1298: [Part 2] Minimalism by Mark Manson on Leading a Minimalist Life

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🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Mark Manson shares his thoughts on minimalism. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 1298: [Part 2] Minimalism by Mark Manson on Leading a Minimalist Life Mark Manson was a full-time professional dating coach for men from 2008 until 2011. Sick of the industry, he wrote his first book, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty, and changed the name and focus of his business to address broader self-development topics for men. The book took off, selling tens of thousands of copies. As he branched out into deeper issues of masculinity, self-worth, and the changing cultural landscape, the site grew. By 2013, he had begun writing about larger cultural issues — gender relations, happiness, ambition, life purpose, and cultural perspectives he had gathered while living in various countries around the world. Despite the fact that the business was still directed at men, thousands of women began reading and asking for advice as well. That same year, he made the leap to his own site and domain, broadening the demographics of his audience. The site exploded, garnering millions of views each month. Check out his book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F--- on his site or Amazon. The original post is located here: https://markmanson.net/minimalism Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily Episode 1298.
0:04.6	Minimalism Part 2 by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:10.6	Happy Monday, happy 1st of July if you're listening real time and welcome back to Optimal Living
0:15.1	Daily or the OLD podcast where I read to you from some of the best blogs I can find and
0:20.3	get permission from.
0:21.7	Today's post comes from Mark Manson and this is a continuation from yesterday actually,
0:25.7	so if you're new here, I'd recommend listening to yesterday's episode 1297 first.
0:30.2	Now let's get right to Part 2 and continue optimizing your life.
0:39.2	Minimalism Part 2 by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net.
0:44.5	The second factor, loss of version, is a sad fact of life.
0:49.1	Psychology has shown that humans perceive the pain of losing something to be much greater
0:52.8	than the pleasure of having it.
0:55.4	This is true for everything, relationships, possessions, competition, and it's hard
1:00.0	wiring into us, all of us.
1:02.5	So that poker chip said I won, swore I had to keep, and felt crushed when I had to get
1:06.7	rid of it, is actually something I haven't thought about or missed once since discarding
1:11.2	it.
1:12.2	Loss of version motivates us to expend more time and energy, maintaining what we already
1:16.3	have, than the actual pleasure we derive from having it merits.
1:20.7	To think of it in numerical terms, something may give us five points of pleasure, but
1:25.0	loss of version will cause us to perceive 15 points of pain if we lose it.
1:29.7	So instead of investing five points worth of effort to maintain it, we invest 15 points
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