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Maximal Ep. 418 | Mind Shift
🕑 Added 2023-11-13 12:01:01 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists speak with Erwin Raphael McManus about the upsides and downsides of changing your mind, finding the motivation to pursue your dreams, overcoming the fear of failure, embracing minimalism as an immigrant, why we spend so much time trying to be accepted by others, why we occasionally discuss religion on the podcast, and much more!
Discussed in this episode:
Why is it difficult for us to change our minds? (01:56)
How can I rekindle the motivation to pursue my dreams? (12:25)
How can I get over my fear of failure? (21:45)
How does minimalism apply to the immigrant experience? (32:23)
Why do we spend so much time trying to be accepted by others? (42:39)
Why do The Minimalists occasionally talk about religion on our podcast? (52:55)
How can I enjoy downtime without needing to be productive? (01:17:10)
How does this experiment demonstrate why The Minimalists don’t run ads on our podcast? (01:20:49)
What are The Minimalists thoughts on the Light Phone? (01:47:09)
How do you know whether you’re using your phone too much? (01:56:22)
How does this Patron keep their home clean, even with a 10-month-old? (02:02:02)
What does David Foster Wallace have to say about consumerism? (02:06:29)
LINKS
Book: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Mind Shift
Book: Oblivion
Book: Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?
Podcast: Mind Shift
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MAXIMS
A willingness to change one’s mind in the face of new evidence reflects one’s ability to let go.
If you have a dream in which people are simply tools to be used to accomplish your outcome, that’s not a dream—it’s a nightmare.
Our failures compose the best parts of who we are.
How miserable are you willing to be to impress the people around you?
While it feels good to be accepted, it feels freeing to accept that you won’t be accepted by everyone.
As soon as you renounce something you are forever tethered to it.
Regret is not only the result of failing; it is also the byproduct of succeeding in ways that don’t matter to you.
There are no refunds on misspent time.
It is only when we do nothing that we can be everything.
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Comments
Michele Kosyjana
I do not like ads. not in a house, not with a mouse, not in the rain, not on a train, not here or there, not anywhere! I DO NOT LIKE ADS. Michele I am. There is always a price to pay, be it to Patreon, Youtube, or with my time having to listen to ads.
Denise Kludo
I love TK’s compassion so much. I love how he discusses not jumping to judging someone’s character so quickly and giving everyone some grace. I think the internet has made it so easy to forget that we’re talking about real people with real feelings even though it’s so easy to put everyone in a box. Just because someone isn’t where we are on their journey or where we maybe expect them to be doesn’t mean they don’t need some grace. It’s just a breath of fresh air to emphasize kindness in general although I think this podcast does a good job of doing that regularly.
