The Minimalists talk about the surprising beauty of uncertainty, and they wish a fond farewell to a beloved team member.
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Discussed in This Episode
- If I feel stuck at work, what path should I choose to help alleviate my career uncertainty?
- How do you know whether it’s time for a change in your life?
- Right Here, Right Now: Malabama’s final episode.
- Listener tip: Everything you do is an underfulfillment of your potential to someone else.
- Am I hiding from my emotions if I let go of all expectations?
- How can I minimize my worries that “the best version of me” should be doing something different?
- How do I let go of my struggles around my own body image?
- How do I balance my hedonistic attitude with my legitimate need to enjoy life?
- Talkaboutable: Small acts of kindness can increase well-being and social connectedness while decreasing anxiety.
- Exit interview: What surprised Malabama about her time working with The Minimalists?
- More About Less: Beginnings.
- Added Value: How Malabama has added value to our lives.
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- Your uncertainties are a product of your desires.
- Craving is a contract with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
- Certainty is necessary for comfort, but uncertainty is essential for a meaningful life.
- If there’s no space to grow, you’re in the wrong place.
- People don’t hate change—they hate discomfort and coercion.
- Every expectation is another brick in your self-constructed prison cell.
- To worry is to pray for something bad to happen.
- Concern is useful; worry is useless.
- Excess metastasizes…
- Clinging is an unconscious agreement with yourself to be unhappy until you develop the courage to let go.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: “Sweet Home Alabama”
- Article: “The KIND Challenge”
- Book: How to Turn 39
- Book: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- Counseling: Clutter Counseling
- Event: Sunday Symposium
- Podcast: Digital Clutter
- Podcast: Frustrations
- Podcast: Hedonism
- Podcast: The Science of Happiness
- Podcast: Do Fewer Things
- Podcast: Toxic Positivity
- Resource: Values Worksheet
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- Ryan Nicodemus
- T.K. Coleman
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- Matt Savidakis
- Jeff Sarris
- Dave LaTulippe
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