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Watch: "The Calm Switch"
🕑 Added 2022-02-24 13:00:06 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. The Minimalists talk to listeners about the occasions when their spouses, children, parents, and roommates have made surprise purchases without telling them, and they answer the following questions:
How has the Love People Use Things tour been going so far? (00:00)
What is your perspective regarding compassion? (16:11)
How do we better adjust our attitudes to handle adverse circumstances? (23:23)
What philosophers’ works have you found particularly helpful? (26:08)
How do you view blame and accountability? (30:29)
What surprise purchases have cropped up in your lives? (34:06)
What purchases have annoyed you? (43:01)
What are the best guidelines for couples to use to avoid common problems? (51:19)
How do we appropriately address a loved one’s habit of springing unpleasant news on us when we’re woefully unprepared to manage it? (1:09:21)
LINKS
Article: The Calm Switch
Book: Discourses
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Man’s Search for Meaning
Book: Meditations
Essay: How to Understand Your Values
Instagram: Mallory French
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jessica Williams
Instagram: Danny Unknwn
Listen: “Bill Murray”
Resources: The Minimalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Tour: The Minimalists
MAXIM
“To be on the same page, you must first read from the same book.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Compassion is the key to understanding others.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“Holding on to things is burdening your future self.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Great financial decisions are not necessarily great life decisions.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 328.
