7 Reasons Why High Achievers Never Feel Satisfied | Ed Mylett
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Why does achievement become an addiction that steals happiness?
This is the admiral show. Hey everyone, welcome to my weekend special. I hope you enjoy the show. Be sure to follow the Ed Milette show on Apple and Spotify. Links are in the show notes. You'll never miss an episode that way. Now on with the show. Okay, welcome back to the show, everybody. It's so good to have you here with me today. And what we're gonna talk about today is something that I bet you've never had discussed with you before in your life. And you know, there's all kinds of different addictions in life. You know, we can become you know addicted to alcohol or we can become addicted to a person, we can become addicted to drugs, we can become addicted to gambling. And all of those are really well-known addictions.
There's one addiction that I see become so prevalent in our culture today that I do not see being discussed in the business world or in the personal development, the self help world. Because it's sort of a scary topic to touch on. And so what I want to talk about today is achievement addiction. And I know that may sound like an interesting thing coming from somebody whose show is all about, you know, achieving your dreams and making great things happen in your life and changing your life, but there can become an addiction to achievement that becomes very unhealthy. And one of my concerns about so many of you that are involved in the, you know, the podcast or personal development world. is that you begin to miss the forest for the trees and that you begin to become addicted to achievement in a way that is unhealthy.
You know, all kinds of studies right now. If you write this down, just remember this phrase right now. Process over product. That if you're always focused on the product you're producing and the achievement that you must have, you lose focus over the process. And what happens oftentimes in life is we become so focused on the fruit of our life. We become so obsessed with the fruit that we want to produce in our life that this takes all of our energy and focus away from building the tree that could actually produce fruit for a lifetime. We become so addicted in the finish line and the achievement. This addiction to achievement that it becomes incredibly unhealthy to our long-term mental health and also our long-term wealth accumulation, our long-term building, because we don't learn the process of delayed gratification and we don't fall in love with the process of doing something great in our life as opposed to always being addicted to the product.
And this achievement, addiction becomes incredibly unhealthy. It can become unhealthy because you delay all of your bliss in your life until you get to particular destinations. Once I get this achievement, then I'll be happy. Once I get this relationship, then I'll be happy. Once I get this amount of money, then I'll be happy. And this addiction to the finish line. keeps all of the bliss and our joy in our life into the future. There's there is a way to be blissful now and still being productive. The other thing that happens when you're addicted to achievement is that you become it, it can very carefully, insidiously become a perfectionism addiction where you think everything you have to do has to become perfect.
That can cause paralysis. That can cause you, I'm talking about analysis paralysis, that can cause you to not want to take risks or take steps or step into the unknown because it's all about the achievement. achievement. It's all about the finish line. This can lead to a life that's really not very harmonious. All kinds of data tells us right now, and I've said this, you know, previously, that actually the brain produces more of dopamine, which is our joy chemical, our pleasure center, the pleasantness in our life. We produce more dopamine during the process of achieving something than when we actually get to the actual finish line of the achievement. Brain studies now show us that when you get to the end and you get to the dopamine, it actually falls off the charts downwards once you get the achievement.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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Why does achievement become an addiction that steals happiness?
0:04–14:22
2
How does the concept of “process over product” change our approach to success?
14:22–23:59
3
What lessons does Fallon Taylor share about finding fulfillment after becoming a world champion?
23:59–35:46
4
How does Inky Johnson describe committing to the process without guarantees?
35:46–45:15
5
What distinction does Matthew McConaughey make between happiness and joy?
45:15–57:36
6
How does Dean Graziosi suggest balancing personal growth with business success?
57:36–1:12:20
7
What systems does Rob Dyrdek use to design and optimize his time for a balanced life?
1:12:20–1:23:37
8
Why does Jesse Itzler emphasize starting before you’re ready and building habits across life areas?
1:23:37–1:34:20
Speakers
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