Podcast - Episode 0196 - Getting Needs Met At Every Maslow Level

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• In a previous podcast, Dan talked a lot about moving away from pain, and now he has pivoted to moving toward happiness and pleasure
• He realized that even though he had an excellent job, it wasn’t keeping up with the happiness level in the rest of his life.
• He left his career and sold his house to become a full-time adventurer
• Photography became his new passion
• He loved hiking so much he decided he wanted to do a lot more of it.
• He hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in five and a half months
• Dan is an INFP. His copilot is Extraverted Intuition which is all about exploration
• As he explored, he got greater clarity on the things he was passionate about, which didn’t include owning a home which felt like an anchor
• He simplified his life
• Strip out the nonessentials and life becomes less expensive and travel is easier without the monthly debt load.
• Dan’s never been afraid of hard work which got him the income to pursue the things he wanted
• He had fat to trim because he put so much hard work in building up the necessary resources
• Hiking the Appalachian Trail is not easy. It requires hard work.
• He worked very hard to become homeless and unemployed – it was a process.
• One step at a time
• You can work hard for the things that don’t matter, or you can work hard on the things that fulfill you
• Appalachian Trail is over 2000 miles (3500 km) long
• Planning to walk that distance is a challenge, especially for INFPs
• Break down the plan as simply as you can
• Take note of the questions and concerns you have along the way.
• Don’t let those things get overwhelming. Write them down, one by one, and address them one at a time.
• It takes an INFP forever to make a decision but once the decision is made they are a force of nature.
• They have chewed on a concept a lot, so the motivation is there once a decision is made.
• Internal alignment – “This is what I am about, and this is what I have to bring to this world.”
• “What is my message?”
• Beauty is Everywhere
• We don’t appreciate how much beauty is out there – in nature, in people, everywhere
• We get distracted from it, but it is out there for anyone who wants to look for it.
• People were all fantastic on the hike
• Great things come from stretching beyond your comfort zone
• “I want you to come adventuring with me.”
• When we develop our copilot, it requires us to do it and wait to see what comes of it.
• Trust the process – clarity will come.
• People don’t always get their needs met because they aren’t sure what their needs are.
• When you get down to survival level, you get a lot of clarity on what your needs are
• We need three things
• Clarity on what our needs are
• Permission to meet those needs
• Strategy for getting those needs met
• “Where are you right this second in Maslows pyramid and what is your need vs the mental clutter?”
• Make your own needs the priority
• Identify something in your life that you feel is a need going unmet.
• What strategies can you employ to get that need met?
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