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I’ll be back for more!
Jordan xox

I have always enjoyed your podcast, but some stand out more than others. That is exactly what this one did for me. For that reason you and Brene are both on my Yoda challenge. I have started with this and Twitter per your requests. I just need 5 minutes of your time for 3 questions. My name is Jared Seaton and sobriety is my superpower as well. [Moderator: email address removed.] Have a great day!

I’m a new listener and recently heard this episode. I agree with many of the listeners below who think focusing on the internal world is important work for you to continue. It got me thinking – would you ever collaborate with Brene Brown on a book? Or on a project geared toward youth?

I’m a peds nurse and used to be a school nurse. I was able to tour schools in the district over the first few months of my employment there to assess the health needs in our diverse communities for projects I would be working on. In some of the wealthier high achieving areas, I was struck by the mental and emotional health (I typically just call it brain health:-) issues related to significant pressure and focus on performance and achievement. At one school, there had already been approximately 20 instances of suicidal ideation reported to the site nurse, and it was only October.

I love and believe in performance improvement and efficiency. I think it leads to an improved quality of life personally and in our businesses and institutions, but when it comes to our personal goals, I think focus on performance should be related to things you want to pursue and for the right reasons. I know when I was younger especially, I would have appreciated more guidance on personally meaningful achievement; valuing oneself simply for who you are and not what you do/produce and how to deprogram this mindset; how just being the best version of you (aligning w/inner self, natural abilities and desires) can lead to improved performance and happiness; learning to self-assess where my achievement drive was coming from an when I was doing something for ultimately unsatisfying reasons vs. for reasons that would truly be fulfilling; and now, as a middle aged adult – how to “identify and dismantle the armor” (as Mrs. Brown so perfectly put it) that holds us back from connecting and achieving (whatever it is that you want to achieve of course – could be relational). I’ve observed many people in my age group that are only now actively pursuing goals they didn’t think they could achieve when they were younger, or were dissuaded from pursuing by outside pressures and expectations.

I know this is random, but I recently watched Taylor Swift’s documentary, Miss Americana, and it was heartbreaking to me how her extreme need for approval, a sort of “I’m not enough” mentality, drove her success and simultaneously seemed to steal her joy. It was also hopeful film though, as you could see at the end she was finding her path out of that mindset and rediscovering her love of her craft. Again, it made me think of our youth. They really need support in navigating the pressures they face and with finding their own path to fulfillment – their personal version of success and achievement. Someone like you could really do some good in this area 🙂 Maybe you have already and I just don’t know about it because I’m new here!

Anyway, thanks for reading,
Kat

Agree!

Thanks for what you’re doing.

Rich

So count me among those of your long-time audience who are not deterred by your foray from performance- to purpose-focused content.

A huge thank you for the improvements you have helped me make.

Hearing Tim speak about the shift in his podcast from performance orientated content to one’s internal content/“contents of your consciousness” and his worry that he has lost his audience (33:22 in the episode)—I have been in awe over the path Tim has taken The Tim Ferriss Show with the change over the years in topics discussed, people interviewed on the show, and questions asked by Tim. As one person of The Tim Ferriss Show audience, my interest to listen has only strengthened over time and I am grateful for the work Tim has done within the podcast space and outside (ex. Tim’s philanthropy). In case Tim or Team Tim Ferriss sees this post please tell Tim thank you and that my interest to listen has strengthened over time!

With much gratitude,

julian