476: Stop Comparing Your Life. Start Living It by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

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🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. Episode 476: Stop Comparing Your Life. Start Living It by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist (Personal Growth & Mindful Living). The original post is located here: http://www.becomingminimalist.com/stop-comparing-your-life-start-living-it Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 476.
0:03.5	Stop comparing your life, start living it.
0:06.4	By Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com and I'm Justin Molyck.
0:10.1	Happy Friday and last day of the month, crazy.
0:13.3	That means it's time for another book giveaway.
0:15.2	I'll give you more info about that at the end of the show.
0:18.4	If you're new here, this is where I simply read blogs and book excerpts sometimes to you,
0:22.9	so you don't have to wander around the internet yourself and stare at the screen reading it.
0:26.6	It's all curated here for you and all for free.
0:30.0	And it means a lot that you're here, so I'll respect your time and get right to this
0:33.2	post from Joshua Becker as we optimize your life.
0:40.8	Stop comparing your life, start living it by Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com.
0:47.2	Quote, envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self and where there is no comparison,
0:53.2	no envy.
0:54.5	Sir Francis Bacon.
0:56.6	Most of us understand the foolishness of trying to compare ourselves to others.
1:00.5	We would readily admit that no good ever comes from it.
1:03.6	Yet whether we are comparing our home size, paycheck, physical features, or any number
1:08.2	of measurable or even unmeasurable things, we do it all the time.
1:13.3	Even though we know there are inherent problems contained in the process.
1:17.0	Number one, we most often compare the wrong things.
1:20.4	Because we can most easily compare the things that we can objectively measure, we live
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