The Curse of the High Achiever with Dan Mason

"A lot of the coaching work I do with clients is informed by attachment theory. We have to look at what your relationship to success is like. Are you driven by anxiety, the desire to be liked, to feel good enough? Or, are you driven by avoidance when it comes to work? There are a lot of people who didn't get their needs met in their early years of life. This is what we review so that we can assess what to do." 

I've been in business for more than 30 years. Every once in a while, I’ll meet someone who is hugely successful, yet very unhappy. It always puzzled me. There are so many people that have climbed the top of the success ladder, yet feel like they’re just on a treadmill. They're just so focused on business wins that they’ve found themselves so disconnected from their life outside of the office. They might not even know why they're even doing the business they're in anymore. Before they know it, burnout kicks in. 

I’ve definitely had moments in my life where I’ve been through that (and you may have too).

It’s been important to me to dig further into this, and the ‘curse of the high achiever’. Learning more about why we do what we do, and how to navigate it can be empowering. Hopefully, once you work through this yourself, this can be something you can even teach your clients when it comes to their investments and their lives.

If you feel this way, my chat with Dan Mason will help you kick-start your journey back to yourself with some practical tools to achieve practical happiness. 

Dan Mason is an international career and life happiness coach, television personality, keynote speaker, and host of Apple’s #1 debut podcast, Life Amplified. He teaches unfulfilled high achievers how to trade the corporate grind for a life with more happiness, meaning, wealth, and fun. Through his coaching and television appearances, he’s taught over 20 million people globally how to thrive in their purpose.

Dan took his own journey and turned it into skills that he uses to help his clients. He spent 20 years as a media executive and on-air talent, overseeing very successful radio brands and major markets across the United States. He had a pretty sweet life, hosting album release parties with names like Taylor Swift and Maroon 5. It all looked great online! He invested so much energy into cultivating that image of success. Eventually, the wins were less fulfilling and, like many high achievers, he just tried to push through and achieve something bigger. At age 38, he was on blood pressure medication and battling shingles. 

After taking a deep assessment of his life, he realized success and happiness are not mutually exclusive, which placed him on the path to personal growth and figuring out who he was, not just what he did for a living.

Now he’s using this knowledge and experience to help thousands of people around the world through his one-on-one coaching, podcast and media appearances. 

Whether you’re a new advisor that wants to make sure you’re set up to live a balanced life or you’re a seasoned veteran who feels burnt out and wanting some help to get back on track, this episode has something for you.

Dan talks about: 

• How you can break the curse of the high achiever and feel fulfilled in all parts of your life.
• Understanding the why behind our desire and motivation to achieve even ‘more’.
• How to understand your relationship with success and how it motivates you every day.
• The science behind your ability to innovate and change as you move through your career.
• How to stay relevant as you progress through your entrepreneurial career and transition through the phases of your intelligence curve.
• Knowing when you’re ready to transition to a different part of your career and why it’s a great thing for you and your team.

If you’re feeling this way, you’ll want to tune in to this episode. Or consider sharing this with someone whom you know will benefit from it.

What’s your purpose or why? What’re you doing to build a deeper connection with potential and existing clients? I’d love to have a conversation about what motivates you and in turn, help you build more engagement with your clients.  Let’s connect over a virtual coffee! 

Set up a virtual coffee with me here: https://aspect.ipcc.ca/turning-the-page-podcast#grabcoffeewithchris 

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Let’s talk soon!

Chris