“Be who you needed when you were younger.”
In today’s episode of The Fire in The Belly Podcast, Pete talks to Matt Thompson, the creator and host of the Best of Belfast Podcast, about his journey. He has launched a platform to showcase the beautiful places of Northern Ireland and its people. This has gained so much traction and success since it started. He has been putting the people of Belfast in the spotlight since 2017, and he doesn’t see it stopping anytime soon.
Pete and Matt discuss many topics, including dealing with pain, healing, embracing faith, the pros and cons of technology/social media and helping others. He also gives some great tips on how to improve your creativity, so tune in today.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The only remedy for your pain is acknowledging it and accepting that there will be changes. Living with it every single day will be hard. Many cope by escaping it, by resorting to addiction. This is very destructive since pain will always try to find its way to creep back in. And it may even hit you harder. So as early as possible, learn how to cope properly, so you finally heal.
Walk down the path you think, and feel, is right for you. For Matt, his faith is very important to him. He’s a Christian, and there’s no shame in saying that. It gives him the power to overcome the fears & doubts and to push forward in life. Find something, or someone, that will drive you to better yourself.
Matt will always be thankful to have found a partner he’s comfortable with and complements him. His wife Jaci has opened his eyes to a wider perspective on maintaining healthy relationships, on creating more worthwhile connections, and perhaps most significantly, on helping people.
Two years ago, Matt quit all social media platforms—from Facebook to Instagram to Twitter,—he saw the toxicity it brought despite it helping his business thrive at the beginning. There are so many other ways one can conduct business transactions. He won’t ever forget his grandmother’s reaction whenever he shows her his new gadgets. She despises them, as she sees them as a danger to any person and their relationships. Matt adds that he enjoys learning from other generations since he gains some of their wisdom. He advises that you do too.
Matt Thompson’s advice to improve your creativity: Be consistent. You improve and you become productive when you show up every time.
Work in small chunks, then incrementally increase them through time.
Sometimes, creativity needs tough love. Don’t get thrown off by the pressure of deadlines or not being the best. There will be something good that will come out of it, always.
BEST MOMENTS
“I try to understand other people to help me understand myself.”
“We are expressing ourselves less and less. We’re much more passive now. And we’re consuming more than what we create.”
“The life that I have lived and currently live is beyond my expectations.”
“God says, ‘Use the choice between life and death. And I urge you to choose life.’”
“To be present with your pain and to run into it.”
“Creativity needs tough love.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Listen to Fire In The Belly Podcast in Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-in-the-belly/id1499375061)!
Listen to Best of Belfast Podcast here: https://bestofbelfast.org/
Read about Dr Gabor Mate, a renowned addiction expert, here: https://drgabormate.com/
Read the book Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stillness-Key-Ryan-Holiday/dp/0525538585
ABOUT THE GUEST
Matthew Thompson is the creator and host of Best of Belfast, a podcast that celebrates Northern Ireland and the incredible people in it. He got so tired of the tabloid culture of Northern Ireland, so he decided to offer a new perspective. He had a sit down with Northern Irish people now and then to talk about their lives, adventures, and successes.
Email matthew@bestofbelfast.org
https://www.successfulbelfast.com/we-are-belfast/matthew-thompson/
https://www.niconnections.com/news/best-belfast-podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’.
Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor, and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.
Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions!
The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development course, and rapid results mentoring.
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