The Key to Enjoying a Rewarding Life is Shared Experiences EP 112

Passion Struck with John R. Miles

John R. Miles

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Noel Gallager said, "I don't live to work; I work to live." I first heard this expression when I was living in Spain, and a Spanish friend told me that, "you Americans live to work, while we Spaniards work to live." As I look back, I should have listened closer to my friend's wise words because they are the keys to living a rewarding life. In this episode, I discuss the story of Kai-Fu Lee and the experiences of Australian author Bronnie Ware. I use these stories to discuss why experiences are the keys to enjoying a rewarding life, not the pursuit of possessions. I describe the scientific benefits of experiences and how you can relate this to your own journey of intentionality. You work to live, not live to work. Work on what brings you happiness. The tools from today's episode ought to be helpful for anyone looking to understand how to create a rewarding life. Our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/passionstruck. Thank you to our sponsors: MAGIC MIND. Get 20% off https://magicmind.co/passionstruck; use code passionstruck. SURF SHARK: Get 83% off Surf Shark VPN and three extra months free https://surfshark.deals/passionstruck; use the promo code passionstruck. CODA: get started having your team all working together on the same page for FREE. Head over to Coda.io/PASSIONSTRUCK. COINBASE: For a limited time, new users can get $10 in free Bitcoin when you sign up today at Coinbase.com/PASSIONSTRUCK Thank you for watching this video. I hope you keep up with the weekly videos I post on the channel, subscribe to, and share your learnings with those who need to hear them. Your comments are my oxygen, so please take a second and say 'Hey' ;). -- ► Subscribe to My Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles Links: Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware Best Self by Mike Bayer My Journey into AI: The Story Behind the Man Who Helped Launch 5 A.I. Companies Worth $25 Billion by Kai-Fu Lee AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan The Happiness Track by Emma Seppala The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin The Art of Making Memories, by Meik Wiking Socials: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/Milesjohnr * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrmiles.c0m * Medium: https://medium.com/@JohnRMiles * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_r_miles * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesjohn/ * Blog: https://passionstruck.com/blog/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast/ * Gear: https://www.zazzle.com/store/passion_struck/ Timestamps: 0:00 Keys to a Rewarding Life Introduction 2:57 Surfshark and Coda 5:37 The Story of Kai-Fu Lee 8:42 Valuing possessions over shared experiences 11:48 Coinbase and Magic Mind 14:03 How Bronnie Ware chronicled top deathbed remorse 15:11 Why we are far more than the sum of our possessions 16:23 Experiences improve our interpersonal relationships 17:09 The difference between hedonistic vs eudaimonistic happiness 18:19 Having less clutter promotes being happy 19:20 Experiences reduce the comparison of oneself with others 20:03 Experiences provide better memories 20:51 How to experience the most rewarding life possible 23:40 Conclusion and Synthesis -- John R Miles is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Passion Struck. This full-service media company helps people live intentionally by creating best-in-class educational and entertainment content. John is also a prolific public speaker, venture capitalist, and author named to the ComputerWorld Top 100 IT Leaders. John is the host of the Passion Struck Podcast, a show focused on exploring the mindset and philosophy of the world's highest achievers to learn their lessons to living intentionally. Passion Struck aspires to speak to the humanity of people in a way that makes them want to live better, be better and impact. Stay tuned for John's latest project, his upcoming book, which will be published in summer 2022. Learn m

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0:00.0	Welcome visionaries, creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders and growth seekers of all types to the Passion Struck podcast.
0:08.0	Hi, I'm John Miles, a peak performance coach, multi industry CEO, maybe veteran and entrepreneur on a mission to make Passion Ho Viral for millions worldwide.
0:19.0	And each week I do so by sharing with you an inspirational message and interviewing high achievers from all walks of life who unlock their secrets and lessons to become a Passion Struck.
0:31.0	The purpose of our show is to serve you the listener by giving you tips, tasks and activities you can use to achieve peak performance and for too much passion-driven life you have always wanted to have.
0:45.0	Now let's become Passion Struck. Welcome back to episode 112 of the Passion Struck Podcast and thank you to each and every one of you who comes back weekly to listen and learn how to live better, be better and impact the world.
0:58.0	And if you're new to the show or you would just like to introduce this to a friend or family member, we now have episode starter packs both on our website and Spotify.
1:08.0	These are collections of your favorite episodes organized by topic which gives any new listener a great way to get acquainted to everything that we do here on the show.
1:18.0	And if you'd prefer to watch these instead of listening to them, we also have a YouTube channel you can subscribe to at JohnRMiles where we have over 245 different videos.
1:30.0	Please go check it out. Noelle Gallagher famously said, I don't live to work, I work to live.
1:36.0	I first heard this expression when I was living in Spain many years ago and a Spanish friend of mine told me that this was the startling difference he observed between our two cultures.
1:46.0	He said to me, one day, you Americans live to work and we Spaniards work to live. As I look back, I should have listened, work carefully to my friends wise words.
1:59.0	This is a saying that a job is a job. A job is a way to pay for a living, but that's the extent of it. Don't let your job define your happiness.
2:08.0	You work to live, not live to work. Work on what brings you happiness. Both Gallagher's quote and this aforementioned expression are foundational to today's episode where I'm going to discuss the importance of life's experiences and how you can create a rewarding and happy life.
2:27.0	I'll give this through the story of Kyflou Lee and the experiences of Ronnie Ware and Australian author. I will then go into why experiences are the keys to enjoying a rewarding life, not the pursuit of possessions.
2:42.0	I would describe the scientific benefits of experiences and how you can relate this to your own journey of living intentionally.
2:50.0	Thank you for choosing Passion Struck and choosing me to be your host and guide when you're journey to creating an intentional life.
2:57.0	Before we begin, I would like to emphasize that this podcast is part of my desire and hope to bring zero-cost information to the general public regarding how to unlock an intentional life.
3:09.0	Keeping with that theme, I would like to thank the sponsors of today's episode. Today's podcast is brought to you by Surfshark and as a former Chief Information Security Officer, I can tell you that the internet is getting more dangerous by the moment.
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