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Hey friends, Matt D'Avella has been one of my biggest inspirations on YouTube, and since we'd only ever known each other over Zoom and WhatsApp, we finally sat down in real life to shoot the breeze about money, identity, parenthood, and the messy business of being a creator. In this conversation we get really honest about the things people don't usually talk about: the anxiety of growing a team, why Matt scaled back to find the joy again while I leaned into building something bigger, and the constant push-pull between striving for more and feeling like you've got enough. It's a chat about figuring out your own unfair advantage and what actually makes all of this worth it. Hope you enjoy it xx

🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO

Follow Matt:
- Matt's YouTube Channel: @mattdavella
- Matt's YouTube Course: https://www.mattdavella.com/youtube
- Matt's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattdavella/

Books:
- She comes first: https://geni.us/5d2AxMp
- The Dip: https://geni.us/olSLAA
- Atomic Habits: https://geni.us/S0AJe

Creators:
- Johnny Harris: @johnnyharris
- James Jani: @JamesJani
- Joe Hudson: @ArtofAccomplishment
- Peter McKinnon: @PeterMcKinnon
- Life Of Riza: @LifeOfRiza
- Bonus D'avella: @bonusdavella

⌚️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:45 How It Started
10:34 The Dark Side of the Dream
17:17 Parenting Changes Everything
26:09 Old YouTube vs The Tactics Era
33:49 The Hamster Wheel: When Is Enough Enough?
41:04 Quantity vs Craft (& Your Unfair Advantage)
48:47 Would You Still Do It Without the Business?
59:58 What Scale Actually Costs
1:05:24 Outsourcing the Craft
1:07:52 Permission-Seeking
1:10:36 Goals & Organizational Whiplash
1:17:10 Find What Only You Can Do
1:24:16 Joy as the New Filter
1:28:19 What Would You Make for Joy?
1:36:21 Slow Growth & Building Without a Face
1:41:55 The Family Landing

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