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The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show

The Epidemic of Never Enough

The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show

Chase Jarvis

Celebrity, Art, Career, Creativity, Money, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Education, Careers, Writing, Interview, Investment, Influencer, Business, Photography

4.8641 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It’s easy to lose sight of what you have when you’re immersed in a world telling you that you need more. Turn on the TV during any commercial break and you’ll most likely observe a business suggesting that you need something new in order to be better. It can be a challenge to feel satisfied with what you have when you’re constantly surrounded by these unsolicited proposals from companies. It’s no wonder so many of us are impacted by the epidemic of “never enough.”

While progress should always be embraced, there is a difference between striving to be better and feeling like you’re never enough.

I’ve found that there are two key changes you can make to shift your perspective away from the “never enough.” First, loving the process- you are far more likely to persevere through the challenges on your way to mastery if you love the process. And second, gratitude. We get into this and more on todays episode.

Highlights:

[00:05] Intro and reflection

[01:05] The epidemic of never enough

[07:00] My personal experiences with this concept

[16:02] Discussion on the changes we can make to our mindset to quiet the feeling of never enough

[19:22] An in-depth discussion of how eastern traditions combat the never enough concept

[21:13] Reflection on the issue of the never enough epidemic and it’s solutions 

[23:05] Some insight from Steve Jobs

[26:00] Closing thoughts and reflection prompts

[28:13] Conclusion

Enjoy!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Can you take a second and do me or wait, do you the favor?

0:11.6

Just for a moment, remember when you wanted what you have right now.

0:20.4

There was a time, whether it's two weeks, two months, two years, or 20 years ago,

0:27.0

where you wanted the things, the people, the life, some aspect of your existence right now.

0:36.5

There was a time, perhaps not a all that long ago, where you wanted

0:41.0

what you have right at this moment. And here's the thing. You've probably already forgotten

0:46.9

about it, right? You've probably moved on. And that feeling of satisfaction, of joy,

0:51.8

of connection to yourself and to your life,

0:55.4

it might be cottonballs, might feel fuzzy because you've already forgot about it and you're

1:01.5

on to the next thing. Let's face it, there is an epidemic of people feeling empty, unsatisfied, unsatiated, like we're just not enough.

1:18.8

Now, to be fair, this is part of the Western mindset.

1:25.1

This is something that we have conditioned across our culture. You might say

1:30.4

it's part of being human, although I would debate that, and I'll present my case here in just a

1:37.6

moment. But if you've ever felt not enough, not smart enough, not wealthy enough, not strong enough,

1:44.0

not tall enough, not smart enough, not wealthy enough, not strong enough, not tall enough,

1:45.4

not anything enough, then I hope this little micro show today will resonate. So let's

1:54.9

set some context, right? We in the Western world live largely in a consumerist society, right?

2:04.4

Businesses take advantage of this.

2:07.2

They cultivate a desire for more.

2:12.6

They pull at the strings, the dopamine neurochemical cocktail in our brain to want us to have more.

2:24.3

We have a deep desire to be seen in a positive way, to acquire nice things, to, uh, be first or

2:32.3

most or best or any of the superlatives. And I want to be careful here because there

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