Joel Zaslofsky

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Joel Zaslofsky is the founder of The Value of Simple website and podcast. He is an author, speaker, and curator. He the author of Experiencing Curating: How to Gain Focus, Increase Influence and Simplify You Life. He is the creator of The Continuos Creation Challenge and The Digital Launch Playbook.

In This Interview Joel and I Discuss...

The One You Feed parable.
Doing something selfless.
How we are all the same under it all.
The sacrifices of starting your own business.
Keeping your head up during hard times.
The value of rituals.
The power of gratitude.
Setting up systems to deal with a bad memory.
"Chaos was the law of nature, order is the dream of man".
The value of curation.
The Continuous Creation Challenge.
How the bad wolf feeds on passivity.
The power of momentum.
Focusing on the goals instead of the tools.
Doing what we planned, not what we feel like.

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0:00.0	that good wolf wants to be fed, and I want to have a really, really big good wolf by the time I'm done on this earth.
0:15.4	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:17.4	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:22.0	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:27.6	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:31.9	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:36.6	We see what we don't have, instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:42.9	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:46.4	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:51.2	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:55.6	how they feed their good wolf.
1:12.3	Hi, it's Elvis Jaran, on my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud with Elvis Jaran.
1:17.2	I'll be bringing you candid and maybe sometimes a little crazy interviews with people from all walks of life.
1:22.2	We'll touch on subjects that you just can't talk about on the radio, like life, love, success,
1:26.8	failure, whatever else comes to mind, but all jacked up because after being in this business for as long as I have,
1:32.3	I want to get to the bottom of what makes people tick.
1:34.8	Now listen to my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
1:40.4	or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:44.0	Thanks for joining us today.
1:45.3	Our guest on this episode is Joel Zaslovsky.
1:48.2	Joel is a speaker, author, and self-proclaimed obsessive spreadsheet creator.
1:52.7	With his website, valueofsimple.com, Joel provides guidance on simplifying and organizing
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