Episode 269- Overcoming Distractions & Discovering What Truly Matters with Joshua Becker
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Joshua is passionate about helping people recognize what is hindering their happiness and live with no regrets. We discuss problematic narratives in the Financial Independence, Retire Early Movement, why being selfless will lead to a more fruitful life, and actionable steps to rid yourself of distractions.
In this episode we discuss:
- The 8 distractions: fear, past mistakes, the selfish pursuit of happiness, money, possession, accolades, leisure, and technology
- How serving your community and having empathy for others allows you to avoid the "Me Monster"
- How the greatest benefit of generosity is when we realize we already have enough
- An exercise to overcome the narrative of "I don't have enough money."
- Getting to the end of your life and not regretting it, because you were able to focus on things that matter, more than just making more money + more
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And we are living in the, at least your American listeners, like we are living in the |
| 0:09.9 | wealthiest nation in the history of the world. |
| 0:13.1 | 72% of us are still stressed about money, and at least not in 72% of our cases, it's |
| 0:20.5 | not because we don't have enough money, it's because we keep thinking more money will |
| 0:26.9 | make us happier. |
| 0:28.7 | And so we get stressed that we don't have enough, we could be happier if we have more money, |
| 0:34.0 | we could feel more secure if we have more money. |
| 0:37.0 | So we get stressed that we don't have enough. |
| 0:40.2 | When in reality, certainly more than 72% of us have enough money, it's just that we |
| 0:45.5 | have an incorrect definition of how much money we actually need. |
| 0:51.0 | 15 minutes 10 seconds. |
| 0:53.8 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast. |
| 0:56.2 | Your host, Jamila Sufront, is a money expert who rocks her top. |
| 1:00.9 | She helps brave juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 1:08.2 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in 5-on-4-3-2-1. |
| 1:18.8 | Okay, juniors, I have a special treat for you. |
| 1:27.7 | Joshua Becker and his team have decided to give two lucky Journey to Launch Podcast listeners |
| 1:33.9 | a copy of his new book, Things That Matter. |
| 1:37.3 | You're here all about it in the episode and you're going to want to be entered into a chance |
| 1:41.3 | to win this book for free. |
| 1:43.1 | Here's what you need to do to be entered to win. |
| 1:45.9 | Go to journeytolaunch.com slash win and enter your name and email address. |
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