113: 16 Benefits of Self-Reliance
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2016
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Self-reliance, the ability to understand and be in-tune with our inner calling is a easy to do if we are by ourselves, but it is the ability to participate, involve ourselves and enjoy society while remaining true to ourselves and are innate talents and passions that cultivates a life full of more contentment. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1841 essay "Self-Reliance", discover 16 benefits you can welcome into your life by living a life of self-reliance.
In this week's Petit Plaisir, a Francophile Find! Julie Barlow & Jean-Benoît Nadeau's new book The Bonjour Effect is discussed and recommended.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, |
| 0:21.6 | working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 113th episode of the Simple Sophisticate. Today we're going to |
| 0:49.1 | talk about self-reliance and this idea that we have so much power within ourselves to make the |
| 0:56.5 | dreams that we dare to dream become the actual reality we get to live. We have the opportunity to live each and every day. |
| 1:05.5 | I was inspired by an episode of a new podcast that I discovered called Inspirational Living and |
| 1:10.5 | I'll provide a link to that particular podcast as well because it has other |
| 1:15.0 | fantastic episodes that will really just remind us how powerful we are and |
| 1:20.8 | these particular episodes all are inspired by books that are considered |
| 1:25.4 | classics or are revered in their particular genre or fields but before I dive |
| 1:31.0 | into our topic today self-rel, let me give you a glimpse as to what |
| 1:35.9 | our Petit Plezier is. On the day the book was released, I received my copy and I have enjoyed it ever since and it has deepened my |
| 1:46.4 | appreciation for the French culture so I'm going to talk about what that book |
| 1:50.6 | is and why I think you too if you're a francophile or even |
| 1:54.1 | slightly curious about the French culture and the language will enjoy this book as |
| 1:59.5 | well but stay tuned for that that will occur at the end of today's episode. |
| 2:03.0 | But back to our primary topic, self-reliance, the benefits of self-reliance. |
| 2:08.4 | I'm going to talk to you today about 16 different ways that being self-reliant can be beneficial and we're going to make |
| 2:16.1 | sure we understand truly what being self-reliant is. |
| 2:19.1 | We want to get rid of those myths and ideas of it being this idea that we're going to be |
| 2:24.5 | alone all by all by yourself all the time and that's the best way to live no that is |
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