2672: [Part 1] Having Fun in the Pit of Despair by Steve Pavlina

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🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Steve Pavlina shares his thoughts on having fun in the pit of despair. This is Part 1 of 2. Episode 2672: [Part 1] Having Fun in the Pit of Despair by Steve Pavlina Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as one of the most successful personal development bloggers on the Internet, with his work attracting more than 100 million visits to his website, StevePavlina.com. He has written more than 1300 articles and recorded many audio programs on a broad range of self-help topics, including productivity, relationships, and spirituality. Steve has been quoted as an expert by the New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Daily News, Self Magazine, The Guardian, and countless other publications. He's also a frequent guest on popular podcasts and radio shows. The original post is located here: https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2016/06/having-fun-pit-despair/ 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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0:55.9	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2672. Having fun in the pit of despair,
1:06.8	Part 1 by Steve Pavlina of StevePavlina.com.
1:10.6	A narrator just a mall like reading you blogs every single day of the year.
1:14.7	That's days articles a little longer than normal, so I'll read the first half and then
1:18.2	finish the rest up for you tomorrow.
1:20.3	So that's Get Right to Part 1 as we optimize your life.
1:28.4	Having fun in the pit of despair, Part 1 by Steve Pavlina of StevePavlina.com.
1:36.1	May spiritual teachers advocate the principle of detachment, which means being unattached
1:40.9	to outcomes. The reasoning is that attachment to outcomes creates unnecessary suffering.
1:46.8	If it's full of surprises and if you become overly attached to specific outcomes, you're
1:51.5	likely to create extra stress, frustration, worry, and disappointment for yourself.
1:57.5	So why bother with this needless suffering? Dispatchment detachment is a popular idea, especially
2:03.4	in Buddhism. It claims to help people transcend neediness and cleanness if they practice this
2:08.4	principle enough. But for many people, it's in practice to go to consistently apply
2:13.0	this principle in real life. On one level, it seems clear to me that people suffer some
2:17.7	emotional distress when they become overly attached and clingy to specific outcomes.
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