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459. I'm so tired of being ambitious

09/17/2026
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Ambition feels like my entire personality and I'm trying to fix that. Who are we beyond our ambition? In a world that only cares about success, output and productivity, what do we feel like we'll lose when we slow down?

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In this episode I explore: 

  • The psychology of highly ambitious people
  • The lies that ambition tells us 
  • How ambition steals your joy 
  • How to value yourself beyond your output 
  • What matters more than ambition
  • The way to slow ambition and why it builds more 

If you can relate, this is the episode for you! 

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