The Great Lie of Achievement: Why $650M Won't Fix You
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
in the last 12 months i've had probably the greatest entrepreneurial run of my life and a lot of people don't know about it yet i have severe adhd that i got diagnosed with three years ago before that i just thought i was crazy and i think athletes and entrepreneurs are kind of cut of the same cloth that critic is actually making us perform better we are always either living in the past because we're thinking about the regret and the shame of the mistakes that we made or we're always living in the future thinking, what can I do achieve or obtain to feel enough?
I'm very excited to chat with you. Obviously, I know your story and have done a lot of research and stuff, but I guess I'm most interested in, is there anything relevant, timely today? And that could be something you have going on. It could be a story that just came across your desk. It could be something that just happened in your life. And you're like, man, I just, this is hot on my brain. I want to talk about it. Like, is there any, like anything burning a hole that you'd love to chat about?
How does Blake Mycoskie define the high-achiever's curse?
Yeah, I mean, I think the reason why I was excited to do your show is because it's all about finding peak performance. And in the last 12 months, I've had probably the greatest entrepreneurial run of my life. And a lot of people don't know about it yet. So a lot of people have been hearing about my mental health journey. And I know we'll get into that. And what's interesting is a lot of the healing that happened through my mental health journey gave birth to this freedom I felt the first time in my life because I'm not doing it to perform or for outside validation. I'm doing it just out of the love of the game. And so I've co-founded three companies and I've launched a podcast and a nonprofit all in 14 months.
So we got a lot to talk about.
What role does mental health play in performance for entrepreneurs?
I love it. All right. Yeah. So it's crazy. I mean, it's like, that's why I was excited when I saw this come across my desk. It was like, oh, this is the perfect show to talk about. I think the reason I'm performing so well is because I have healed this core wound inside me that I've never felt it up enough. Because when I was at Tom's and other entrepreneurial things I've done, I was always doing it with this feeling of lack. and that I needed to be successful, to be loved, or to be okay. And then now that I did all this healing in the last few years around Enough, and that led to the Enough nonprofit, which we can get into, it actually has unlocked an entrepreneurial creativity that I think is, I'm doing my best work.
I really want to dive into this idea of Enough, because I'll tell you, so I didn't plan on going here, but I guess we can use this as like an hour of free therapy for me. No. So I will say that in kind of researching what you're doing with this idea of enough and the enough movement, I was very enamored because this is a problem that I struggle with every day. I have... you know, severe ADHD that I got diagnosed with three years ago. Before that, I just thought I was crazy. I thought my brain just worked. I didn't understand what was wrong with me. You know what I mean? Maybe from the outside and since I've kind of went and got a formal diagnosis, not just like I took some online tests or whatever.
How can one detach from outcomes for better performance?
I was like, I want to figure out why is it that there is never enough, right? Maybe I couldn't put it in that word. I'm using that word today because I'm sitting with you. But like, When I was researching, talking to you and what you have going on right now, I was like, oh my God, this is what I struggle with every day is this constant sense that if I have 15 minutes and it's 9.30 at night, instead of picking up a book or sitting on the couch and just relaxing, I'm back on my computer because God forbid, I can't get another article out or another email sent or something. And am I falling behind if I'm not doing that? So I guess-
This is classic optimization.
So you're constantly trying to optimize. So my question is maybe starting with, and let me know if this is the wrong place to start, but- I love it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:04
2
How does Blake Mycoskie define the high-achiever's curse?
1:04–1:54
3
What role does mental health play in performance for entrepreneurs?
1:54–3:24
4
How can one detach from outcomes for better performance?
3:24–5:13
5
What is the significance of the 'Enough' movement?
5:13–6:57
6
How does Blake use an AI therapist in his routine?
6:57–8:25
7
What is Blake's simple morning routine for success?
8:25–9:23
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How do mental and physical health connect in achieving goals?
9:23–1:02:31
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