Matt Ting | entrepreneurship, music

Toronto when the weather is like this is actually unbelievably great

"you didn't play xyz salute song" daughter or "stop playing so many salute songs" son? (they are complaining about me playing 10 of my own songs in a 2 hour set)

Another life is possible, brother

Not having any Monday morning calls is a routine I will never break It’s even more critical for recovery post weekend travel, especially for family trips where you can get no work done

Life plan: 15-25: Grind academically/in finance to de-risk downside 25-35: Build solo cash flow generative business 35-50: Be a moderately successful musician (peaking at low-end festival bookings) 50+: Have a third act building a moonshot company or as an author

It does when the desire for information leads to procrastination or the information to perfectionism

The value of free time is directly linked to the number of nearby homies with free time

Here is what I learned after 48 sessions of 200F, 20 min, dry sauna: Impressive vascular and detox benefits My central pulse wave and pressure measurements show significant improvement in endothelial function and arterial elasticity and compliance, ranging from 25% to 50%. This…

I swear DJing is like 80% networking

Wishing everyone a great week. Go after your goals and remember I’m rooting for you

every tough guy's got a plan till they get kissed on their forehead

y’all better still be wearing your retainers overnight

All jokes aside, Bill Ackman entering that tennis tournament is great evidence of how hard it is for rich/successful/powerful people to get honest feedback on their abilities

If you can't handle me at my Toronto Nov 1-April 30, then you don't deserve me at my Toronto May 1-October 31

You can tell how chill someone is from how long their response is to “what do you do?” 0-3 seconds: trying too hard 4-15 seconds: normal 16+ seconds: trying too hard