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2362: A Practical Guide to Discern the Voices in Our Lives by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Advice from Others

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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

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🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares a practical guide to discern the voices in our lives Episode 2362: A Practical Guide to Discern the Voices in Our Lives by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Advice from Others 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 can be found here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/a-beginners-guide-to-discerning-the-voices-in-our-lives/  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2362, a practical guide to discern the voices in our lives

0:06.8

by Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com and I'm Justin Malik.

0:11.5

I've got something special today as you might already know, I'm here every day of the week

0:16.0

to help you optimize your life. Starting today, bringing you a bonus episode on Sundays that I think

0:22.3

could help optimize our lives just a bit further. It's crazy, many people have no idea that we have

0:28.8

other podcasts where we read articles. Those podcasts cover different topics like money,

0:34.4

health, entrepreneurship and more. And way back when this podcast first started in December 2015,

0:40.6

I basically covered all of those topics right here, but it felt a bit too all over the place.

0:46.8

So we started separating them out into different podcasts. But in the spirit of this podcast,

0:52.2

really being about our entire lives, I think it's nice to hear those other topics peppered in as

0:58.2

a bonus extra episode. So today I'm sharing an article from the podcast Optimal Relationships Daily.

1:05.7

This is from an author I regularly feature here so the name should sound familiar.

1:10.7

With that, peers Greg with a post and commentary for you as we optimize your life.

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A Practical Guide to Desern the Voices in Our Lives by Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com

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Quote, soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day,

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he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life,

1:42.9

contemplation, meditation, gene art. We are inundated every day with messages from a wide variety of

1:51.6

sources. And whether the voices that enter our mind are solicited or not, the fact remains that

1:57.3

in today's world they are nearly impossible to avoid. Their entrance into our mind is nearly

2:03.0

inevitable. Consider just some of the sources that surround us every day. Corporations and local

2:09.5

businesses offer advice on the best use of our money. Artists promote their ideas and world

2:14.5

view through various media. Politicians sell us on their view of government. Bloggers convince us

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