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The Rich Roll Podcast

The Man Who (Literally) Owns Nothing: Radical Minimalist Robin Greenfield On Barefoot Walking 1,600 Miles, Living In Harmony With Earth, & Finding Freedom Through Simplicity

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 157 minutes

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Summary

Robin Greenfield is a transcendental environmental activist who has taken the concept of simplicity to its existential extreme. This conversation explores how Robin's radical approach to consumption challenges our assumptions about possession, examining his 1,600-mile journey down the Pacific coast, his current experiment living in Griffith Park with absolutely nothing, the nature of contentment, our interdependence with Earth, and the liberation found in surrendering attachment. At one point, he fashions a toothbrush from a California bay branch right before our eyes. Robin is minimalism personified. This conversation will recalibrate your material perspective. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: 1.  On: High-performance shoes & apparel crafted for comfort and style 👉on.com/richroll 2.  Momentous: 20% OFF all of my favorite products  👉livemomentous.com/richroll 3.  BetterHelp: Get 10% OFF the first month👉BetterHelp.com/richroll. 4.  LMNT: Get a FREE LMNT sample pack for just $5 shipping 👉 drinkLMNT.com/RICHROLL. 5. IQBAR: Get 20% OFF all IQBAR products plus FREE shipping. Just text RICHROLL to sixty-four thousand. Message and data rates may apply. Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors 👉 richroll.com/sponsors   Find out more about Voicing Change Media at voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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my splits or the distances I could run and even the number

0:23.5

of people my words and my voice could reach. But age and wisdom hard earned have actually taught me

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a lesson. And that lesson is that the hardness required to do hard things is only going to get you

0:35.6

so far. The best of what movement and even life

0:39.3

has on offer is so much more about soft wins because the victories that stick with you,

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I can tell you never have anything to do with a stopwatch. So what is this idea of soft winds?

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Well, it might be that perfect trail moment where maybe you're

0:56.2

moody slow, but you're in the zone where time dissolved and you're purely present and so

1:01.6

connected with nature that you're overwhelmed with gratitude. Or it could be that soul-filling feeling

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that you get when you share a deep conversation with a running buddy, or perhaps it's

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