This is episode number 407 with Joshua Fields Milbra.

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turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message

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Welcome everyone to the School of Greatness podcast. We have the minimalist Joshua Fields Milbra

on today's super pumps. Now for those that feel like you are overwhelmed with too much stuff

in your house, too many things, too many possessions. This is the episode for you to learn more about

why less is more. Now Joshua Fields Milbra is a writer and a minimalist. He's the co-founder of

the popular blog and podcast that gets millions of downloads and followers on the blog called the

Minimists as well as the author of several books on the same topic and he owns fewer than 288

things people. That's right, only 288 possessions total. After losing his mom to lung cancer and his

marriage ending in the same month, he found minimalism as a lifestyle and quit his corporate job to

become a writer. He has conducted several lifestyle experiments since his switch to minimalism,

like living without internet as his home, living without a phone for two months,

living a year without purchasing material possessions at all, living without television at home,

living without goals and so much more that we'll talk about on this episode. We dive in deep guys. We

talk about why humans are so wired to be dissatisfied. How Joshua got into a half a million dollars of

debt while he was working a high paying successful career job. What minimalism actually is versus what

people think it is. The difference between consumption and compulsion, how Joshua runs an online

business without having internet in his home at all and so much more. Guys, I know you're going to

love this one. It's a powerful episode. No matter if you have lots of possessions, a little possessions,

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