Welcome back to the podcast. My name is Joseph Clough and this is episode 876. And in today's episode, we're talking about

ultimately, we don't want to be looking for an easier life. Now, before you go, of course, we want to

have an easier life. I just want to frame it in a way that gives us the perception

that we need to be able to really learn about this subject. So if your life is all good and

great, like you've made the money that you'd like or or you have enough, or you've achieved your goals,

or you're doing what you love, and you're taking it easy, then that's fun.

This episode may not totally resonate, or it may just reaffirm some of the principles that you've maybe gone through.

But for those who haven't got their goals and their dreams,

the way that they would like them, I think this is going to be important. Because when I say,

don't look for the easier life. Intuitively, we always try to. We always go for the law of least effort. We always

tend to go for things like instant gratification or the dopamine rush from things that we

digest or ingest or whatever the word is,

or social media kind of dopamine rushes,

we try to get that quick fix

to have an easier life or to make life feel easier.

But the premise of today's episode is not to look for an easier life.

It's about learning more about yourself, gaining what you really, really need, to be the person that you really, really want to be.

So, here we go. to be the person that you really, really want to be.

So here we go.

Let's really break this down.

I want you to have a frame of reference, like the theme of this conversation we're having,

is don't look for the easy life,

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