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Nick Pollard

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Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And it's really kind of now very often they'll burn out and they can continue to keep going because, well, they have responsibility and they have, you know, so entrepreneurs are really great at this. Um, we're awesome people pleasers very often because we get to a place where like the customer is always right.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And it's really kind of now very often they'll burn out and they can continue to keep going because, well, they have responsibility and they have, you know, so entrepreneurs are really great at this. Um, we're awesome people pleasers very often because we get to a place where like the customer is always right.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Um, and we're trying to make money in that first three years, especially where you really have to have boundaries. You really have to know what you're doing. Um, If you aren't careful, you can go down that road really quickly. But people that have high levels of success as people pleasers generally are burnt out and they're just kind of burying it.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Um, and we're trying to make money in that first three years, especially where you really have to have boundaries. You really have to know what you're doing. Um, If you aren't careful, you can go down that road really quickly. But people that have high levels of success as people pleasers generally are burnt out and they're just kind of burying it.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Um, and we're trying to make money in that first three years, especially where you really have to have boundaries. You really have to know what you're doing. Um, If you aren't careful, you can go down that road really quickly. But people that have high levels of success as people pleasers generally are burnt out and they're just kind of burying it.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And their misery is growing and their income is rising. And they're like, why aren't I getting happy? Why aren't I getting happy? Why aren't I getting happy? And the paychecks get bigger and it just keeps expanding. So it's like that foam you see that they make. And have you ever seen this stuff where they make this like super foam and they pour it out?

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And their misery is growing and their income is rising. And they're like, why aren't I getting happy? Why aren't I getting happy? Why aren't I getting happy? And the paychecks get bigger and it just keeps expanding. So it's like that foam you see that they make. And have you ever seen this stuff where they make this like super foam and they pour it out?

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And their misery is growing and their income is rising. And they're like, why aren't I getting happy? Why aren't I getting happy? Why aren't I getting happy? And the paychecks get bigger and it just keeps expanding. So it's like that foam you see that they make. And have you ever seen this stuff where they make this like super foam and they pour it out?

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

That's kind of what I feel like people pleasing does is that it starts out as this small problem. but it becomes very explosive toward the end. And then what you see is somebody with no boundaries, a self-image that's generally pretty flawed or wildly inaccurate. You see people that are depressed, and they'll come to me and say, I'm living in my own misery.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

That's kind of what I feel like people pleasing does is that it starts out as this small problem. but it becomes very explosive toward the end. And then what you see is somebody with no boundaries, a self-image that's generally pretty flawed or wildly inaccurate. You see people that are depressed, and they'll come to me and say, I'm living in my own misery.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

That's kind of what I feel like people pleasing does is that it starts out as this small problem. but it becomes very explosive toward the end. And then what you see is somebody with no boundaries, a self-image that's generally pretty flawed or wildly inaccurate. You see people that are depressed, and they'll come to me and say, I'm living in my own misery.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And I'm like, well, stop, just don't do that anymore. And they look at me like that's possible. Yeah, you can choose to not do this. And it's I think the biggest challenge is overcoming the idea, too, that the opposite of people pleasing isn't being an asshole. I think there's this, there's, it's this polarized thinking that, you know, you see it in American politics a lot.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And I'm like, well, stop, just don't do that anymore. And they look at me like that's possible. Yeah, you can choose to not do this. And it's I think the biggest challenge is overcoming the idea, too, that the opposite of people pleasing isn't being an asshole. I think there's this, there's, it's this polarized thinking that, you know, you see it in American politics a lot.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

And I'm like, well, stop, just don't do that anymore. And they look at me like that's possible. Yeah, you can choose to not do this. And it's I think the biggest challenge is overcoming the idea, too, that the opposite of people pleasing isn't being an asshole. I think there's this, there's, it's this polarized thinking that, you know, you see it in American politics a lot.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

You see it in, we see it in America a lot. And, you know, it's like, it's either left or right, right or wrong, black or white. And it's not that, you know, so. People's pleasing our asshole. Right. You know, why would you try and find the tipping point between two wildly toxic extremes? They're on the same through line. They both come from I'm not enough.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

You see it in, we see it in America a lot. And, you know, it's like, it's either left or right, right or wrong, black or white. And it's not that, you know, so. People's pleasing our asshole. Right. You know, why would you try and find the tipping point between two wildly toxic extremes? They're on the same through line. They both come from I'm not enough.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

You see it in, we see it in America a lot. And, you know, it's like, it's either left or right, right or wrong, black or white. And it's not that, you know, so. People's pleasing our asshole. Right. You know, why would you try and find the tipping point between two wildly toxic extremes? They're on the same through line. They both come from I'm not enough.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

So move up to I'm enough and then let's see where you land.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

So move up to I'm enough and then let's see where you land.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

So move up to I'm enough and then let's see where you land.