What actually matters right now?

Melissa says Leadership "absolutely matters," emphasizing that "everybody is a leader in one way, shape, or form" because "people are watching you" regardless of your role or title.

"Shoes definitely matter. Always been a special interest, right from as long as I can remember... Sometimes I'll just look at them and like to look at them. And shoe shopping is lots of fun. And you never grow out of shoes."

Samantha says Disney matters: "It gives a lot of people hope...it matters for the memory making of it."

Performance matters to Jennifer because live arts like dance, music, and theater 'have the power to keep humanity connected' despite digital convenience.

Heather Johnson says food blogging matters: "My livelihood."

Elvin thinks market value is "really, really sensitive to opinion" and not a true measure of strength, saying "even a billion dollar companies can fail."

Brian says resilience "matters. It's how you respond to failure...the ability to move beyond those, learn from those and keep going with pursuing your goal matters."

Scott says parenting matters the most: "That's my favorite thing to watch him grow up just in awe all the time."

We’re all missing that sense of community and belonging. I like pickleball for that.

Kat says gaming does not matter: "It doesn't, for me, it doesn't matter. It's time wasting, but for many people, maybe, yes, it matters."

DJ thinks video games matter: "I'm jealous of the kids now... they can really see who's the best in the world. I think it's a great way to explore hand eye coordination and learn to take risk without necessarily actually taking risk."

Paul says Politics matters because "we are political creatures" and warns that "if you don't stand for something, you'll stand for anything."

"You know what people say if you're not into politics, it doesn't matter. 'cause politics is into you."

Bianca says Artificial intelligence matters 100%. She credits it with automating most of her business, stating it "is really what helped me get to 7 figures."

Lyndsey says celebrity gossip does not matter: "People will tell me, I'm like, I don't care. Aaron T. Beck is my celebrity crush."

DJ believes parenting matters because "we all have childhood wounds that we having to carry in, and so the goal is to try and allow them to find themselves instead of have to fix themselves when they get older."

Marc Foreman says space exploration matters long term: "We can't be a one planet species forever...I wanna see the Federation of Planets emerge...but there's a lot to do on this planet to make it better before we start thinking about terraforming Mars."

David Murrin says video games matter: "Our ability to use a video controller...is now becoming a mission critical combat capability for every soldier...training our children through video games...are actually the new versions of the Longbow."

Alex Ranahan believes mental health is "the foundation of which everything stands upon... it should be explored and given the opportunity to address and work towards a stronger foundation."

Heather Johnson says reality TV matters: "That is my life. I watch murder and reality TV...that's all I watch."

Grant insists mental health "absolutely matters. If your mental health isn't in line, nothing else is in line... everything follows from that."

Renas Raza says astrology matters: "Whenever I meet someone, I'm like, oh, what's your sign?... what's today's astrology? How is the day gonna end up?"

Lyndsey says pizza matters. She recommends the Freddy Pizza at Paulie Gee’s with sesame seeds on the crust.

Mary admires the bravery in extreme ironing: "That is some brave stuff to do right there. Talk about, having fun with something you love to do."