The Success Trap: Finding True Fulfillment

Hello, hello! Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of SORRY NOT SORRY. I'm Magda and today I'm going to talk about success that can become your greatest enemy. The biggest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and miss, But that we aim too low and hit. These are supposedly the words of Michelangelo, which perfectly capture the essence of today's podcast. In this context, aiming too low means focusing on achieving a specific, static position in life, primarily or exclusively striving for material success and the lifestyle it provides.

On the other hand, aiming high means constantly striving for self-actualization. And these two things don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive, but unfortunately, they often are. And it's precisely because of success. I think most people associate success with something positive, desirable, something that can bring peace and fulfillment. But is success always like that? I don't think so. What looks like success from the outside can just as easily be felt as a deep failure on the inside. And I believe this happens when so-called success and the lifestyle it brings stop you from pursuing what truly and deeply matters to you.

Simply put, as we grow older, we increasingly succumb to external SORRY NOT SORRY with Kepisia. Chciałabym dowiedzieć się więcej o praktycznej stronie życia i pomóc się z nimi, ale to nie zmienia fakt, że będziemy musieli się wyrzucać,

I teraz coś bardzo ważnego. Wybieraj swoje. Pomyśl o tym, jaki rodzaj bólu chcesz przeżywać w życiu i na jaki cel. Bo będzie tam. Nie możesz go uniknąć. And from experience I know it's much easier to endure, much easier to overcome obstacles, do things and work towards something that has true significance for you beyond the material, Now how to avoid this entire situation? I think it's worth making self-actualization your goal, not success.

This will make the most important thing taking the next steps, learning, rather than achieving a specific position. Self-actualization has no end. It's a moving, living goal that partly fits itself and partly results from your work with yourself and on something that has true significance for you. It's not something rigid that you constantly have to feed like success. To simplify, think of it like gardening. Self-actualization is like planting a tree that grows and bears fruit over time.