E67 - Matt Dahlia, Letting Go & Embracing New Beginnings : The Truth Of Why Matt Left Yes Theory
Know Thyself
André Duqum
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2023
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Matt Dahlia, cofounder of Yes Theory, discusses his reason for quitting YouTube, and what he has gained as a result of that decision. Starting at the beginning, Matt shares his journey from entrepreneur to creating and scaling Yes Theory with his best friends. He openly discusses the challenges that came along with the success of the channel, including burnout, anxiety, and questioning if it was the right thing for him.
After making the decision to leave Yes Theory, Matt went on a journey of facing off with trauma and ultimately strengthening his ability to listen to his inner voice.
Matt also discusses some of the hardest things he has experienced, from completing an Iron Man to writing a book, he leaves us with an inspiring message to face off with the challenges and continue to choose growth.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
3:17 Reflecting on Leaving Yes Theory and Writing a Book
7:39 Creating Yes Theory: Clarifying & Claiming the Life that You Want
15:54 The YouTube Creator Burnout: Why it Happens and How to Avoid it
25:18 Facing off with Trauma & Anxiety
32:38 The Time I Yelled at God and He Answered: Listening to Your Inner Voice
43:19 Healing within Community: Our Men’s Group
54:59 Navigating the World as a Highly Sensitive Person
1:04:09 The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done: Writing a Book
1:14:56 What the World Needs Most: Each Other
1:22:32 André on Working with Logan Paul
1:29:30 Finding Success Without College
1:35:41 Why Matt Changed His Name
1:52:35 What’s Coming Next for Matt
1:54:24 Conclusion
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Matt Dahlia is a French-American author and entrepreneur. He is the cofounder of Yes Theory as well as Seek Discomfort, a clothing brand, and Fan of a Fan, a brand factory for creators. He has a newsletter at https://mattdahlia.substack.com/ where he openly shares his experiences and life lessons. He loves making up songs on the guitar and dabbles in tennis, salsa, and mountain climbing.
Pre-order "Talk to Strangers": https://www.seekdiscomfort.com/products/matts-book-bonuses-pre-order?selling_plan=589234198&variant=43863623204886
Matt's Newsletter: https://substack.com/profile/142665194-matt-dahlia
Watch Matt's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@YesTheoryPodcast
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| 0:00.0 | I, for my whole life, have played this tough guy. |
| 0:03.0 | I prided myself on being this like athlete leader, |
| 0:06.0 | all these different labels of what it means to be a man |
| 0:09.0 | when I was dying inside. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm gonna give you the full truth, |
| 0:14.0 | and it's gonna be hard. |
| 0:18.0 | I started yesterday when I was 23, filming hundreds and hundreds of videos, traveling around the world. |
| 0:24.6 | When you're busy like that, when you're trying to prove yourself to the world, |
| 0:27.6 | rarely are you asking yourself what you want? |
| 0:29.6 | Towards the end of 2019, thinking to myself, like, I don't know how I'm going to keep doing this. |
| 0:34.6 | I started to get this gnawing feeling that maybe there was something else. |
| 0:40.6 | These lessons that I'm taking with me are a big reason why I'm now stepping away from |
| 0:45.1 | Yes Theory, which is I know what happens when you allow yourself to let go, allow yourself to be |
| 0:51.5 | free and just risk going into the unknown. Listening to your |
| 0:55.4 | inner voice makes no sense on paper. You have to let go and you have to allow yourself to be guided |
| 1:01.5 | by something bigger than your head. This is probably the most pivotal moment of my life. |
| 1:15.4 | Hello, beautiful beings. Welcome back to the Know They Self podcast for every single week. |
| 1:19.6 | We get the honor and privilege to sit down with a brilliant mind, a deep soul to learn more about the true nature of self and the world around us at deeper and deeper levels. |
| 1:23.6 | My guest today co-founded the group Yes Theory, which is a YouTube channel, a movement of over 10 million young creatives that seek discomfort and choose love over fear and try their best to strive towards a authentic life. |
| 1:38.4 | And my guest, Matt, is one of my best friends on the planet. |
| 1:43.2 | It's been such a beautiful thing to witness his path over the past few years, really unfolding |
| 1:47.8 | and living out that ethos of seek discomfort to going inwards, addressing his mental health, |
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