Fascinating visit with the expert on "Scarcity Mindset": Michael Easter
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2024-02-09に共有
In today’s episode, Dawn is joined by Michael Easter, a New York Times Bestselling author, journalist, and professor who wrote the books The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain. Together, they discuss how our society's pursuit of ease has drastically changed the way in which we think and live - and tactics of how to not fall into the scarcity mindset trap!
ABOUT MICHAEL EASTER:
Michael's work explores how we can leverage modern science and evolutionary wisdom to perform better and live healthier and more meaningful lives. His ideas have been adopted by NASA, MLB teams, NCAA D1 athletic programs, US Special Forces units, Fortune-500 companies, top tier universities, and millions of people worldwide.
IN THIS EPISODE:
-How pursuing ease has changed our society
-Scarcity brain
-Why are we bad at moderation
-Our focus on unpredictability
-The relationship between scarcity and creativity
-When to introduce social media to our kids
-Gratitude journals are probably not the answer!
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Scarcity Brain amzn.to/42xvJO2
Comfort Crisis amzn.to/49qZqT6
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Hi, I'm Dawn, if we haven't met before, I'm married to Tom and we have four kids ages 8-13. We live outside of the Twin Cities in MN and have called ourselves minimalists for 8 years now. We got rid of 85% of our stuff and don't miss ANY OF IT!
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Interesting thought about creativity. My uncle taught art for many years. He found if you give a kid the whole box of 64 crayons they had difficulty drawing stuff but if he gave them three colors they were much more free and creative.
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My favorite memory as a kid was doing scavenger hunts in the yard. We’d be given a list of nature items to find, it was so much fun to go around to find the items. We also made tiny villages in the areas around the base of trees using sticks, pine ones, pine needles to make tiny beds. It was so much fun, but I’m old.😂
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Warm food tastes so amazing when I’m camping. It’s seems like the best food ever made when it’s made outside.
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I remember my sister-in-law saying to her boys once when they were complaining of boredom, she said "great, well just be bored for a while, that's okay." They went off and we heard laughter from the other room within minutes. They'd made up some game and they were all obviously enjoying it.
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When my kids have no plastic food for their play kitchen, they pretend all kinds of meals from imagination. But when I buy a whole bin of plastic food toys, it gets dumped and they are not as interested. It’s total proof for Dawn’s point about kids toys!
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Yes, to Hot water! I thank God everyday that I shower for the hot water. Even more since I came back from Papua New Guinea and my friends would wake up on a cold morning and walk through a cold river waist high to go to work every day. So thankful for bridges, cars and Doctors.
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Sometimes when I sit with my gratitude journal, I can't think of something to write. It's not that I'm not grateful, but when I'm all caught up with what's going on in my life, I don't want my gratitude journal to say the same thing every day, like my job, my husband, my friend. I guess I wasn't thinking about really getting down to basics like hot, running water, or electricity, etc. This was eye opening. Thank you
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When this video started, I almost came out of it. Didn’t think it would be interesting. So glad I stayed, that was amazing. Growing up a country girl and realizing that it’s basically common sense he was talking about. You know you’re going to feel better if you get outside some but we don’t because it may take a bit of effort that we don’t think we can expend. Present days have made us lazy at living a better quality of life which for the most past, is free. Love you Dawn.
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"Thats not my problem to solve." What a great line to use!!!! I know personally I do better with less then more. But I struggle from a scarcity mind set so it's hard at times to balance.
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Wow Dawn! You have had so many great guests on your podcast already! So cool to watch all youve accomplished over the years. Thanks for all you do!
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This interview has been so interesting, as usual. Really has given me a little boost to become more intentional about getting my family outside more, especially since we live on acreage and have no excuses. Thankyou! I grew up on a farm in very hot and humid northern Australia, with no running water let alone hot water, nor even 4 walls on the shed that we lived in and definitely no A/C etc. and even I forget to appreciate what I have now.
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I went to a wonderful, amazing summer camp in Arkansas as a kid that was all about having old-fashioned fun. One of the things the counselors and staff said all the time was, Only boring people are bored!! That summer camp was one of the best parts of my childhood. My sons went there 25 years later and would say the same.
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I am in a study group at my church. We are studying the book: Seculosity. The book examines all the things replacing traditional religion today. It resonates in the same way as your conversation.
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I just finished reading “The Open Air Life” (I think) that talks about the value of being outside on a daily basis. Lots of great ideas ❤
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I truly wish I could go without my phone, but with the torture of tinnitus, I don't have that luxury. It's so stressful to constantly have to have some kind of sound going in your ear pretty much 24/7. Just being able to hear a bird sing makes me cry bc I go for months not being able to
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Omgosh!!! I just finished comfort crisis and picked up scarcity brain at the library!!! So excited to watch this!!
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So interesting! Important to become aware of WHY we do what we do. Thanks Dawn & Michael!
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This was an exceptional podcast. I am going to relisten as there is so much good information to take in. Thank you both.
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Oh my goodness!! My daughter is 4 years old and I carry her a lot. People judge me about that.
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I have been carrying my kids a lot, especially as babies, so I am happy to hear it was good for them even if it was so hard. My smallest is turning 2 in few months and I still need to carry him quite a lot and it's breaking my back. 😅
