511: The Forge of Life by Steve Pavlina

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as one of the most successful personal development bloggers on the Internet, with his work attracting more than 100 million visits to his website, StevePavlina.com. He has written more than 1300 articles and recorded many audio programs on a broad range of self-help topics, including productivity, relationships, and spirituality. Steve has been quoted as an expert by the New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Daily News, Self Magazine, The Guardian, and countless other publications. He's also a frequent guest on popular podcasts and radio shows. Episode 511: The Forge of Life by Steve Pavlina (Developing Habits & Personal Growth). The original post is located here: https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2015/06/the-forge-of-life Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 511, The Forge of Life by Steve Pavlina of StevePavlina.com
0:06.7	and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:07.9	Happy Friday, it woke up to Optimal Living Daily, a podcast with a crazy vision of bringing
0:12.5	hundreds of blogs to audio for free. Actually thousands of blog posts now.
0:16.9	And sometimes even books. As for blogs, I currently read from a bunch of different personal
0:21.7	development and minimalism blogs, like theme minimalist, market angel, Derek Sivers,
0:26.8	Zen Habits, James Clear, and our author today, The Very Popular, Steve Pavlina.
0:32.4	And really quickly, I recently joined Patreon. And as of this recording, I'm just about 75% of
0:38.6	the way to my first goal, which would help pay for the new podcast Optimal Living Daily Relationships.
0:44.3	And to be honest, I jumped the gun so that podcast is losing money. But I thought it was worth it.
0:49.0	If I get to 100% the show will at least break even. So if you're in a position to do so,
0:54.5	I greatly appreciate your help. By contributing, you'll actually get bonuses,
0:58.7	add free versions of this show, including this part right now, since it's essentially an ad,
1:03.0	personalize videos from me and more. It depends on your level of contribution.
1:07.5	So to see that info and help keep this podcast alive, come by oldpodcast.com slash help.
1:13.7	It'd mean a lot. But for now, it's here today's post as we optimize your life.
1:18.1	The Forge of Life by Steve Pavlina of StevePavlina.com
1:27.9	Sometimes I like thinking of life as a forge that molds us and gives us shape and substance as we live.
1:33.9	We come into this world like blocks of marble and were sculpted by experience.
1:38.4	We can let the forge do its job on its own, but we also have the option to consciously
1:42.4	participate in the process if we feel ready for that. We can collaborate with the forge in order
1:47.6	to have a say in what we're becoming. Recently, I attended a workshop by author speaker Tim
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