How to stop settling for mediocrity when your life looks fine from the outside. Dr. Matthew Kutz, author of Becoming EPIC, tells Chris Anderson why the man who is not failing is in the most dangerous spot there is, then tells the story that proves it.
Dr. Matthew Kutz is a clinical professor at Florida International University, a keynote speaker, and the author of the award-winning Contextual Intelligence. Three years ago a bike crash sent him to the doctor for chest pains. The doctor found advanced prostate cancer. He had no symptoms. He wrote Becoming EPIC during 40 days of radiation, a thousand words a day.
In this episode:
- Mediocrity masquerades as contentment. If you keep telling yourself you are content, you are not.
- Why "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" gives away a mediocre life
- Iteration: your marriage and your fatherhood can be tinkered with
- Maybe you're measuring the wrong thing when the scale won't move
- Prostate cancer with no symptoms, and the checkup he skipped because he felt fine
- What losing all your testosterone does to a man
- BATTLE: be brave, armor up, triumph over fear, trust your team, lean into your faith, engage in life
Questions this episode answers
How do I know if I have settled for mediocrity? Dr. Matthew Kutz says if you keep convincing yourself you are content, or you live by "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," you have settled.
Can you have prostate cancer with no symptoms? Yes. Dr. Matthew Kutz was training for a triathlon with cancer in his bones and felt fine. Get the checkup.
How do you keep going when life knocks you down? Dr. Matthew Kutz and his wife said one word every morning: BATTLE. And do not try to do it alone.
Find Dr. Matthew Kutz at matthewkutz.com for Becoming EPIC and Contextual Intelligence. Text EPIC to 55444 for a free daily EPIC journal. His foundation is Battle for the Bulge at battleforthebulge.com.
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