119: Why Never Giving Up Is A Very Good Idea
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2016
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When we don't know the path we should be taking or the role model we thought would lead us to our contentment but instead leads us to feeling as though something is missing, it is the decision to never give up that will ultimate be the key to finding what truly makes us happy. Just as much as never giving up, it is being determined to get to know yourself that is crucial. Today's episode shares examples and insight into ensuring that these two keys are worth pursuing.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, 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 120th episode of the Simple Sophisticate. Today we're going to |
| 0:49.5 | talk about health, happiness, and aging, getting older and wiser and having even more fun |
| 0:56.7 | and a more quality way of living with each passing year. Yes, it's possible. We're going to dispel some myths today. I'm really |
| 1:05.4 | excited to share with you the book I discovered and I think you're going to find a |
| 1:09.7 | huge comfort in it as well. But before I get to that, today's putte-placeier is mouthwatering. It is a bite of, oh my goodness, yum, And it is a fruit in season right now that is not available year round. |
| 1:28.6 | So definitely we're going to want to take advantage of it. And I have the recipe for you to enjoy it at its fullest and |
| 1:34.1 | delight your guests. Oh and it's simple too which makes it even more wonderful. |
| 1:38.6 | So stay tuned at the end of today's episode where I will talk and share that recipe with you. |
| 1:45.2 | It's so easy. |
| 1:46.2 | But now let's get to today's topic titled The Wonderful Truth About Health, |
| 1:51.0 | Happiness, and getting older. |
| 1:53.0 | I want to begin with a quote from the book that inspired today's episode. |
| 1:57.0 | It's titled, Ten Reasons You Feel Old and Get Fat. |
| 2:00.0 | And How to Stay Young, Slim, and happy by Dr. Frank Littman. |
| 2:05.0 | Now I'm pretty confident that I am not the only one who, as a child, observed and then |
| 2:11.9 | consequently believed that certain physical attributes, behaviors or a lack of behavior or abilities, |
| 2:20.0 | as well as the perspective and attitude of certain elderly folks that I was around |
| 2:27.0 | were inevitable once I reached a certain age. Shockingly 40 was believed to be old in my eyes during the 1980s. |
| 2:36.6 | It was easy to determine someone's age in my young naive mind based on their excessive wrinkles their greying hair |
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