Episode
#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy
1:03:07
Published: Fri Oct 14 2022
Description
Joshua Becker is the author of Becoming Minimalist. It's a blog, a book, and a newsletter - that boasts over 1,000,000 readers every month. In this conversation, we spoke about how Joshua became a minimalist, how his work as a blogger had origins in theology, why creating happens after clearing space, jealousy, fame, and the first step you should take to minimalism. (0:00) Choosing Theology (4:08) Overcoming Fear (5:48) Youth Pastor (7:01) Knowing God (10:31) Impactful Comments (17:01) Pastor & Minimalism (19:03) Finding Meaning (24:42) Things That Matter (28:41) Creating With Meaning (32:42) Fame (37:03) Jealousy (42:28) 14 Years Ago (46:01) First Step (48:53) Success Stories (53:01) Creation (55:51) Reading (1:00:58) Impactful Quote Resources Joshua’s Website: BecomingMinimalist.com Joshua’s Latest Book: https://www.amazon.com/Things-That-Matter-Overcoming-Distraction/dp/B09C9SGRCT My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
Chapters
In this podcast, Joshua Becker talks about his journey from wanting to be a banker to studying theology.
00:00 - 01:04 (01:04)
Summary
In this podcast, Joshua Becker talks about his journey from wanting to be a banker to studying theology. He shares his thoughts on finding your passion and the benefits of living a minimalist lifestyle.
Episode#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker believes that fear, at a basic level, keeps us from making errors in life and allows us to take wise steps to overcome challenges, rather than debilitating us.
01:04 - 11:06 (10:01)
Summary
The speaker believes that fear, at a basic level, keeps us from making errors in life and allows us to take wise steps to overcome challenges, rather than debilitating us. The speaker's life was positively transformed by a youth pastor in high school, and later in life was asked to contribute a chapter to a book about overcoming fear.
Episode#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker believes that true meaning is found in the daily pursuits that lead us to significant life changing moments or accomplishments.
11:06 - 23:41 (12:35)
Summary
The speaker believes that true meaning is found in the daily pursuits that lead us to significant life changing moments or accomplishments. Pursuing what motivates us is what gives our lives meaning, and this idea can be applied to everyone, regardless of their faith or non-faith background.
Episode#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker talks about his experience writing a book about money and how it led him to realize that we do not need as much as we think we do, and how he realized that he found more satisfaction from writing that one book than he would have from writing a more commercially successful one.
23:41 - 30:40 (06:58)
Summary
The speaker talks about his experience writing a book about money and how it led him to realize that we do not need as much as we think we do, and how he realized that he found more satisfaction from writing that one book than he would have from writing a more commercially successful one.
Episode#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Pursuing meaningful things and being helpful draws attention to us and people tend to notice.
30:40 - 45:33 (14:53)
Summary
Pursuing meaningful things and being helpful draws attention to us and people tend to notice. However, when chasing fame or money becomes the goal, we tend to sacrifice being helpful for more people which takes away the meaning of our work.
Episode#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Reading across different centuries allows us to gain wisdom that carries through time and helps us identify similarities and differences between perspectives from different eras.
45:33 - 56:45 (11:11)
Summary
Reading across different centuries allows us to gain wisdom that carries through time and helps us identify similarities and differences between perspectives from different eras. This expands the time horizon and frees up energy to create instead of being consumed by material possessions.