J. Douglas Holladay | Stop Following Your Passion & 4 Essential Steps to Success

<p>In today’s episode, we rethink the definition of success with J Douglas Holladay. Doug is the founder and CEO of Path North, a Georgetown University professor, former White House advisor, and the author of Rethinking Success: Eight Essential Practices for Finding Meaning in Work and Life.</p> <p> </p> <p>In an age when more and more people are finding themselves trapped by the idea of a nonstop pursuit of material wealth, it’s time to take a moment and redefine what success should mean before we run ourselves into the ground, so what should success look like and what can we do to find long-lasting success that genuinely makes us better people?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What to Listen For</strong></p> <ul> <li>What’s wrong with the <strong>current definition of success</strong> and why do we need to rethink it before we run ourselves into the ground?</li> <li>What is the <strong>difference between happiness and meaning</strong>, and how do you differentiate between the two so you are not chasing fleeting moments and rewards?</li> <li>Why is it more important to <strong>be comfortable sharing your weaknesses and failures</strong> instead of your strengths and successes?</li> <li>What role does forgiveness play in our ability to <strong>build and maintain relationships</strong>, and why can a lack of forgiveness be our downfall?</li> <li>How do we <strong>escape the trap of becoming our parents</strong> so we can take their best traits and ditch the worst traits?</li> <li>What can you do to <strong>find your own narrative</strong> while pushing back on everyone around you with their own narrative for who you are and who they expect you to be?</li> <li>What questions can you ask yourself to <strong>make sure you are living your story</strong> instead of the story everyone else wants you to live?</li> <li>What exercise can you do to <strong>integrate</strong> what you need to do and what you love to do?</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Many of us define success through a lens we develop over years of experience and exposure to