302 | The Advice Epidemic
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan discuss our escalating advice epidemic as our society swells with scores of well-meaning people advising other people on what they are supposed to do, and they answer the following questions:
What are ‘shoulds’? (00:00)
What possesses some people to insist on giving others unsolicited advice? (03:13)
How can we provide appropriate advice and/or guidance to loved ones to alter behaviors that are impacting us negatively? (17:46)
How do our expectations complicate things? (21:14)
How do we critically evaluate all the ‘shoulds’ out there and take what works for each of us? (23:34)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by... |
| 0:02.8 | Nobody. |
| 0:03.6 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:05.4 | Don Minimalists. |
| 0:35.4 | Hey Minimizers, welcome to The Minimalist Podcast to Rediscaus what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:41.6 | My name is Joshua Fields-Millburn and I'm Ryan Nicodemus and together we are the Minimalists. |
| 0:46.2 | Ryan the world is self-ocating with sheds. |
| 0:49.4 | Our culture has moralized everything from clothing and consumption to relationships and routines. |
| 0:56.6 | Society is swelling with scores of well-meaning people, advising other people on what they are supposed to do. |
| 1:05.6 | Hmm, you should wake up early. |
| 1:08.6 | You should drink more water. |
| 1:10.6 | You should watch less TV. |
| 1:12.6 | You should read these books. |
| 1:15.6 | You should go to college. |
| 1:17.6 | You should get married. |
| 1:19.6 | You should own a home. |
| 1:20.6 | You should eat plant-based. |
| 1:22.6 | You should clean your room. You should improve your credit score. |
| 1:28.6 | We are shooting all over ourselves. |
| 1:31.6 | It has it for facing an advice epidemic. |
| 1:34.6 | Hmm, so we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:37.6 | You know Ryan, I think some advice can be helpful. |
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