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The Angry Therapist Podcast

Episode 110: One of the Greatest Life Tools

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

John Kim (The Angry Therapist) is doing things differently. Therapy in a shotglass. Ten minutes, no filler. Music in this episode is by Keshco, used under a creative commons license. The Angry Therapist Podcast is Produced and Audio Engineered by Amanda Meyncke.  Want a free relationship toolkit to improve your relationships and yourself? Sign up here theangrytherapist.com/podcast. Want to become a life coach? Check it out here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, my name is John Kim. I'm a licensed therapist and life coach putting

0:07.2

self betterment into a shot class because let's face it who's got that much time

0:11.4

these days. I come unpolished, unrehearsed, on purpose.

0:16.0

If you're looking for more of a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place.

0:20.0

You know what, one of the worst things in the world is when you're at the

0:26.3

grocery store and you're buying one thing and you realize that you had

0:30.4

chosen the wrong line if you're watching the line that you were

0:34.0

going to stand in move super fast and you see the person you were in front of

0:41.8

now basically walking out the door as you stand in this

0:45.9

line and the person in front of you or maybe five people in front of you is now having a

0:56.0

meaningful conversation with the checker.

1:00.3

The checker has now become her therapist and you're just standing there and no one has the

1:07.0

audacity to stop the conversation so they're just chatting away and you're just sitting there

1:14.4

with this one item that you're trying to buy. Anyway, that is definitely not the

1:20.8

worst thing in the world. If you think it is, then you need to reboot

1:25.6

and gain a fresh perspective on what is the real struggle.

1:38.0

Okay, so the greatest tool I think in life, one of the greatest tools. I think there are many, but today I think one of the greatest tools and I thought about this on the on my motorcycle ride home this morning. It's the ability, I'm going to my motorcycle ride home this morning.

1:57.0

It's the ability,

2:02.0

I'm purposely dragging this out, because I know that you are anticipating what is this

2:06.8

fucker gonna say I'm pulling what I call a guns and roses just arriving really late to the show on purpose. It's the ability to

2:20.9

observe. Now hold on. It's the ability to observe. Now hold on. It's not just noticing and observing what's around you and other people.

2:30.8

Let me explain the power of observation or the ability to observe.

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