October 27, 2024

What's Happening:

Addiction and achievement aren't typically associated together, but have you ever felt obsessed with winning or the thought of it? Brett and Dr. Jim Loehr break down the addiction and how to overcome it.

Unknowingly Addicted to Achievement:

8 Questions to Determine Achievement Addiction:

1. Are you compelled to achieve to feel like a worthwhile person?

2. After you achieve something, do you almost immediately feel the need to achieve something else?

3. Does your drive to achieve compromise important relationships in your life?

4. Does your personal happiness depend on how much you achieve?

5. Has your drive to achieve compromised your health in any way?

6. Have others accused you of having no life other than chasing personal achievement?

7. Do you find yourself feeling only as good as your last achievement?

8. Is your drive to achieve more about you than what you can do for others?

Tombstone Exercise:

Just as in the video, write out five things that you would want said about you on your tombstone. What makes the cut?

What can you do today to get one step closer to what you wrote?

Question of the Week: #4

What is something society convinced you that you needed, then when you got it you realized you never needed it in the first place? What can you learn from that?

Another way to use these questions:

Family Night: When you ask your family these questions, it allows everyone to better understand one another.

What Drives Winning

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