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The One You Feed

Stories of Finding Meaningful Work with Dan Heath

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dan Heath shares incredible stories of finding meaningful work from guests on his podcast. With his unique writing experience on how to shape environments for better decisions, motivating emotional desires for change, and differentiating between self-regulation and self-control, Dan offers valuable insights into finding meaning in whatever work you do.

In this episode, you will be able to:

  • Create a supportive environment to make better decisions that align with core desires
  • Find bright spots in the context of change that focus on positive outcomes to learn from
  • Discover ways to find meaning and fulfillment in your work
  • Learn the concept of narrow framing in decision-making, highlighting what's most important in your life

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0:00.0

rather than wallowing in my failures, I'm saying,

0:03.4

when have I not failed?

0:04.6

And what can I learn from the lack of failure

0:06.6

that might allow me to not fail more often?

0:09.2

It's a very, very simple idea,

0:10.8

but I find that a lot of times people skip right by it in favor of

0:14.0

self-flagellating.

0:26.7

Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in,

0:31.2

garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

0:35.0

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:39.0

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

0:44.3

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

0:47.2

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

0:50.7

But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent and

0:55.9

creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people

1:00.8

keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.

1:05.0

They're good wolf. Hello and welcome to haunting purgatory's premiere podcast.

1:24.0

I'm your host, Teresa.

1:26.6

We'll be bringing you different ghost stories each week

1:29.2

straight from the person who experienced it firsthand.

1:32.6

Some will be unsettling, some unnerving,

1:36.2

some even downright terrifying.

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