What actually matters right now?

Amy admits shoe is her "second weakness," showing a playful fondness for footwear.

Storytelling is the basis of everything Amanda does professionally.

Marco says real estate investing always matters: "You can revitalize dead communities...build legacy and long-term success...I love the fact to see people making money if they know how to invest correctly."

Renas Raza says travel matters: "It's amazing for everyone and you just get a new set of eyes for each country you visit."

Marc Foreman believes artificial intelligence matters: "I've had nothing but positive experiences...it mirrors who you are...large language models like ChatGPT have just opened it out to everybody. It's impressed the hell outta me."

Music does not matter to Ella: "I'm not like a big, like I don't listen to music that much. That's why." music

Avelyn says guitar matters: "I've been playing since I was 10, I think. So, it definitely matters and it's a wonderful instrument."

Andrea says artificial intelligence "depends" but "maybe you can learn from it"—"I would say mid matters."

AI matters because it’s like having a genius expert in every field that you can duplicate infinitely. If that doesn’t matter to you, you’re not understanding AI.

Melissa says Artificial intelligence "absolutely matters," especially in marketing and healthcare, noting marketers were "some of the first people to leverage AI" for graphics, editing, and analytics.

Melissa says Health care matters deeply, asserting "there's nothing more precious" than it, and focusing her work on breaking down barriers so people "feel welcome and accepted" in the system.

Shoshana calls emotional intelligence "the heart of what I do." She believes it starts with knowing how we feel so we can connect and empathize with others.

Anne Catherine Bedard says art therapy matters "a hundred percent" and encourages, "go make something that is not perfect...it's okay to get messy."

Doug Cardell says socialism matters "as a threat... if it should happen here, do we want the country to fail? So, yeah, it matters."

DJ shrugs off coffee: "Humans will always find some sort of substance or something that'll get 'em going. So if coffee ain't it, they'll just drink tea."

John Fuhrman believes barbecue matters: "That's America's food." He calls it "not a thing... it's an event" and says, "Nobody has a bad time at a barbecue."

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."

DJ finds Brazilian jiu-jitsu humbling: "Technique beats force... I rolled against a girl who was probably about 80 pounds... and she absolutely dominated me for about 25 minutes. And it was just, I tip my hat for the technique."

Heather Johnson says Labubu dolls do not matter.

Barton believes artificial intelligence matters: "we can learn to adapt to it and use it in a really positive way."

Ella believes entrepreneurship matters: "It's good to be a leader and start something that you've always wanted to start. I think it's very important to take that step and do it."

Kat says religion matters: "It matters to believe in something... especially in a difficult situation, it will help you to stand up and to move on with your life."

Misty says relationships matter: "We need people in our life. We need love... I'm a sucker for love. So obviously relationships are important."

Grant finds effective altruism fascinating but says, "is it in my top seven? Absolutely not... after I'm done with this, I wanna like... open like a smoothie stand slash coffee shop slash thinking space."