260 | Redemption

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

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan talk about how to find redemption within ourselves and with others with author and former con artist Matthew Cox, and they answer the following questions:

When did your journey as a con artist start? (04:52)

What incident stands out above all others in your journey as a con artist? (11:42)

What are ‘enhancements’? (12:39)

How did you create fake individuals? (14:15)

When did your scams start falling apart? (18:14)

Did you ever squeeze out of a scam? (22:32)

How do you define ‘redemption’? (37:45)

How have the events of your journey changed you? (40:37)

When did you recognize that what you were doing was wrong? (42:23)

How do you stay out of prison? (49:26)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Minimalists is brought to you by...
0:02.8	...nobody, because advertisements suck.
0:06.3	It's focused on backwards.
0:08.5	Hmm.
0:30.0	That's just feeding your greed, or I bet that you'd be fine without it.
0:39.5	Hello everybody, welcome to The Minimalist Podcast.
0:41.5	We discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less.
0:44.0	My name's Joshua Fields-Milburn.
0:45.4	I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the minimalist.
0:48.1	Man, today we're going to talk about redemption.
0:50.0	Yeah.
0:50.6	And so, why not bring Matt Cox on the podcast to talk about redemption?
0:56.6	Matt, thanks for being here today.
0:57.8	Oh man.
0:58.3	Thank you, I appreciate it.
0:59.3	Man, I first saw your story, I don't know, four or five months ago,
1:04.3	and I was just so fascinated, and I don't know where to start.
1:09.8	Let's just establish a few facts, and then we'll give some...
1:14.5	We got some audience questions we can answer as well, but...
1:17.5	I want to establish where you came from, what happened, and how did we get to where we are right now?
1:25.9	So let's start with...
1:27.7	Well, on your website, it says, my name is Matthew B. Cox, and I'm a con man.
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