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1388: The Emptiness of Sports is Most Felt in Victory by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Pursuing Passions

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares why the emptiness of sports is most felt in victory.   Episode 1388: The Emptiness of Sports is Most Felt in Victory by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Pursuing Passions  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/emptiness/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1388. The emptiness of sports is most felt in victory by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com

0:54.0

and I'm your narrator Justin Mollick reading you blogs every single day of the year to help you live a more meaningful life with permission from the authors.

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And the show covers personal development or self-help, productivity, motivation, inspiration and a lot more.

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For now, it's get right to it as we optimize your life.

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The emptiness of sports is most felt in victory by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com.

1:23.0

I just finished watching the New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 49.

1:28.0

I lived in New England for six years and began sharing for the Patriots then.

1:33.0

And the Super Bowl was played in Phoenix just down the street from where I live now, so that was kind of fun.

1:38.0

I guess you could say my team won, or at least the team I cheer for won.

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An interesting thing happens to me when a team that I cheer for wins a major sporting championship this year is no different.

1:49.0

I'm instantly taken back to a conversation with a friend that occurred almost 20 years ago.

1:54.0

Specifically, it was the mid-1990s and the Nebraska Corn Hustlers had just won the NCAA College Football Championship.

2:01.0

After celebrating with our friends a short while after the final whistle, we got ready to leave while the party ended.

2:07.0

I recall vividly sitting in the passenger seat of my friend's Honda Accord remarking how fun it was to win, but not sure knowing what to do next.

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I suggested that maybe we each head home to bed because we needed to get up early the next day for school.

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