Matt Best is a passionate, motivated, and energetic individual who is enamored by the psychology of performance and well-being. He is deeply interested in its value across all fields, and is currently working on multiple projects in sport, education, and business through his consulting with Motivate Lab and MAP Sports. He has partnered with organizations such as the US Soccer Federation, the National University of Colombia, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and various educational institutions in the US.
Matt approaches his work with tremendous dedication and detail. He is consistently doing his utmost to innovate and stay ahead of the game, while reflecting and refining his practices through principled thinking. His great focus and tenacity in his projects contribute to his work's notable quality. Through the use of a number of empirically-supported frameworks in psychology, Matt works collaboratively with colleagues to leave a positive impact on a number of organizations, developing improved cultures of sustained success.
Matt is a profoundly curious person. Asking questions is one of the fundamental parts of his being. His friends and family would quickly attest to this, as conversations with him often take turns down many paths of curiosity about day-to-day life, philosophy, history, emotion, and the human experience. He truly loves to be present with others. He is also a voracious reader, an athlete, and a traveler. He speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese fluently and has traveled to seventeen countries.
Matt is also the producer of The Best Podcast, which has over 800 episodes and 63,000 plays all-time. On the podcast, Matt dives into a plethora of topics with the goal of making us think deeply about ourselves and the world around us. Matt also has guests on the podcast from time to time, in which he picks out key events in their lives which have shaped them into the people they are today or discuss pertinent topics.
In addition to The Best Podcast, Matt is also the principal writer and editor of The Platform, a blog in which Matt reflects on his experiences, details intriguing insights he has come across, and articulates perspectives on the world around us. The full archive of The Platform is available here to paid subscribers.
Matt is always interested in working with others in business, sport, and education to better understand and improve the psychology of people and organizational cultures. You can contact him here.