The Achievement Trap

What is driving you in your business? This episode is probably one of the most important episodes I’ve ever recorded. Today, I share with you something that I personally struggled with personally and professionally.  And I believe you can probably relate to this, too.

The moment you stop striving to achieve something to feel worthy is the moment where you experience something much more powerful

I want to ask you a question, and your answer to this question will ultimately determine the kind of business you create and the quality of life that you experience.

Here’s the million-dollar question – What is driving you in your business?

If I look back on my own network marketing career, what was ALWAYS driving me was ‘the next thing.’  One month it was to sign a certain ‘A-player’ prospect.  The next it was to hit the next rank.  Then to win a company trip.  The car.  The ‘top earner.’….iti went on and on and on.

And each ‘nest thing’ was supposed to make me happy and feel better in my life.

But, after the initial happiness faded away from hitting my goals, I felt exactly the same as I did before. I was still miserable and I felt totally alone, actually I kind of feel worse.

That happiness is gone in seconds…and then you’re on to ‘the next thing’ again.

This is what I call the achievement trap.

We have this mindset that our accomplishments in life will make us worthy, happy, and fulfilled in life. We do the hustle to reach our goals.  Then we realize that each new accomplishment has a very empty, hollow feeling.

I hope this episode sheds light on your own achievement trap. I’m going to teach you how to break free from this in your business so that you’ll start finding more sustainable happiness, joy, and fulfillment in the work that you do.

Episode Quotes

“Freedom isn't the ability to do what you want. Freedom is doing what you want.”

“The more you chase freedom, the less likely you'll achieve it.”

“There is no amount of money or accomplishment that will ever make you feel worthy.”

“Social media is lighter fluid on the flame of scarcity and ‘not enough.’”

“You've got to slow down to get on the right path and speed up.”

“Love is the antidote to scarcity and fear.”

“You aren’t worthy because of what you do; you are worthy because of who you are.”

“Meaning is ambition about purpose and living a life that makes a difference for other people.”

Listen to Learn

3:31 – What is driving you in your business?

5:50 – A look back to scarcity mindset

7:48 – The achievement trap and why it's keeping you miserable

18:07 – My story: The dream of hitting the ‘Decision Position’

30:01 – Social media and scarcity

36:06 – How to break free from achievement trap

Mentioned: episode 108 – It’s the End of Network Marketing as We Know It 

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