Fan Mail Friday #135 | Forwarding the Family Name

The Art of Charm

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Health & Fitness, Education, Business

4.7 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let's cut to it! In this episode: How can you strengthen your discipline muscles to keep from backsliding into bad habits that hijack the good things you've accomplished? How can you learn to better calibrate your interactions -- especially if you're a freelancer constantly emailing companies with vastly different cultures? Feel like there's so much bad going on in the world that expressing celebration on social media almost never seems appropriate anymore? Just remember: empathy doesn't scale with the Internet. Should having to change your lifelong email address affect whether or not you take another name upon marriage? As a business owner, is it worth courting customers who can't (or just won't) follow simple instructions? When your girl wants to party all the time but you need a break for your own mental health, you must ask: What Would Eddie Murphy Do (WWEMD)? Documentary of the Week: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Quick shoutouts to Carsten Madsen in Kuala Lumpur and Rodrigo from Melilla! Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@theartofcharm.com! Check out Jordan's (@TheArtofCharm) other show: The Forbes List, and Jason's (@jpdef) other show: Grumpy Old Geeks. Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/fmf135/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! With an unmatched selection of audiobooks, original audio shows, news, and comedy, Audible is your best source for summertime entertainment. Art of Charm listeners: start a 30-day trial and download your first audiobook for free by going to audible.com/aoc here! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text AOC to 38470. We'll take you step by step to becoming better at making personal and professional connections, becoming a better networker, increasing your personal social capital and charisma. This is for both men and women! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the art of charm. I'm your host Jordan Harbinger. I'm here with producer Jason
0:12.8	to Philopo. Who is drinking wine? Clearly. It's been a while since I got to keep you on
0:19.6	your game. Keep your answer. Yeah, you know, you can interject here wherever you want.
0:24.5	At the art of charm, we may not have all the answers. Certainly, certainly not today.
0:28.6	But we do have a lot of the questions. And today on Fan Mail Friday, those questions
0:33.4	come from you. And then, of course, we'll do our best to get you answers advice and good
0:37.6	ol' fashion discussion. Slash admonishment. Slash tough love. Slash horseplay. All right,
0:46.6	let's cut to it.
0:47.6	Hi, Jordan and Jason. I've been on a self-improvement path for the past few years, but there's one
0:51.8	specific aspect of my life that I'm still not happy about. And that is my lack of self-control
0:56.5	and willpower to avoid things that are counter-active to all my efforts. I've tried so many different
1:02.1	methods to tackle bad habits, but there's a constant pattern of me returning to them after
1:06.4	a while of good behavior. Specifically, I'm talking about buying and eventually binging on unhealthy
1:12.1	foods, allowing my cell phone to distract me from work, and watching porn and masturbating
1:16.9	frequently. Dang, went there quick.
1:19.8	Yes, number one. We're going there. I know in half felt the balance and happiness that comes
1:25.5	from avoiding these habits, but sometimes I can't rationalize why I shouldn't partake,
1:30.1	especially if I'm a little extra stressed, bored, or unmotivated.
1:34.4	Jordan, it seems that you lead a very disciplined lifestyle. Have you always been that way? If not,
1:40.3	how did you make changes? I try not to be too hard on myself when I slip, but I'm tired of slipping.
1:45.9	Wasting my energy on these habits prevents me from attracting what I want in life.
1:50.0	Can you discuss self-control and willpower in the context of your show? Thank you, trying every day.
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