Joshua Fields Millburn, a New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of The Minimalists, shares insights on minimalism and its impact on life. He discusses overcoming depression and the importance of organizing one’s life to enhance relationships with money and people. Discover valuable budgeting tips and the necessity of aligning spending with personal values. Millburn emphasizes that true happiness lies in meaningful connections, not material possessions, and advocates for intentional living as a path to deepen relationships and foster well-being.
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Health Crisis and Depression
Joshua Fields Millburn shares a story about getting a parasite in Brazil.
This led to depression and a three-year healing journey, emphasizing the importance of health.
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Healing Requires Less Doing
Trying to "fix" problems, especially emotional ones, through excessive action can hinder healing.
Healing often requires doing less and addressing the root cause, not just managing symptoms.
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Decluttering and Happiness
Decluttering helps uncover happiness by addressing internal clutter, not by organizing external items.
Material possessions reflect our inner state, so decluttering is about healing the relationship with our stuff.
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In 'Solve for Happy,' Mo Gawdat applies his engineering mindset to the problem of happiness. He argues that happiness is a thought process and can be achieved by aligning our perceptions with our expectations. The book introduces the 6-7-5 Model, which involves dispelling six grand illusions, removing seven blind spots, and embracing five ultimate truths. Gawdat shares practical strategies such as cultivating awareness, accepting change, and practicing unconditional love. His approach is grounded in mindfulness and positive psychology, offering readers a roadmap to individual happiness despite life's challenges[2][3][5].
Earthing
The Most Important Health Discovery Ever
Stephen T. Sinatra
Martin Zucker
Clinton Ober
Earthing introduces readers to the concept of grounding, which involves connecting with the Earth's natural surface charge to promote wellness, reduce inflammation, and improve sleep. The book explores how modern lifestyles have disconnected us from this energy and offers practical advice on how to incorporate earthing into daily life for better health.
A World Without Email
Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
Cal Newport
In 'A World Without Email', Cal Newport argues that the constant digital communication, which he terms the 'hyperactive hive mind', has become a productivity disaster. He contends that this workflow, driven by email and other messaging tools, reduces profitability, slows economic growth, and makes workers miserable. Newport proposes a workplace where clear processes, not haphazard messaging, define task management. He advocates for each person working on fewer tasks but doing them better, with significant investment in support to reduce administrative burdens. The book lays out principles and concrete instructions for streamlining important communication and reducing the central role of inboxes and chat channels in the workplace.
Love People, Use Things : Because the Opposite Never Works
Ryan Nicodemus
Joshua Fields Millburn
In 'Love People, Use Things,' Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus move beyond simple decluttering to show how minimalism can make room to reevaluate and heal the seven essential relationships in our lives. The book uses their own experiences and those of others they have met on their minimalist journey to provide a template for living a fuller, more meaningful life. It emphasizes the importance of living with less to make room for more meaningful relationships, time, growth, and contentment, and offers practical advice on how to live an intentional life unencumbered by material clutter.
Today’s guest is Joshua Fields Millburn. Joshua is a New York Times bestselling author, host of the popular Netflix documentaries Minimalism and most recently The Minimalists: Less Is Now. With his business partner Ryan, they’re known as The Minimalists, where they help inspire people to live meaningful lives with less. He’s written a new book called Love People, Use Things: Because The Opposite Never Works.
In this episode we discuss how Joshua was able to understand and help his depression, the benefits of minimalism and organizing your life, how to support people around us without trying to “fix” them, how to heal your relationship with money, the best minimalist budgeting tips and so much more!
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