"The Symbiosis of Love" (Patreon)

Patreon 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.