What Do You Do?

3min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Danny Cevallos: Material possessions can be great. The problem is searching for joy in those things. He says he realized that part of his identity was not just tied up in my things and money, but I pretended I made a lot of money. "I drink water, I type on a computer, I write books, I enjoy time with my nine year old daughter"

Joshua Fields Millburn is one-half of The Minimalists. He is also a New York Times–bestselling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix filmmaker, podcaster, writing instructor, and international speaker.

But in this conversation, he spoke about why he doesn’t get too attached to those labels, the practice of grounding, why he doesn’t use his phone on Saturdays, why discipline is a misnomer, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(4:55) How Do Accomplishments Feel?

(6:25) Kapil Gupta

(16:03) Why Are We Doing Things?

(21:28) Grounding

(27:01) Un-Schooling

(30:10) How Does Joshua Choose Teachers?

(33:00) Discipline Is A Misnomer?

(40:00) Screenless Saturdays

(45:00) Hugging Fans & Connection

(50:43) Josh on AI

(52:08) Fiction/Reading