In this motivational video, Sam (with interludes from Matthew AI) argues that many successful women struggle in love because they are overly attached to their ego and the validation that comes from professional achievement. This attachment creates fear of rejection and a reluctance to take risks, leading to comfort‑driven stagnation. Sam uses a boxing‑ring metaphor to illustrate how pain—both obvious (rejection, failure) and subtle (the "drip" of inaction)—is inevitable and necessary for growth. He urges viewers to "kill" their ego, step into the ring, and embrace the possibility of being punched in the face as a path to personal and romantic fulfillment. Throughout, Matthew AI promotes an upcoming in‑person retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Oct 9‑15) designed to help participants confront these patterns, build confidence, and improve their love lives. The video ends with repeated calls to register for the retreat.
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October 9–15 (dates given in the video).
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
mhretreat.com
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You know how many women I work with who have achieved a lot in their lives and one of the reason they suck in their love lives is because they, they're too attached to their ego of who they are in life right now. So because they're the shit at work because people think there's somebody or because people already think that they look confident, they're afraid to go and get rejected, they're afraid to suck at it, they're afraid to go and do something that could, could affect that identity they have for themselves as a together, heart confident, successful person. And now the idea of going, I would never go over to a guy. What they really mean is my ego is too big. Foreign.
With the video, a quick bit of news. We now have a date for the next in person retreat of mine in Florida. It's going to be October. From the 9th to the 15th. We're going to spend six days together working on the biggest challenges of your life. The things that hold you back, the things that make it hard for you to feel confident, the things that get in the way of you dating and finding love. What are the deeper patterns that have been there a long time that you feel are impossible to shift? Those are the things we're going to work on together. You can come and apply by going to mhretreat.com you'll see all of the information about the program. I really do hope to see you there in October so that we can spend six days together in person. Now onto the video.
I know I, I know this thing can punch me in the face. I know you get in the ring, you know something can punch you in the face. You go for a love life, you know it can punch you in the face. We heard that yesterday, right? Someone could break my trust. Someone can betray me. I go for something in my love life, I could get punched in the face. I go for a bigger goal in my career, I could get punched in the face. Some of us, by the way, never take a risk to get punched in the face in our career or our business. Some of us got used to it for a time when we were building something and then we got comfortable somewhere, right? I remember there was a time like this for me where I was beginning of my business when I was first starting out. I was very much used to being punched in the face. And then I got comfortable for a bit, got cozy where I was. Now that's fine by the way, if you're happy where you are, but if you don't feel like you're challenging Yourself, if you don't feel like you're pushing yourself in any way, sometimes that can be a route to unhappiness. Because I stagnate, I get bored. I feel like I'm no longer self actualizing. The happiness that I got from challenging myself, I no longer get because I got comfortable. So now I value comfort over the task of progressing. And of course, the problem is when we achieve a little in life, it's not just comfort we get attached to. It's our own ego. It's our own validation. Because I did something well, I'm now known for doing something well. The risks I took in the beginning where I felt like I had less to lose, I don't want to take now because now I already have something going for me now people already think I'm somebody. Now it's a little harder to take.
A risk.
But it's harder just because we make it harder. Because we get attached to the validation, to the ego element of it. You know how many women I work with who have achieved a lot in their lives, and one of the reason they suck in their love lives is because they, they're too attached to their ego of who they are in life right now. So because they're the shit at work and because people think there's somebody or because people already think that they look confident, they're afraid to go and get rejected, they're afraid to suck at it, they're afraid to go and do something that could, could affect that identity they have for themselves as a together heart, confident, successful person. And now the idea of going, I would never go over to a guy. What they really mean is, my ego's too big. My ego is too big. Because when your ego is not that big, what do you really got to worry about? I got nothing to lose. All right? I can run up these, you know, I can run up to my uncle Pete. He will, you know, my uncle Pete is this high and, you know, just this, like he, he has this gear where he'll just go and run up to anyone, say anything to anyone or whatever. And I'm like, Pete kind of just ditches his ego in those moments and just goes for it. But it's like it's not coming from a place of look who I am, right? When we develop this idea of look who I am, that's when we're fucked because we stop taking chances. The videos that I made in the beginning that were creative and different and unique and special stop getting made. Because now I'm playing it safe. Now what if I say something in the video and then it, you know, it doesn't go well or it doesn't get the same amount of views or whatever? You know, the problem is get. Achieving something could be a big problem because now you think you're the shit, or other people think you don't think you're the shit. You still inside have all your insecurities, but other people think you're the shit. And now you don't want to mess up that image you have with everybody else, right?
That's death to growth.
So what we have to do is kill our ego. Kill our ego, get in the ring and understand and be prepared to get punched in the face maybe for the first time in our lives, maybe again. Maybe get used to having that feeling again. Okay, I'm going to get used to this again because I've been in defense mode, defense mode, defense mode. But I'm in the ring anyway, so sooner or later I'm going to get hit. No, you're alive. So guess what? You're in the ring. So pain will find you even if you don't find it. And pain may not find you in the form of a failed business opportunity that you never took or a failed relationship that you never went for or a failed interaction where you never said hi in the first place. Pain may not find you in that way, but it will find you in other, more subtle ways. And often the subtle ways are the worst, is the drip, drip, drip, drip torture of you're not doing anything today. You're not contributing to your life today. You're not taking risks. You just saw another person you were attracted to and you did nothing. You just saw another person you were attracted to and you did nothing. You just saw another chance to meet someone and you did nothing. You just saw another opportunity and you did nothing. You just had another weekend where you could have done something that contributed towards that thing you keep telling everyone you're going to do, but you never do. Because you get more validation from time to time talking about it than doing it. And you did nothing. Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip. You're lonely. Not because you've been rejected, not because someone left you, but because you never try. Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip. You're failing right now. Not because you're actually failing, but because you're not even going for it. Drip, drip, drip, drip. You don't have a social life right now. Not because you haven't gone out there and tried to meet friends or tried to make things happen, but because you're.
Too afraid to even put yourself out.
There and be vulnerable. Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip. That pain is constant. Getting punched in the face hurts, but so do the more subtle forms of pain that creep in when our muscles atrophy, when we no longer have the stamina to be in the ring, but we're in the ring anyway. When we're not prepared for pain because we've been hiding from it instead of learning how to defend against it, how. How to push back, how to go on offence, that's worse. Pain's part of life. We can either go find pain or it can come find us. I'd rather go hunt fucking pain down. Let me go find you and hunt you down, motherfucker. Cause I know you're coming for me, so I'm coming for you. I'll meet you in the middle. Let's go. Right. I'm not gonna hide in the corner. You're gonna find me anyway. The ring's not that big. The ring's not that big. We're alive. We're in the ring. Ring's not that big. You're going to come find me anyway. Fuck it. I'll come find you. Let's do it. At least it's going to be on my terms. And at least I'm going to face pain. Going after what I want instead of defending against what I don't want. It's coming either way.
Thank you so much for watching the video. Before you go. The MH retreat is happening again this October. It is from the 9th to the 15th. It's taking place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We normally have more tickets left by this stage. There's less than normal. So if you know you want to come, if you want to do that deep work that is going to allow you to have a successful love life and be happy in yourself, you need to be there with us. Go to mhretreat.com to get your ticket and to find out all about the event and I'll see you in the next video. Thanks for watching.
