67: 4 Benefits of Letting Go of Cynicism
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Often cynicism in others is easier to recognize in ourselves; however, once we recognize we are slowly becoming more defensive and negative there are simple tools that will be shared in today's episode that will ensure cynicism will no longer be a default. The four benefits will vastly improve the quality of each of our lives once we choose to be more vulnerable, stand securely in who we are and allow the amazing opportunities to present themselves.
In this week's Petit Plaisir, Jennifer L. Scott's new book will be released tomorrow, Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic, and Shannon offers her recommendation and specific reasons why.
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| 0:16.4 | Android Kindle or MP3 player Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:35.8 | I'm your host Shannon Ables and whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:44.7 | cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 67th episode of the simple |
| 1:06.7 | Sophisticate. I'm so glad you could join me today. We are going to be talking about |
| 1:10.8 | an issue that may afflict some of us and we don't even know it is. |
| 1:17.0 | And it actually is something that can slowly eat away at the contentment of our lives if we don't do something about it. |
| 1:23.9 | It's something that I just realized recently and was so tickled that I can share with you now |
| 1:29.7 | on the other side of it. |
| 1:31.4 | So today we're going to actually be talking about cynicism, |
| 1:34.4 | how to let go of it, the benefits to do that, |
| 1:38.0 | and how to recognize why we may slowly slide |
| 1:42.3 | into any pessimistic or negative thinking patterns about the world. |
| 1:48.0 | So hopefully that will bring some comfort and a ha moment as it did for me. And then at the end of today's episode today's |
| 1:55.0 | pleasure I'm going to share with you a book I have been patiently waiting to |
| 2:00.2 | recommend to you as I received a copy a few months ago and the release date is coming up tomorrow, |
| 2:07.2 | October 27th in fact, and with topics such as fashion and poise and style and effortless grace as the focal point, I have a feeling |
| 2:17.0 | you will enjoy this book as much as I did. So be sure to tune in at the end of today's episode. |
| 2:22.8 | So today's episode is titled Four Reasons to Let Go of Synicism. |
| 2:27.5 | And within that, we're going to identify how one may unknowingly become cynical and also how to combat it and make sure it will |
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