584: Jonathan Fields | Good Life Project

The Art of Charm

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Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.7 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Jonathan Fields (@jonathanfields) is a dad, husband, entrepreneur, and award-winning author -- most recently of How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom. The Cheat Sheet: How do we make sure we're not overextending ourselves in some areas of our lives while neglecting others? A good life is more about meaning than happiness -- happiness is a byproduct. What's the Good Life Bucket model, and how can we apply it to our own lives? Learn how to break out of autopilot and live a more reactive life that gives back in proportion to what you put into it. Take the Snapshot360 Quiz to discover how your buckets of vitality, connection, and contribution currently score (and how you can improve them). And so much more... Gentleman's Box is a men's subscription service that provides men around the world with four to six men's style and grooming essentials in a monthly box. Use promo code "CHARM" at checkout to save $5 off any subscription option at Gentleman's Box here! Learn over 500 subjects (no tests or homework!) at The Great Courses Plus -- The Art of Charm listeners get one month free here! Hate grocery shopping but you love to cook? Blue Apron delivers recipes and farm fresh ingredients to you. As an Art of Charm listener, you get your first two meals free here! The One You Feed is a podcast by Eric Zimmer and Chris Forbes that hosts inspiring conversations about creating a life worth living. Check it out here! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/584/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	Because we're kind of like, that's good.
0:01.5	Like if nothing's imploding or exploding,
0:03.4	like we're just good, you know, we're coasting, man.
0:05.4	We're good.
0:06.3	And then, yeah, you get down the road and you're like,
0:08.5	oh, no, actually, things really are not good.
0:11.2	Like this actually takes nourishing along the way.
0:16.3	Welcome to The Art of Charm.
0:17.6	I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger.
0:19.3	Today we're talking with my friend Jonathan Fields,
0:21.4	author of How to Live a Good Life,
0:23.2	a practical guide to a life well lived.
0:25.6	There's a lot in this book.
0:26.7	It's almost like a workbook instead of just a regular,
0:30.0	read as you go kind of novel or text,
0:33.1	but we're talking about the concept of buckets.
0:35.4	There's different buckets, connection relationships,
0:37.6	contributions, vitality.
0:39.4	There's laws that go in with the buckets.
0:41.1	And this is really an interesting practical episode
0:43.9	on making sure we're not ignoring vital areas of our life.
0:47.6	We're gaining purpose in our work,
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