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"The Symbiosis of Love"
🕑 Added 2021-07-15 12:05:00 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. Joshua and Ryan discuss initiating and maintaining appropriate relationships with the people, places, and things in our world with podcaster and Director of Entrepreneurial Education for FEE, T.K. Coleman, and they answer the following questions:
What do you guys disagree about? (00:14)
Where do you stand on the COVID-19 vaccine? (01:25)
How do you view success and winning? (05:55)
Have our fears become unreasonable? (16:50)
What virtues do you consider overrated? (28:30)
How do you define love? (39:18)
What is the difference between empathy and compassion? (41:17)
How do you define honesty, openness, and transparency? (52:15)
How do you define courage? (53:08)
What is the innate value of relationships? (58:13)
How do you define respect? (1:14:06)
Is it loving to separate yourself from people you’re very close to—family members, friends, colleagues—simply because your values are not perfectly aligned? (1:21:51)
What are the different types of relationships? (1:32:03)
How can we bring healing to our familial relationships so they aren’t so awful? (1:40:47)
What does the TARA acronym represent? (1:45:55)
Where is a good place to start looking for new friends? (1:52:43)
Can one live and thrive without relationships? (2:01:03)
How do you define selfishness? (2:04:24)
Why is the risk of criticism or rejection so unbearable to me? (2:10:54)
What is the difference between criticism and feedback? (2:20:08)
How do I strengthen my relationship with the truth? (2:33:13)
What should we do regarding end-of-life arrangements for our mother when she has no savings and no assets? (2:48:47)
LINKS
Book: Against Empathy
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Minimalist Rulebook
Book: Nonviolent Communication
Essay: Play the 30-Day Minimalism Game
Essay: Scared to Death of Death
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Listen: “Christmas Love”
Podcast: 40 Life Lessons
Podcast: Blame
Podcast: Revolution of 1
Post: The Archives
Resources: The Minimalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Tour: The Minimalists
Twitter: JFM
Watch: This Is Water
Website: T.K. Coleman
MAXIMS
“We disagree about what we disagree on.” —T.K. Coleman
“If no one ever thinks you're losing, then you're probably not winning.” —T.K. Coleman
“It’s better to trash your things than to trash your life.” —T.K. Coleman
“Don’t let your things get in the way of your creativity.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“The desire for more is a form of pathology when it’s born out of a need to compensate for a lack of self-respect, a lack of self-love, a lack of self-directed purpose.” —T.K. Coleman
“It’s not about less or more, it’s about the purpose that you’re using things for.” —T.K. Coleman
“Loyalty grounded in expectation is the express route to misery.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“We do not create because we know that our ideas will live on; we create because creativity is part and parcel of what it means to be fully alive.” —T.K. Coleman
“There is a quality of meaning in success that wisdom will bring that work will never deliver.” —T.K. Coleman
“Slow down and create space for the wisdom that is within, and let your creativity come from that non-reactionary space.” —T.K. Coleman
"You cannot let your light shine if you’re too busy putting out other fires.” —T.K. Coleman
“Creativity is essential, consumerism is not.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Show me your calendar and I’ll show you your priorities.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“The real treasure is not the golden egg—it’s the goose that lays them, and you gotta protect it.” —T.K. Coleman
“The poison is in the dose.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Acceptance is love.” —Ryan Nicodemus
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 296.
Comments
Libby Jones
2024 this helped illuminate my needs in my marriage and the lack of friends outside of it right now that adds the extra pressure on the relationship. I depend on those deep friendships while my husband doesn’t . I feel for those connections again in friendships and wanting to relate more . The episode reminded me of not expecting the added layers from my husband if he doesn’t want this depth that he feels is intrusive or is bored by
Carolyn Stone
This was one of the best- going to listen again.
I could listen to this every single day if it didn't take up 1/5th of my waking day. So much value every time TK visits
