I have to work out.

Like, I have to get my energy out so I can be a normal human. And, like, I do my best thinking or my best, like, I listen to audiobooks. If I'm not running with a friend, I run five miles a day or three and then I lift. But if I'm not with a friend, I listen to audiobooks or podcasts at 2X because that's, but I'm like, I'm getting all the nervous energy out and I'm actually able to focus and think and all that.

Welcome to Mick Unplugged, the number one podcast for self-improvement, leadership, and relentless growth.

No fluff, no filters, just heart-hitting truths, unstoppable strategies, and the mindset shifts that separate the best from the rest. Ready to break limits? Let's go. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged,

and today I have a story of connection. He is the mastermind behind

impact branding. He is the go-to storyteller for legends and he is also a 22-time Emmy

award-winning director who's turned ordinary lives into extraordinary legacies. From boardrooms

to backstages to bourbon, he's built empires through

narrative. Please join me in welcoming the bold, the brilliant, the boundary breaking, my guy,

Mr. Nick Matt. Nick, how are you doing today, brother? Oh, man, I hope I can live up to all that,

man. I'm doing great. It's good to see you, man. I'm excited to chat with you today.

Dude, I am the excited one.

And I think we just need to tell the story of how we connected, man. Like, most outrageous

connection possible. We're on an early bird 530 in the morning from Vegas to Dallas, Texas

flight. There's weather in Dallas, so we get rerouted to Austin, Texas.

But what the people don't know is this. I sit down in my seat, Nick sits next to me,

and puts on his eye shades or the eye blinders and passes out. So there's no conversation.

Nick wakes up and I have to inform him, hey, bro, we're not going to be in Dallas. We're going to Austin. I remember, yeah, because I like, I'm like a narcolept on planes. I can't stay awake. And so I remember hearing like, please put your seats up and I'm like, okay, I'll do that. And then we Austin I remember turned to you like is that for is that a joke is that one of those like

welcome to Jamaica New York that he usually do right I'm like is that a joke because

we're supposed to be going down so I know no no there's like weather I'm like oh all right

and I was like well that sort of sucks but okay and then we hit the tarmac and for way

longer than any of us expected.

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