Mar 06 2025 26 mins 3
Successful high achievers think they can always rely on themselves more than on other people. This idea helped fuel their success.
But it’s also why their success isn’t fulfilling, and why they feel on the verge of burnout.
In fact, a deep-rooted drive to do everything yourself is a sign that something's off under the surface. Isolation isn’t a strength. It’s a slow acting poison that leads to burnout, frustration, and an early grave.
And you know what?
If you resonate with this, you’ve just encountered a problem that you cannot solve alone.
Why?
Because the answer to unfulfilling success is connection. Connection is the key to everything you want (even if you don’t realize it or have tricked yourself into enjoying your own isolation).
In today’s show, you’ll discover why so many achievers screw up this fundamental truth about building a good and fulfilling and successful life—and how to start getting it right.
Listen now.
Show Highlights Include:
- The little-known reason why grinding your life away can be as lethal to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day (1:51)
- How high achievers rewire their nervous system to be more susceptible and affected by stress (and how to reverse this before it’s too late) (4:52)
- Why aren’t the wealthiest and most successful people the happiest? Here’s the cold, hard truth (6:12)
- The bizarre way your friend’s friend’s friend can make you gain weight (even if you never meet him)—and how this broadly applies to your entire social network (7:25)
- Maslow admitted his hierarchy of needs was wrong… are you still basing your success around it? (12:07)
- 4 fundamental human anxieties that drive all of your behavior (15:59)
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