2663: How to Complain Less by Joshua Becker

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist tells you how to complain less Episode 2663: How to Complain Less by Joshua Becker 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/complain-less/ 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 2663.
0:04.2	How to Complain Less by Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:10.5	Happy Friday for listening real time and welcome to the podcast where I read to you covering
0:14.7	personal growth and self-help topics like mindfulness, minimalism, self-care and more.
0:21.0	And we get right to our next article as we optimize your life.
0:29.3	How to Complain Less by Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com
0:35.3	You can complain because roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
0:44.1	Tom Wilson.
0:46.3	Life is not perfect.
0:48.2	Never has been and never will be.
0:50.2	This is not bad news.
0:51.7	In fact, once we begin to embrace this reality, we welcome a great number of possibilities.
0:58.1	Life is never perfect.
0:59.4	We know this to be true.
1:01.3	Why then do we continue to complain about its imperfections?
1:05.6	We complain about the weather, the traffic and the weeds in our yard.
1:10.3	We complain about tight clothing, misplaced keys, late airplanes and the price of gasoline.
1:16.7	We complain about our jobs or our lack of jobs.
1:20.1	We complain about nosy neighbors, crying babies, monograful teenagers and lazy spouses.
1:26.3	We have become a society too quick to complain.
1:30.4	Complaining is almost never a positive reaction to our circumstance.
1:35.1	There are times, of course, when notifying someone of injustice is good and proper.
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