146: Understanding the Diderot Effect (And How to Overcome It) by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Investing, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 11 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist talks about the Diderot Effect--why purchasing leads to more purchasing. Episode 146: Understanding the Diderot Effect (And How to Overcome It) by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist (Minimalism). 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: http://www.becomingminimalist.com/diderot Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:08.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint, or building a playlist that will even get your
0:14.8	none up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:20.1	Christmas. Better with Pepsi Max.
0:25.0	The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flipive and Chromebook are better together.
0:33.6	Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook,
0:37.0	ready to edit, and access recent Chrome tabs across both devices.
0:41.0	The new Galaxy Z Flip-5 and Chromebook, better together.
0:45.0	Available on Sky Mobile.
0:46.8	Bluetooth and internet connection required.
0:48.8	You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook.
0:53.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal finance daily.
0:57.0	Episode 146, Understanding the Diderow effect and how to overcome it,
1:01.0	by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com
1:05.0	Get ready to maximize your potential with optimal finance daily. The
1:09.7	podcast that brings you the best content in personal finance five days a week.
1:14.8	Your optimal life awaits.
1:16.8	Now here's your host, Dan Warren.
1:19.3	Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new week of optimal finance daily where I read to you
1:28.8	from some of the very best personal finance blogs on the planet.
1:32.5	And before we get into today's post, just a quick reminder that we give away a book
1:36.7	by the Minimalists on the first of every month, and that goes out to a random person on our
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Optimal Living Daily LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Optimal Living Daily LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.