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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

239: Excerpts from the Book Essential by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus of The Minimalists

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Optimal Living Daily: Reading you the best content on personal development, productivity, and minimalism. Episode 239: Excerpts from the Book Essential by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus of The Minimalists (Inspiring & Motivating). Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff for 4 million readers. As featured on: ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, TODAY, NPR, TIME, Forbes, The Atlantic, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and National Post. They live in Missoula, Montana. The Minimalists' Book "Essential" can be found here: http://www.theminimalists.com/books 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

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0:00.0

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0:03.6

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0:07.2

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0:10.4

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0:15.1

yet so incredibly relaxing that you'll have no choice but to fall asleep.

0:19.6

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0:25.6

There are hundreds of episodes, so you're bound to find something you love and get a good night's

0:29.6

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0:36.5

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 239 and excerpts from the book essential by the

0:41.7

minimalist of the minimalist.com. Get ready to maximize your potential with Optimal Living Daily,

0:48.1

the podcast that brings you the best in personal development and productivity every day of the week.

0:53.5

Your Optimal Life awaits. Now here's your host Justin Mollick.

1:02.8

Hello, hello, happy Saturday and welcome to Optimal Living Daily. I'm your host and narrator,

1:08.2

Justin Mollick. I've been super, super focused this week. I was about to say busy, but I remember

1:14.8

Joshua Fields and Melbourne's essay Not Busy Focused, so I calm myself there. But I really have been

1:20.8

focused. I've had a lot of big projects and for times like these I like to play excerpts from

1:26.1

the minimalist book essential. I previously recorded it and they've been so kind and said I could

1:31.4

use it whenever I want. And speaking of them being so kind, it's crazy they mentioned my podcast,

1:37.0

this podcast on their podcast on the last episode about their favorite documentaries. So cool and

1:43.6

I'm really thankful they did that. I really appreciate it and I thought I'd return the favor a

1:48.0

little more and share more from their book. So let's just get right to it and start optimizing your life.

1:58.4

Consumption is not the problem. We all need some stuff. Many of us take it too far though. The

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