242 | Toxic People

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan talk about dealing with toxic people, as well as defining, reassessing, repairing, and letting go of toxic relationships with podcaster and comedian Jamie Kilstein, and they answer the following questions:

What’s your definition of a ‘toxic person’? (06:02)

What’s your definition of ‘relationship’? (07:35)

Is it possible to be toxic to some people but not toxic to others? (13:05)

Can jealousy be helpful? (16:27)

Is there a difference between empathy and compassion? (17:13)

Is it realistic to expect to find a partner that’s on my own frequency? (20:04)

What is the ‘us box’ in relationships? (25:11)

Do my partner and I have to hold the same beliefs to be compatible? (27:57)

Is compromise a necessary component of a productive relationship? (29:13)

How do I deal with toxic people in the workplace? (38:35)

What are the essentials of meaningful work? (42:45)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by...
0:02.4	Nobody.
0:03.3	Because advertisements suck.
0:05.8	It's focused on backwards.
0:08.0	Hmm.
0:30.0	Let's just feed in your greed, or I bet that you'd be fine without it.
0:39.6	Hello, SimpleTens.
0:41.1	Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast, where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less.
0:46.7	My name is Joshua Fields-Milburn.
0:48.0	And I'm Ryan Nicodemus.
0:49.2	And together we are the Minimalists.
0:50.7	We're here with another SimpleTen.
0:52.1	That's right.
0:52.9	Jamie Kielstein is here in the studio.
0:54.8	Hi everybody. Hi everybody.
0:55.8	He's back once again.
0:57.3	Yeah.
0:57.8	We're all a little bit gullible and foolish, and that's why we're all the SimpleTens really.
1:01.8	I like it. That was also the first time that I've accepted how I've been introduced, because of being self-hating.
1:08.3	Whenever people are like, hilarious comedian, I'm like, oh that's not gonna...
1:12.8	Let's set the bar lower.
1:14.3	And when you were like, SimpleTent, I was like, word.
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