1138: The Freedom of Authenticity (and 7 of My Biggest Flaws) by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Self Awareness

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🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares the freedom of authenticity and 7 of his biggest flaws. Episode 1138: The Freedom of Authenticity (and 7 of My Biggest Flaws) by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Self Awareness Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/i-am-flawed/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1138, the freedom of authenticity and seven of my biggest
0:06.6	flaws by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com and I'm just a mall like your personal narrator
0:12.0	reading blogs to you mostly sometimes books. Anything that I think will help you optimize your life.
0:17.0	Today's post being from Joshua Becker a super popular minimalist. For now let's get right to it
0:22.0	as we optimize your life. The freedom of authenticity and seven of my biggest flaws by Joshua Becker
0:32.4	of becoming minimalist.com quote pride must die in you or nothing of heaven can live in you. Andrew
0:42.4	Murray nine months ago Leo Babada wrote a blog post titled I Failed. Immediately upon reading it
0:50.4	I wished I had written it. It was good and true and honest but more importantly it was
0:56.5	freeing for both the reader and writer. More recently I've been moved by the words of Brian
1:01.7	Gardner and his continued pleas for authenticity. I read his thoughts on living unfiltered and again
1:07.6	streams of freedom flown is writing. Sarah Pack also has a similar influence on me. There is a great
1:14.0	freedom in authenticity. One evening last month while sitting at my dining room table I suffered a
1:20.3	dark moment of depravity. I received good news from a friend on the telephone. He's a good person
1:25.5	someone I admire and look up to. Understandably he'd been telling me some of the wonderful things
1:30.0	that had happened in his career. In a moment where I should have been rejoicing alongside him
1:35.0	I felt jealousy instead. And he was wrong for me to react this way but it was the first emotion
1:40.0	that surfaced. And no matter how many times I congratulated him the bitter feeling of envy
1:45.3	would not depart. A few days later I'm able to shake my jealousy I call a friend and pour it out
1:50.4	my heart. I express my frustration with my weakness and ask for help. She responded,
1:56.1	you just accomplished the most important step admitting this out loud to a trusted friend.
2:01.6	Confess your weakness the sooner you call it what it is the sooner you're able to move on from it.
2:07.0	Again I was reminded there is great freedom in admitting our weaknesses. It removes the artificial
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