Daniel Packard
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
result and so i was trained to do that i loved doing it and the good news was engineering school taught me to make machines and inventions work but they didn't teach me how to make life work and so yeah i could make a robot that played ping pong yay i don't know but i had anxiety procrastination people pleasing perfectionism low confidence and i wasn't happy You know, I was successful.
result and so i was trained to do that i loved doing it and the good news was engineering school taught me to make machines and inventions work but they didn't teach me how to make life work and so yeah i could make a robot that played ping pong yay i don't know but i had anxiety procrastination people pleasing perfectionism low confidence and i wasn't happy You know, I was successful.
result and so i was trained to do that i loved doing it and the good news was engineering school taught me to make machines and inventions work but they didn't teach me how to make life work and so yeah i could make a robot that played ping pong yay i don't know but i had anxiety procrastination people pleasing perfectionism low confidence and i wasn't happy You know, I was successful.
I was functional, but there was a version of me within that I couldn't gain access to because of all that stuff. So like your audience, I go looking for help and I get some insights. I get some awareness. I get some knowledge. I get some tips and tools. But after 10 years, it just, it wasn't gone. I was still doing it. And I, I thought it was my fault.
I was functional, but there was a version of me within that I couldn't gain access to because of all that stuff. So like your audience, I go looking for help and I get some insights. I get some awareness. I get some knowledge. I get some tips and tools. But after 10 years, it just, it wasn't gone. I was still doing it. And I, I thought it was my fault.
I was functional, but there was a version of me within that I couldn't gain access to because of all that stuff. So like your audience, I go looking for help and I get some insights. I get some awareness. I get some knowledge. I get some tips and tools. But after 10 years, it just, it wasn't gone. I was still doing it. And I, I thought it was my fault.
I thought, I guess this is as good as life gets. Yeah. And not only was I sad and probably depressed and really not living the life I wanted to live, I was pissed. And I remember looking up to whoever's up there pulling the strings. And I was just said, I just said, hey, what do you want from me? I just spent 10 years working on myself and I'm still doing this. This is a test. But what's the test?
I thought, I guess this is as good as life gets. Yeah. And not only was I sad and probably depressed and really not living the life I wanted to live, I was pissed. And I remember looking up to whoever's up there pulling the strings. And I was just said, I just said, hey, what do you want from me? I just spent 10 years working on myself and I'm still doing this. This is a test. But what's the test?
I thought, I guess this is as good as life gets. Yeah. And not only was I sad and probably depressed and really not living the life I wanted to live, I was pissed. And I remember looking up to whoever's up there pulling the strings. And I was just said, I just said, hey, what do you want from me? I just spent 10 years working on myself and I'm still doing this. This is a test. But what's the test?
What do you want? And I was just being rhetorically angry. I didn't expect an answer from above, but I got an answer. And that answer was results matter. And I had to have a really sad realization that this 10 years that I'd spent with therapists, psychologists, spiritual teachers, these are well-intentioned people.
What do you want? And I was just being rhetorically angry. I didn't expect an answer from above, but I got an answer. And that answer was results matter. And I had to have a really sad realization that this 10 years that I'd spent with therapists, psychologists, spiritual teachers, these are well-intentioned people.
What do you want? And I was just being rhetorically angry. I didn't expect an answer from above, but I got an answer. And that answer was results matter. And I had to have a really sad realization that this 10 years that I'd spent with therapists, psychologists, spiritual teachers, these are well-intentioned people.
They mean well, they have some knowledge, but like, let's be honest, results matter. Not great results. 10 years, $100,000 spent, and I'm still doing this. That's not good results. If you go to a doctor with a broken leg, and 10 years later, you're like, wow, I'm gaining a lot of awareness around my broken leg. I'm learning to journal about my broken leg.
They mean well, they have some knowledge, but like, let's be honest, results matter. Not great results. 10 years, $100,000 spent, and I'm still doing this. That's not good results. If you go to a doctor with a broken leg, and 10 years later, you're like, wow, I'm gaining a lot of awareness around my broken leg. I'm learning to journal about my broken leg.
They mean well, they have some knowledge, but like, let's be honest, results matter. Not great results. 10 years, $100,000 spent, and I'm still doing this. That's not good results. If you go to a doctor with a broken leg, and 10 years later, you're like, wow, I'm gaining a lot of awareness around my broken leg. I'm learning to journal about my broken leg.
I have this vision board where I'm salsa dancing again. It's like, that's not great results. And I just said... It's because the Improvement Industrial Complex has well-intentioned people, but they don't solve things. They're not built for that. They're teachers. They're not innovators. And I am. I'm an engineer. And so I said, well, maybe I'll apply my gifts.
I have this vision board where I'm salsa dancing again. It's like, that's not great results. And I just said... It's because the Improvement Industrial Complex has well-intentioned people, but they don't solve things. They're not built for that. They're teachers. They're not innovators. And I am. I'm an engineer. And so I said, well, maybe I'll apply my gifts.
I have this vision board where I'm salsa dancing again. It's like, that's not great results. And I just said... It's because the Improvement Industrial Complex has well-intentioned people, but they don't solve things. They're not built for that. They're teachers. They're not innovators. And I am. I'm an engineer. And so I said, well, maybe I'll apply my gifts.
of engineering and problem solving and innovation, keyword innovation. We need innovation because what's being sold right now is not getting the job done. Now, it's not a slight to those people, but we need to innovate.
of engineering and problem solving and innovation, keyword innovation. We need innovation because what's being sold right now is not getting the job done. Now, it's not a slight to those people, but we need to innovate.