3378: How Cyclical Thinking Can Help You Live Better by Cylon George of Spiritual Living For Busy People

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🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3378: Cylon George emphasizes the limitations of linear thinking and the benefits of adopting a cyclical mindset. By embracing life's natural rhythms, we can better handle tough times, seize opportunities, and let go of unrealistic expectations, ultimately fostering peace and well-being. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.spirituallivingforbusypeople.com/cyclical-thinking Quotes to ponder: "Going through a difficult season? Remember that you’ve likely been there before. Draw on the resources and tools you gained last time around to help you through this time." "When we learn to trust the seasons of life, we learn to let go of our expectations of how life’s supposed to be." "Letting go your expectations and accepting life as it unfolds before you is probably the single greatest path to peace." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Diet Coke.
0:04.6	Time for a Diet Coke break.
0:08.6	Enjoy what you like.
0:11.6	Just how you like it.
0:16.1	This is my taste.
0:19.7	What's yours? Celebrate your my taste. What's yours?
0:23.0	Celebrate your unique taste with Diet Coke.
0:29.2	This is Optimal Living Daily, how cyclical thinking can help you live better by Ceylon
0:35.3	George of Spiritual Living for Busy People.com, and I'm Justin
0:38.9	Malick. Welcome to Optimal Living Daily or the OLD podcast, where I read to you from some of the best
0:45.0	blogs and articles I can find and get permission from, and sometimes books, covering personal
0:50.3	development or self-help, minimalism, productivity, anything that I think will help
0:55.6	make your life more meaningful. Now with that, let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
1:04.8	How Cyclical Thinking can help you live better by Cilion George of Spiritual Living for Busy People.com
1:12.9	Seize the day. Make every moment count. These are wisdom's sayings we hear all the time.
1:19.6	They are sound too. However, in our hurried world, many of us are thinking only of the short-term
1:25.1	rather than long-term gains and losses in life.
1:28.9	We think linearly rather than cyclically, and it's had big consequences on our sense of
1:34.5	well-being. How has thinking linearly not served us? The shortcomings of linear thinking.
1:41.9	One of the biggest drawbacks of linear thinking is the assumption that
1:45.2	more is always good, and the less is always bad. We may not say this, but the way we approach
1:52.4	life societally gives us away. We know that life doesn't work this way. We even have sayings like,
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