that one does at work where you complete an expense report while on the phone with the copier salesperson. I mean the kind of “multitasking on steroids” that allows you to handle multiple children at varying age levels, while having little sleep for extended periods of time.