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When I was young, I had a crisp picture of success: walking out of Penn Station in a sharp suit, into the marble lobby of a top investment bank. I got there. The right suit, the right lobby. What I actually remember now is an ergonomic chair, takeout at 1 a.m., and rarely seeing my friends or the sun.
That's the irony of modern life. It arrives holding a trophy in one hand and a pair of handcuffs in the other. In this episode, I dig into the four symptoms it leaves us with, and what to actually do about each one.
You'll learn how to:
Name what you're really feeling, because we constantly misdiagnose the real problem
Uncover the unspoken need sitting underneath restlessness, comparison, loneliness, or invisibility
See through the proxies we measure precisely because they're easy to count
Go after the real thing directly instead of the substitute that keeps you running
Along the way, I share the Harvard study on why more money never felt like enough, why the paycheck I remember most was $1,872 and not the one that let me retire early, the late nights with my band that I still miss more than any concert, and the small gesture of closing a laptop that made people feel seen.
Because you're not behind or ahead. You're right where you are, and there's nothing wrong with your nose, or with you.
Thank you, and I love you.
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00:00 - Intro
02:22 - Symptom 1 - Restless
05:10 - Sponsor: Monarch
06:09 - Symptom 2 - Behind
08:43 - Symptom 3 - Alone
10:48 - Symptom 4 - Unseen
13:33 - The Remedy
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