459 | Simplework
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about making a workplace less cluttered and more enjoyable through the concept of “simplework.”
Discussed in this episode:
How can I use minimalism to simplify my home office? (1:54)
How do I get my coworkers to be less messy? (23:42)
What is the productivity fallacy? (26:32)
Why do the pressures of my job make it less enjoyable? (31:11)
Could delegation help me enjoy my job more? (33:59)
How simple would the world be if everyone followed The Minimalists? (35:39)
What would make your work life simpler and more enjoyable? (38:28)
Listener tip: Scrolling is the new smoking! (46:52)
Listen to the full Maximal episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists
Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast
Recorded at Earthing Studios.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:24.7 | Every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:29.3 | Every little thing you think that you need every little thing that's just feeding your greed oh I bet that you'll be fine without it. |
| 0:38.0 | You're listening to the minimalist podcast with Joshua Fields Milburn and T.K. Coleman recorded live at |
| 0:44.8 | Erthing Studios in sunny California. |
| 0:47.2 | Yes, thank you, Malabama. |
| 0:49.2 | Hello everybody. Today on the show we're talking about a little concept that I like to call simple work |
| 0:55.8 | Coming up on this free public minimal episode a caller has a question about using minimalism to simplify her home office. |
| 1:03.8 | And then we've got a lightning round question |
| 1:05.4 | about simplifying your work |
| 1:07.7 | so that you can enjoy it more. |
| 1:09.4 | That's followed by our right here, right now segment |
| 1:11.5 | and a listener tip. you can check out the |
| 1:13.5 | maximal edition of episode 459 that's the full two-hour episode where we |
| 1:18.8 | answer twice as many questions and we dive deep into several simple living segments. |
| 1:23.6 | That private podcast episode is out right now |
| 1:26.3 | at Patreon.com slash the minimalist. |
| 1:29.6 | Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement free because sing along at home y'all |
| 1:36.0 | advertisement suck. Let's start with our callers if you have a question or a |
| 1:40.2 | comment for our show we'd love to hear from you our phone number is |
| 1:43.0 | four zero six two one nine seven eight three nine or email a voice recording |
| 1:47.3 | right from your phone to podcast that the minimalist's dot com our first question today |
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