Blowing Up What You Built & The Social Media Trap: Insights from The Salzburg Executioner

Blowing Up What You Built & The Social Media Trap: Insights from The Salzburg Executioner

In this episode, you'll hear: 

• Key questions to ask before making a bold life change
• What the Salzburg executioner reveals about today’s social media culture
• Powerful tools to renegotiate your relationship with social media
• How your online presence, and absence, shape your digital footprint

L.A. Fatzinger is a novelist, essayist, and observer who transitioned from a successful career as a technology investor, entrepreneur, and CEO, having founded over ten software and services companies. After experiencing multiple stress-induced panic attacks, he realized it was time for a major life change. After experiencing multiple stress induced panic attacks L.A. decided it was time to make a big change in his life. He now resides in Salzburg, Austria, where he was inspired to write his latest psychological thriller, "The Salzburg Executioner," which delves into themes of morality, technology's societal impact, and the pursuit of justice in the modern era.

In this episode, Mathew and L.A. Fatzinger dive into the challenges of making bold career moves and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of dismantling what you've built to pursue something new. They encourage listeners to reflect on key questions, such as: Who are you doing this for? Drawing from themes in Fatzinger’s book, they explore what’s healthy about social media, the importance of letting go of what no longer serves us, and how to redefine our relationship with these platforms. They also confront the unsettling reality that both our presence and absence online are being tracked. Mathew and L.A. share practical tools for using social media with intention, helping listeners analyze their own FOMO and take back control.

“You have to have a lot of confidence in yourself when you are at your lowest point.”

“When you have a failure is not an option mentality, you’re going to spend a lot of time grinding your nails down, doing whatever you possibly can to make sure the thing doesn’t fail, without considering that you are failing everyone by taking that path, including your long-term health, your long-term well-being, and who everyone knew you as.”

“The minutes of use spiked [on social media platforms] during the pandemic when everyone was home and using their devices but they haven’t gone up very much since then, but the net income of all these public companies has.”

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Resources:

• L.A. Fatzinger Website
• The Salzburg Executioner by L.A. Fatzinger
• Jill McMahon Website
• Bulletproof by Jill McMahon 
• ARO - Founded by Joey Odom and Heath Wilson

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