Episode 269- Overcoming Distractions & Discovering What Truly Matters with Joshua Becker

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Joshua Becker, Wall Street Journal best-selling author, joins the podcast to discuss how to eliminate common obstacles to discover what truly matters in your life. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joshua is passionate about helping people recognize what is hindering their happiness and live with no regrets. We discuss problematic narratives in the Financial Independence, Retire Early Movement, why being selfless will lead to a more fruitful life, and actionable steps to rid yourself of distractions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The 8 distractions: fear, past mistakes, the selfish pursuit of happiness, money, possession, accolades, leisure, and technology</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How serving your community and having empathy for others allows you to avoid the “Me Monster”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How the greatest benefit of generosity is when we realize we already have enough</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">An exercise to overcome the narrative of “I don’t have enough money.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Getting to the end of your life and not regretting it, because you were able to focus on things that matter, more than just making more money + more</span></li> </ul> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" data-qa= "message_content"> <div class= "c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"> <div class= "c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <div class= "p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"> <div class="p-rich_t