273 | Successfool
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about success, failure, fulfillment, and satisfaction—and how incessantly chasing those things can lead to foolness rather than fullness—and they answer the following questions:
What does success mean to you? (03:06)
What are your beliefs regarding spirituality? (07:38)
How do value judgments affect success? (13:08)
What is nihilism? (14:39)
How do I overcome my addiction to procrastination so I can focus on doing meaningful work? (17:00)
What are the two kinds of ‘haves’? (19:53)
What is the “thing you can’t not do”? (20:21)
What is the best way to address distractions? (29:25)
What do you mean by “the costs we must pay”? (32:08)
How do you rebuild yourself and restructure your idea of success after a failure? (36:09)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalists is brought to you by... |
| 0:02.7 | Nobody. |
| 0:03.7 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:05.7 | Time Minimists. |
| 0:36.4 | Hello, Simpletons. |
| 0:38.4 | Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast, the most successful minimalism podcast in the world. |
| 0:46.4 | Oh my God, that's news to me. |
| 0:48.4 | Breaking news, Ryan. |
| 0:50.4 | Oh my God. |
| 0:51.4 | It's funny, man. |
| 0:52.4 | Obviously joking about that. |
| 0:55.4 | I mean, yeah, you could look at stats or numbers or whatever and determine success. |
| 0:59.4 | But that's really what I want to talk to you about today. |
| 1:01.9 | About success, about failure, about fulfillment. |
| 1:04.9 | About satisfaction. |
| 1:06.9 | And about how, incessently chasing these things is not... |
| 1:10.9 | Fulfilling, right? |
| 1:12.9 | It doesn't create fullness. |
| 1:15.9 | It creates fullness. |
| 1:18.9 | Oh, it's a double-on-tondra. |
| 1:20.9 | Successful is the title of this episode. |
| 1:23.9 | Maybe think about like Buddha. |
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