#065 - The Dangerous Side of Ambition, Entrepreneurship & Goal Setting
What is success? Does it have to mean the same thing to all of us? And how can we break away from society's definition of success and forge our own - especially when our definition of success may be daringly different to other people?
These are questions I want us to tackle in this episode.
I discuss...
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Why it's dangerous to measure success through external circumstances & achievements
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Why I don't think we should define success by how happy we feel either.
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A balanced approach to goal-setting and ambition. (Because having big goals is NOT a damaging thing. But your perspective may be.)
- 08:38 - Popular definitions of success
- 11:26 - My old definition of success
- 13:12 - How your upbringing, culture and background shapes your early definition of success
- 15:00 - Why I don't want my definition of success to be based on how I "feel" or external achievements & circumstances
- 19:27 - My new definition of success
- 21:04 - What contributes to making life feel whole regardless of whether you've achieved your external goals or not