What actually matters right now?

Jolene says pets matter: "Pets are our opportunities to experience unconditional love."

Melissa says Branding "always matters" for individuals and organizations alike, urging everyone to consider "what do you stand for, what do you want to be known for" — including their own personal brand.

Avelyn says pets matter: "They definitely teach you how to take care of something, because when you're a child, you're very self-centered."

Jolene says entrepreneurship matters because "it gives you the freedom to believe that there's something inside you."

Storytelling is the basis of everything Amanda does professionally.

Allen Spence says the stock market "matters a lot" because "a lot of people have their retirements, their pension, a lot of their wealth is tied up" in it.

DJ says emotional intelligence matters "more than almost anything," especially for parents and business owners: "If you can't regulate yourself, then you're flying off the handle at all times... you're always stressed out. You're never enjoying anything."

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

Renas Raza says mental health matters: "Mental health is so important, and with the social media thing as well, just make sure that everyone's nice on social media, good for your mental health. Go out in the sun, feel good and travel as well."

Lauren says the Academy Awards don't matter, though she makes a small exception: "Love the faction."

Kate Torode says humor "a hundred percent matters" because "without humor, I don't think we could survive as a society" and "imagine going a day without laughing?"

Samantha says resilience is a skill you build: "You are not defined by the things that happen to you, but by the actions that you take after."

Renas Raza says nature matters: "Absolutely ties in with everything. Your mental health and the sun and just our bodies. We just need to feel, connected to earth and life."

Grant sees artificial intelligence as important "in a lot of different constructs," especially for "what vulnerabilities are getting introduced into the wild."

Elvin thinks market capitalization is "really, really sensitive to opinion" and not a true indicator of strength: "even a billion dollar companies can fail."

Paul values sport as a unifying form of performance and entertainment: "We all crowd together and we're united by watching... it's a huge part of people's lives and it's performance."

Doug Cardell says economic policy matters: "Economic policy is basically life policy... how could anything matter much more."

Shoshana values team building when it means people having real conversations and growing collectively as they develop individually.

Amanda says creativity matters "a hundred percent" because "you need creativity for solutions to get out of problems, for ways to come up with collaborations... to make the best of your gifts."

Mary is fascinated by the Dyatlov Pass incident: "It's one of those unsolved kind of cases that's like really what happened to those people. I'm very big on mystery and things like that."

Matthew says space exploration "doesn't matter to me," though he notes "it matters to humans."

Neuroscience matters to Cendrine because it enables precise identification of underfunctioning brain areas and targeted training to improve diverse outcomes.

Kate Torode says mental health "absolutely matters" and is "very open" about her struggles, urging society to "accept that it's nothing that the individual did wrong."

Matthew says climate change matters.