#150: How to Become a Minimalist with Joshua Becker. May 9, 2016

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1 1 #150: How to Become a Minimalist with Joshua Becker May 9, 2016 Introduction [Play Hiking ] This rockin episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast is being brought to you by the incredible team at Jabra. Jabra, J A B R A, makes phenomenal wireless headphones for fitness fanatics, especially those who love to pair their favorite mobile fitness apps with extra data. For example, you could use the built in heart rate monitor in the Pulse headphones, or even the built in motion sensor in the Sport Coach model. You can learn more and enter to win a free pair of Jabra headphones at Jabra.com/5am. This episode is also being brought to you by Nozbe. If you have listened to this podcast before, you have likely heard me talk A LOT about how much I love

2 2 this amazing task manager. Nozbe provides a simple and effective solution to managing all of your tasks, projects, and events from just about any platform you can imagine (Windows or Mac, Android or ios, on the web or on your Apple Watch). To set up your free 30 day trial of Nozbe PRO, go to Nozbe.com/5am When you upgrade, use coupon code 5AM to save an additional 10%. [Fade Out Music] How would your life improve if you owned less stuff? Not just a little less, I mean a LOT less stuff. My guest today took on that challenge years ago and has transformed his life to include fewer things, along with more joy, opportunity, and fulfillment. This is The 5 am Miracle Episode #150: How to Become a Minimalist with Joshua Becker [Intro Song] Good morning and welcome to the 150th episode of The 5 AM Miracle.

3 3 I am Jeff Sanders and this is THE podcast dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast. Every Monday morning my goal is to help you bounce out of bed with enthusiasm, create powerful lifelong habits, and tackle your grandest goals with extraordinary energy. Here on The 5 AM Miracle Podcast we discuss early mornings, and we dive deep into topics like healthy habits, personal development, and rockin productivity! This week I interview Joshua Becker and we discuss how he was able to slowly reduce the number of items he owned in order to spend more of his time, money, and energy on what he values most. But first, if you consider yourself a productivity junkie, then I think you re going to love my ebook, 10 Miracles. 10 Miracles is a short ebook that highlights my Top 10 Tools for Productivity Junkies. I personally use and LOVE all of these tools and I think you will too. To get your free copy of the ebook and audiobook, visit 10Miracles.com. Now, let s begin with this week s feature segment!

4 4 [Fade Music Up and Out] My guest today is one of the leading voices in the modern simplicity movement. He is the founder and editor of Becoming Minimalist, a website dedicated to intentional living that was named by SUCCESS Magazine as one of the top ten personal development websites in He is also the Wall Street Journal best selling author of Simplify and Clutterfree with Kids He is also the Founder of The Hope Effect, a nonprofit organization changing how the world cares for orphans. I am very honored to speak with Joshua Becker here on The 5 AM Miracle Podcast. Welcome to the show Joshua! [Play Interview] [Fade In Spring in My Step ] Now I want to tell you a little more about why I love my Jabra wireless headphones.

5 5 Wireless Comfortable in ear design Designed for active workouts, running, and cross training activities Pair really well with my favorite running app on my iphone (Strava) Pulse: built in heart rate monitor Sport Coach: built in motion sensor and live feedback Every month you will have the chance to win a free pair of Jabra Headphones. Enter at Jabra.com/5am. Once again, that s Jabra.com/5am. I also want to tell you a little more about Nozbe. For the last 3 years I have been personally using Nozbe every single day to manage ALL of my tasks, projects, events, appointments, meetings, and random ideas. It is my go to solution for managing all of my many personal and professional commitments, and I know it can be the same for you. Nozbe is a tool utilized by more than 300,000 busy people and effective teams from all around the world to get their tasks and projects done. Nozbe is both a desktop and mobile web app, and

6 6 also offers native apps for the Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, Apple Watch, ipad, and iphone. And to make your productivity system more robust, you can seamlessly attach to Nozbe tasks your Evernote notes or files from your Dropbox, Box or Google Drive. Also, every Nozbe PRO user gets a second account for their partner included for free. To set up your free 30 day Nozbe PRO trial, go to Nozbe.com/5am And when you upgrade, use coupon code 5AM to save additional 10%. Once again, visit Nozbe.com/5am. [Fade Out Music] This week s Tip is a great quotation from Mark Victor Hansen, author of many books including the popular, Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Quotation Action eradicates fear. No matter what you fear, positive, self affirming action can diminish or completely cancel that which you are fearful of. Hang this on your vision board, look at it every day,

7 7 and constantly remind yourself that action diminishes fear and moves you forward. [Opening Night Music] Action Steps: #1 Decide today to identify as a minimalist. No, you don t have to live on 100 total items, but if you begin calling yourself a minimalist today, you can begin the most important challenge of all transforming the way you think about all of the things you let into your life. Becoming a minimalist is about much more than living out of backpack. It s about being intentional with everything you own, every project you pursue, and every piece of matter that takes us space in your brain. Choosing to call yourself a minimalist today will get your started on the path to clearing the physical, mental, and psychological junk out of your life for good. #2 Read Joshua Becker s book, The More of Less. This really is a great book, and it has been challenging me to re look at everything I own and ask the question, do I need this?

8 8 Do I truly care about this thing? Is it worth it to continue owning, cleaning, and organizing this item, OR, and I better off without it? As you read Joshua s book you can t help but stop and think about your overstuffed closet, or the drawer in your kitchen that has gotten so cluttered you can t ever find what you re looking for. Right now, as you are hearing this, if you are getting that feeling in your gut that you know there s something to be purged from your life, then this book is for you. #3 Choose an inspiring quotation to hang on your vision board. I usually have between 6 and 10 inspiring sayings, verses, quotations, or phrases on my vision board at all times. There s not a day that goes by that I don t find some inspiration in one or more of them. You don t have to choose the same quotations that I have, but that one from Mark Victor Hansen is really good! Whatever you choose, make sure it s personal and inspiring to you right now in your current season of life.

9 9 [Fade In Music] As always, if you would like to see the complete list of the links I mentioned in this episode, please visit the show notes page at JeffSanders.com/150, as in Episode 150. Also, I would be grateful if you would rate my podcast in itunes. That helps tremendously with keeping my podcast visible so that people who have never heard of it can discover it. I created a quick 2 minute video that shows you how to rate and review any podcast, which you can watch at JeffSanders.com/review Or, just head on over to JeffSanders.com/itunes to leave your review right now. Finally, on the podcast next week I will be discussing morning routines and, more specifically, 7 things you must do before 7:00 am. Well, that's it for this episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast. Until next time remember, you have the power to change your life, and the fun begins bright and early.

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