742: A Guide to Finding Calm & Being Less Frustrated by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits

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🗓️ 22 December 2017

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares his guide to finding calm and being less frustrated. Episode 742: A Guide to Finding Calm & Being Less Frustrated by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits (Simple Living & Minimalism). Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, which is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness. The original post is located here: https://zenhabits.net/unfrustrate Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily episodes 742, a guy defining calm and being less frustrated
0:07.4	by Leo Bevada of Zenhabits.net and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:10.9	This is the podcast where I act as a personal narrator for you, totally free of charge,
0:15.3	unless you want to contribute of course, I narrate the best blogs on personal development,
0:19.8	minimalism, productivity and more, days articles from Zenhabits.
0:24.9	Now let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:31.0	A guy defining calm and being less frustrated by Leo Bevada of Zenhabits.net.
0:38.0	One of the most common sources of difficulty for most of us is frustration.
0:44.0	We can get frustrated with the smallest things throughout the day, and yet becoming aware of
0:48.7	how often we're frustrated doesn't quite solve the problem.
0:52.6	Someone pointing out that you're frustrated only makes you more irritated.
0:56.5	How can we let go of our frustrations and find calm?
0:59.8	How can we bring ourselves to peace when our emotions have been triggered?
1:03.6	The answer doesn't lie in the external.
1:06.2	We can't make things around us less frustrating.
1:09.1	We might fruitlessly hope for things like people to behave the way we want them to
1:13.4	with consideration for us, things to go the way we like, our homes or workplaces to be orderly,
1:19.5	calm and pleasant, quiet when we want quiet,
1:23.1	being more disciplined with what we plan to stick to, people to put things back
1:27.5	where they should go, world leaders to behave the way we want them to,
1:31.8	traffic to be better, or drivers to be less rude and so on.
1:36.3	As you might guess, it's not possible to make all of these things come true.
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