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The Minimalists

352 | The Expectations

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

4.711.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists are joined by musician Matt Nathanson to talk about the problem with expectations and assumptions. Watch all three hours of episode 352 on The Minimalists Private Podcast: patreon.com/theminimalists

Discussed in this episode:

How do I lower or eliminate expectations? (01:44)

What is the distinction between an expectation and an assumption? (10:26)

What do you consider your most meaningful accomplishment? (12:22)

What can attendees of the Sunday Symposium event expect? (24:46)

Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast

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Transcript

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This forecast has bad words.

0:20.0

Every little thing you think that you need.

0:24.0

Every little thing you think that you need.

0:29.0

Every little thing that you're feeding your greed.

0:33.0

Oh, I bet that you'll be fine without it.

0:37.0

Hello, everybody.

0:39.0

Welcome to the Minimals Podcast, where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life

0:43.0

with less.

0:44.0

My name is Joshua Fields-Millburn.

0:46.0

Ryan Nicodemus is on vacation today, but don't worry.

0:49.0

We got Malabama here.

0:50.0

We got T.K. Coleman in the studio.

0:53.0

And coming up today on this free public minimal episode,

0:56.0

we're joined by one of our favorite musicians, Matt Nathanson,

1:00.0

who's stunning new album, Boston Accent, is out right now.

1:05.0

We're going to chat with him in a listener about expectations.

1:08.0

We also have an outstanding lightning round,

1:11.0

listener tip and added value segment for you.

1:13.0

You can check out the full three-hour conversation that we had on the maximal addition of episode 352,

1:21.0

where we answer four times the questions and we dive deep into Matt Nathanson's new album.

1:26.0

That private podcast episode is out right now at theminimalists.com slash private.

1:32.0

Or just click the link down in the description.

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