How to Simplify Your Life and Find More Fulfillment in Your Work with John Kaag

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

John Kaag is a renowned philosopher and author who brings fresh insights into the timeless wisdom of Henry David Thoreau. With impressive academic achievements under his belt, including teaching writing at Harvard and serving as a professor at UMass Lowell, John possesses a unique perspective on Thoreau’s philosophy regarding work and intentional living. Drawing inspiration from his own life’s journey and the challenges of balancing personal fulfillment with professional obligations, John invites us to explore new ways of finding meaning and purpose in their work.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Explore how seeking purpose and meaning in your work enhances overall fulfillment
Learn from Thoreau’s ideals on the balance between work, personal development, and conscious living
Shift your relationship with work by placing emphasis on your core values and beliefs
Embrace a simpler lifestyle that fosters a sense of satisfaction unencumbered by material expectations
Engage in continuous self-discovery to refine your values and manifest a rich, authentic life.

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0:00.0	If you feel like the price of your work is too high in terms of your existential meaning or your sense of significance or your sense of being worthwhile,
0:10.7	then the job is too much. It's asking too much. The costs are too high and you need to change.
0:16.8	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:26.7	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:31.2	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:36.8	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:41.1	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:45.8	We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:52.2	But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:00.4	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. How they feed their good wolf.
1:15.9	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is John Kegg, an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
1:29.6	He specializes in American philosophy and is the Donna Hugh Professor of Ethics and the Arts at UMass Lowell.
1:36.4	He's also the external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and advisor at outlier.org.
1:42.3	John has published in many periodicals and is the author of many books, including Six Souls Healthy Minds.
1:48.5	How William James can save your life. American philosophy, a love story, hiking with Nietzsche,
1:54.3	on becoming who you are, and is the co-author of the book discussed here. Henry at work, Thoreau on Making a Living.
2:02.6	Hi, John. Welcome back. Thanks so much for having me back.
2:05.5	I don't remember when it was, but we talked about your book, William James, about healthy mindedness.
2:10.9	And I loved that conversation. And when I saw you had a new book called Henry at work, Thoreau on Making a Living,
2:17.6	I thought it would be wonderful to talk again. So we're going to be discussing that book in a moment,
2:23.6	but we'll start like we always do with the parable. In the parable, there's a grandparent who's
2:28.4	talking to their grandchild. And they say in life, there are two wolves inside of us that are always at battle.
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