The Downside Of Being An Achiever

<p>Most achievers I know struggle with truly feeling fulfillment. Some of my thoughts after a long weekend.</p> <p>Hit me up on IG! @russellbrunson<br /> Text Me! 208-231-3797<br /> Join my newsletter at <a href="https://marketingsecrets.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marketingsecrets.com</a><br /> <a href="https://clubhousewithrussell.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">ClubHouseWithRussell.com</a><br /> <a href="https://magneticmarketingpodcast.com/listen-here" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Magnetic Marketing</a></p> <p>---Transcript---</p> <p>Hey, good morning everybody. This is Russell Brunson, and I want to welcome you back to the Marketing Seekers Podcast. I just dropped my kids off at school and I'm slowly exiting the parking lot with a million kids driving, hoping for my life. But I wanted to talk about something that's been on my mind for a little while, which is some of the downsides of being a hyper achiever.</p> <p>All right everyone, I'm still in the kids' parking lot, trying to get out, but I wanted to talk to you guys today about something that I was thinking about a lot this weekend, and it's interesting. I don't know if you'll learn anything from this, but I think for people who are like me, hopefully you'll feel less alone. And then people who aren't like me, this is me sitting on a couch and you get to be my therapist. So that's kind of the game plan. I hope that's all right.</p> <p>But what I want to talk about is some of the downsides of being an achiever, especially a hyper achiever. It's been interesting in my life and I wouldn't say all my life. When I was younger, I didn't have much direction or motivation or things I was trying to do. I used to come home from school and we'd watch cartoons and we'd eat Cheerios or Rice Krispies until dinner, and then we'd eat dinner and do homework, and that was kind of end of it. And I tried to play basketball. I tried to do some things, but I wasn't that good at anything. It wasn't until I started wrestling that I had my first identity shift,