Giving Your Infinite Resources: A Shift In Perspective When The World Feels Heavy

The ONE Thing

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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When the world feels heavy, many of us fall into the same cycle: doom scrolling, numbing out, or waiting for things to improve In this episode, Jay shares a powerful perspective shift inspired by a lesson from Mr. Rogers: instead of just looking for the helpers, as Mr. Rogers suggests - become one. Rather than waiting for change, we must act. Jay breaks down the science behind action and emotions, including the surprising research of Brené Brown, and outlines his 11 "infinite resources" - 11 ways we can influence change in our life, our relationships, and our world - all without feeling depleted afterwards. The antidote is simple: start giving the very thing you want more of. Challenge of the Week: Identify the emotion or experience that feels most scarce in your life right now - gratitude, encouragement, connection, or something else. Then choose one person and give it to them this week. One small act can create a ripple you may never fully see. *** To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods. We talk about: [00:00] “Maybe you've heard the story about Mr. Rogers…” Mr. Rodgers Helpers and the Idea Behind the Infinite Resources [09:02] “So number one, love is an infinite resource…” Infinite Resource #1: Love [09:38] “Number one, kindness, so you can offer…” Infinite Resource #2: Kindness [10:15] “ Two creativity. I've written about this, I've talked..” Infinite Resource #3: Creativity [10:52] “Gratitude. Right? Every single day…” Infinite Resource #4: Gratitude [11:42] “Connection, authentic connection feels scarce…” Infinite Resource #5: Connection [12:02] “Curiosity. This is a big one…” Infinite Resource #6: Curiosity [12:41] “Hope when we encourage other people…” Infinite Resource #7: Hope [12:54] “Inspiration. When you inspire others…” Infinite Resource #8: Inspiration [12:58] “Positivity. A positive outlook…” Infinite Resource #9: Positivity [13:01] “Encouragement, when we encourage others…” Infinite Resource #10: Encouragement [13:09] “And finally… forgiveness…” Infinite Resource #11: Forgiveness [13:39] “So there's all of these resources around us that we can tap into..” How To Give Infinite Resources Away [22:53] “So Jay's very unofficial inventory of our infinite resources…” the ONE Thing Challenge Links & Tools from This Episode: The ONE Thing Operating System Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown Jay Shetty Amy Bloom Subsrcibe to Jay Papason’s Newsletter Free Resources Want to be a guest or share feedback? Email podcast@the1thing.com Produced by NOVA

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0:00.0	Maybe you've heard the story about Mr. Rogers when he was a child.
0:03.4	When he would see things on the news that scared him, his mom would tell him, look for the helpers.
0:08.8	You will always find them if you look for them.
0:11.4	And I love that sentiment.
0:13.0	It's something that I remember hearing a long time ago, and when bad things are happening,
0:17.2	we can look for the helpers.
0:19.4	Today I want to talk about maybe taking it a step further,
0:21.8	not just looking for the helpers, but becoming one of them. We all have a lot on our plate.
0:26.4	We don't need more things to do, but what if I told you that by becoming a helper, by giving
0:31.8	from resources that you already have an infinite supply of, you would feel better and you'd also
0:37.2	make the world a better place.
0:38.9	In this episode, we're going to talk about why some feelings, hope, a lot of the things that we
0:43.8	need in the world right now, security, feel kind of scarce and why they feel that way and how maybe
0:50.4	we can get more of them.
0:51.9	I'm Jay Papazan, and this is the one thing.
0:58.1	Your weekly guide to the simple steps that lead to extraordinary results.
1:10.7	So why now? I mean, it's no mystery if you're listening to this. If you've been following the news,
1:14.1	if you have a social media account, there's a lot of glum news out there. It's very easy to look up and wonder,
1:20.9	what's going on, when is it going to get better, how can it keep going on this way? And when people
1:26.5	start to feel that way, and I don't know about you,
1:29.5	I have to just set limits. It's very easy for me to get into a negative mindset when I see what's
1:34.9	happening of the world. There's conflict everywhere, it seems, at home and abroad, and start to get
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