March 6, 2026
The Success Trap: When Winning Feels Empty
Escaping the Success Trap: When Achievement Still Feels Empty
Host Andy Grant discusses “the success trap,” where men achieve promotions, money, status, and accomplishments yet feel empty, disconnected, and numb. Citing a Forbes article, he explains the paradox that believing we’re successful can limit growth by creating fear of risking standing in others’ eyes, even when success lacks meaning. Drawing from his corporate experience and nearly 400 Real Men Feel episodes, he describes signs and outcomes such as identity tied to performance, discomfort with rest, emotional inaccessibility, burnout, midlife crisis, relationship struggles, addiction, and self-destructive behavior.
Grant shares quotes from Johnny Cash, Maya Angelou, Albert Schweitzer, and Winston Churchill, then offers three solutions: redefine success to include meaning and connection, reconnect with feelings through reflection and journaling, and build brotherhood to counter isolation, inviting listeners to the Authentic AF community.
00:00 The Success Trap
00:36 Welcome and Setup
01:34 Why Success Feels Empty
03:03 My Corporate Wakeup
03:44 Signs You Are Stuck
04:42 Achievement Armor Costs
06:03 Patterns From 400 Talks
07:01 Redefining Real Success
08:01 Three Ways Out
09:53 Join Authentic AF
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Let me ask you something.
What happens when you achieve
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00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,840
everything you thought would
make you happy, but it still
3
00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,160
feels empty?
A lot of men spend decades
4
00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,400
chasing success, promotions,
money, reputation, achievement,
5
00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:22,160
and then one day they realize I
built the life I was told to
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00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,240
build, but I don't actually feel
fulfilled.
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,720
There's a name for this.
It's called the Success Trap.
8
00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,720
And today I want to talk about
why so many successful men end
9
00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,640
up there.
Hello and welcome to Real Men
10
00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,640
Feel.
I'm your host, Andy Grind.
11
00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,840
Somewhere out there right now is
a man.
12
00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,520
Perhaps it's you who should feel
proud of his life.
13
00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,960
You've got the career, the
respect, the accomplishments.
14
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,720
But when you're alone with your
thoughts, something feels
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00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,760
missing.
It's not failure, just
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00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,800
emptiness.
What happens when you achieve
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00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,560
everything you thought would
make you happy?
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00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:11,400
And it doesn't?
A lot of men spend decades
19
00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,840
chasing success and career
reputation, money and
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00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:23,120
achievements until one day they
realize it all seems pointless.
21
00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,920
They feel empty.
That is the success trap, where
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00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,400
achieving success can actually
become the thing that keeps you
23
00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,320
stuck.
I recently read a Forbes article
24
00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,040
about the success trap, and the
paradox is that when we believe
25
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,600
we're successful, it can
actually limit our growth and
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00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,400
exploration.
We can fear losing or even
27
00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:55,560
risking our success, even when
that success brings no meaning
28
00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,480
or depth to us.
We fear losing our standing in
29
00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480
the eyes of others instead of
ourselves.
30
00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,720
And I see this constantly with
men.
31
00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,919
There was a cool quote from
Johnny Cash.
32
00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,400
Johnny says that success is
having to worry about every damn
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00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:17,960
thing in the world except money.
Now, as men, we are conditioned.
34
00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:27,120
We are all taught to achieve, to
provide, to compete, to win, to
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00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,920
be respected.
Success metrics can become
36
00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:37,000
income, promotions, status,
reputation, and accomplishments.
37
00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,920
But no one asks, Do you really
feel alive?
38
00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,840
Do you feel connected to
anything?
39
00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,680
Does your life actually mean
something to you?
40
00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,480
Many men build a successful
life, but not a meaningful 1.
41
00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,680
Achievement doesn't fix a
disconnection from yourself.
42
00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,800
You know, I had many decades in
corporate America.
43
00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,880
I had this successful job, a
really good income, respected
44
00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,000
position, life many people aim
for.
45
00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,960
Then the realization hit that
from the outside everything
46
00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,960
looks successful.
Good company, stable, secure,
47
00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,120
all the things we're told to aim
for.
48
00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:32,600
But internally I didn't care.
Something I needed was missing.
49
00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,240
I was just going through the
motions.
50
00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,160
I realized I had been building a
successful life, but not
51
00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:46,120
necessarily a meaningful 1.
So what the success trip might
52
00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:53,240
look like is a man saying I
should be happy I've everything
53
00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,200
I worked for.
Why does it still feel so empty?
54
00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,040
And signs of that trap are
achievements feeling very
55
00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:07,040
temporary, that our identity
becomes tied to performance.
56
00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:13,160
Rest can feel uncomfortable,
vacations dreaded.
57
00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:20,000
Emotions feel inaccessible.
Life feels like maintenance,
58
00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:25,200
survival instead of meaning.
When success becomes your
59
00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:30,400
identity, you lose the freedom
to ask deeper questions.
60
00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,120
Success can create inertia.
We keep doing what worked before
61
00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,400
instead of exploring new
directions, taking on new
62
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,360
challenges, and experiencing
growth.
63
00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,920
High performers often build
identity around confidence,
64
00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,640
responsibility and achievement.
But the emotional life gets
65
00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,200
pressed.
Many men are taught that
66
00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:02,120
feelings slow you down, that
vulnerability is weakness, that
67
00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:08,360
productivity equals your worth.
So they develop an achievement
68
00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:13,240
armor, whereas externally they
are respected and successful,
69
00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:20,400
reliable even, but internally
they're disconnected, exhausted,
70
00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,880
and numb.
The same traits that create
71
00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,560
success can quietly destroy
fulfillment.
72
00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:34,840
Common outcomes of the Success
trap can be burnout, midlife
73
00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:41,360
crisis, emotional shutdown,
struggling relationships, and
74
00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,720
the loss of purpose.
The success trap doesn't usually
75
00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:51,600
collapse your life overnight.
It slowly drains the meaning,
76
00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,960
the zest out of it a man might
eventually realize.
77
00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,560
I built the life I was told to
build, but I don't recognize
78
00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,680
myself in it.
When I started Real Men feel I
79
00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,880
had no idea what it would
become.
80
00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:14,360
I just knew that I wanted to
have real conversations with men
81
00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,680
about things we weren't talking
about.
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00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,120
I'm now approaching 400
episodes.
83
00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,000
I've had conversations with
hundreds of men, and patterns
84
00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,720
I've seen involve outward
success and inner disconnection,
85
00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,480
emotional numbness, and a loss
of purpose.
86
00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,960
I see an epidemic of purposeless
men.
87
00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,080
So many men look successful on
the outside but privately feel
88
00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,560
disconnected from everything
inside.
89
00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,320
This can show up as imposter
syndrome, addictions, emotional
90
00:06:54,320 --> 00:07:00,400
outbursts, temper tantrums and a
litany of self-destructive
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00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,840
behaviors.
Poet Maya Angelou said success
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is liking yourself, liking what
you do and liking how you do it.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert
Schweitzer said success is not
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the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
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If you love what you were doing,
you will be successful, and the
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founder of Success magazine
wrote in 1897.
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Success is not measured by what
you accomplish, but by the
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opposition you have encountered
and the courage with which you
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have maintained the struggle
against overwhelming odds.
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And that grinds me of a a
favorite quote of mine from from
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Winston Churchill.
Success is not final.
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Failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue
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that counts.
He also said, if you're going
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through hell, keep going.
So how might we escape the
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success trap?
I can think of three solutions.
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First is redefine success,
right?
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It's not just achievement.
Make it also include connection,
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emotional honesty, meaning,
contribution, happiness,
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service, making a better world.
Find the things that mean
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something to you and make that
your marker of success.
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Second is reconnect with
feelings.
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So many men have simply stopped
feeling their lives.
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Start asking yourself and
journaling on what do I actually
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care about, what gives my life
meaning, and what parts of me
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have I ignored?
The third solution, build
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brotherhood.
Isolation keeps men stuck.
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Being around other men who are
honest about their lives changes
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everything.
This is one reason I created the
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Authentic AF community on
school.
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A lot of men spend their lives
trying to become impressive
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instead of becoming themselves.
What if instead of impressing
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others, our goal was to impress
ourself?
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To grow, to be courageous, to
create, to add value, right?
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The world needs more men living
with intentional purpose, having
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meaningful experiences every
single day.
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Success isn't just about what
you achieve, it's about whether
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your life actually feels
meaningful while you're living
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it.
If this conversation resonates
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with you, come join us inside
the Authentic AF community where
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men drop the masks and have real
conversations about life.
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00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,840
You can learn more at
realmenfeel.org/group and until
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next time, be good to yourself.
00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,040
Let me ask you something.
What happens when you achieve
2
00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,840
everything you thought would
make you happy, but it still
3
00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,160
feels empty?
A lot of men spend decades
4
00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,400
chasing success, promotions,
money, reputation, achievement,
5
00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:22,160
and then one day they realize I
built the life I was told to
6
00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,240
build, but I don't actually feel
fulfilled.
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,720
There's a name for this.
It's called the Success Trap.
8
00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,720
And today I want to talk about
why so many successful men end
9
00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,640
up there.
Hello and welcome to Real Men
10
00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,640
Feel.
I'm your host, Andy Grind.
11
00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,840
Somewhere out there right now is
a man.
12
00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,520
Perhaps it's you who should feel
proud of his life.
13
00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,960
You've got the career, the
respect, the accomplishments.
14
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,720
But when you're alone with your
thoughts, something feels
15
00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,760
missing.
It's not failure, just
16
00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,800
emptiness.
What happens when you achieve
17
00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,560
everything you thought would
make you happy?
18
00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:11,400
And it doesn't?
A lot of men spend decades
19
00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,840
chasing success and career
reputation, money and
20
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:23,120
achievements until one day they
realize it all seems pointless.
21
00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,920
They feel empty.
That is the success trap, where
22
00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,400
achieving success can actually
become the thing that keeps you
23
00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,320
stuck.
I recently read a Forbes article
24
00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,040
about the success trap, and the
paradox is that when we believe
25
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,600
we're successful, it can
actually limit our growth and
26
00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,400
exploration.
We can fear losing or even
27
00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:55,560
risking our success, even when
that success brings no meaning
28
00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,480
or depth to us.
We fear losing our standing in
29
00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480
the eyes of others instead of
ourselves.
30
00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,720
And I see this constantly with
men.
31
00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,919
There was a cool quote from
Johnny Cash.
32
00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,400
Johnny says that success is
having to worry about every damn
33
00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:17,960
thing in the world except money.
Now, as men, we are conditioned.
34
00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:27,120
We are all taught to achieve, to
provide, to compete, to win, to
35
00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,920
be respected.
Success metrics can become
36
00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:37,000
income, promotions, status,
reputation, and accomplishments.
37
00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,920
But no one asks, Do you really
feel alive?
38
00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,840
Do you feel connected to
anything?
39
00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,680
Does your life actually mean
something to you?
40
00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,480
Many men build a successful
life, but not a meaningful 1.
41
00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,680
Achievement doesn't fix a
disconnection from yourself.
42
00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,800
You know, I had many decades in
corporate America.
43
00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,880
I had this successful job, a
really good income, respected
44
00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,000
position, life many people aim
for.
45
00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,960
Then the realization hit that
from the outside everything
46
00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,960
looks successful.
Good company, stable, secure,
47
00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,120
all the things we're told to aim
for.
48
00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:32,600
But internally I didn't care.
Something I needed was missing.
49
00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,240
I was just going through the
motions.
50
00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,160
I realized I had been building a
successful life, but not
51
00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:46,120
necessarily a meaningful 1.
So what the success trip might
52
00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:53,240
look like is a man saying I
should be happy I've everything
53
00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,200
I worked for.
Why does it still feel so empty?
54
00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,040
And signs of that trap are
achievements feeling very
55
00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:07,040
temporary, that our identity
becomes tied to performance.
56
00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:13,160
Rest can feel uncomfortable,
vacations dreaded.
57
00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:20,000
Emotions feel inaccessible.
Life feels like maintenance,
58
00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:25,200
survival instead of meaning.
When success becomes your
59
00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:30,400
identity, you lose the freedom
to ask deeper questions.
60
00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,120
Success can create inertia.
We keep doing what worked before
61
00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,400
instead of exploring new
directions, taking on new
62
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,360
challenges, and experiencing
growth.
63
00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,920
High performers often build
identity around confidence,
64
00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,640
responsibility and achievement.
But the emotional life gets
65
00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,200
pressed.
Many men are taught that
66
00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:02,120
feelings slow you down, that
vulnerability is weakness, that
67
00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:08,360
productivity equals your worth.
So they develop an achievement
68
00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:13,240
armor, whereas externally they
are respected and successful,
69
00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:20,400
reliable even, but internally
they're disconnected, exhausted,
70
00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,880
and numb.
The same traits that create
71
00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,560
success can quietly destroy
fulfillment.
72
00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:34,840
Common outcomes of the Success
trap can be burnout, midlife
73
00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:41,360
crisis, emotional shutdown,
struggling relationships, and
74
00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,720
the loss of purpose.
The success trap doesn't usually
75
00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:51,600
collapse your life overnight.
It slowly drains the meaning,
76
00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,960
the zest out of it a man might
eventually realize.
77
00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,560
I built the life I was told to
build, but I don't recognize
78
00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,680
myself in it.
When I started Real Men feel I
79
00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,880
had no idea what it would
become.
80
00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:14,360
I just knew that I wanted to
have real conversations with men
81
00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,680
about things we weren't talking
about.
82
00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,120
I'm now approaching 400
episodes.
83
00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,000
I've had conversations with
hundreds of men, and patterns
84
00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,720
I've seen involve outward
success and inner disconnection,
85
00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,480
emotional numbness, and a loss
of purpose.
86
00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,960
I see an epidemic of purposeless
men.
87
00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,080
So many men look successful on
the outside but privately feel
88
00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,560
disconnected from everything
inside.
89
00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,320
This can show up as imposter
syndrome, addictions, emotional
90
00:06:54,320 --> 00:07:00,400
outbursts, temper tantrums and a
litany of self-destructive
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behaviors.
Poet Maya Angelou said success
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is liking yourself, liking what
you do and liking how you do it.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert
Schweitzer said success is not
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the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
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If you love what you were doing,
you will be successful, and the
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founder of Success magazine
wrote in 1897.
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Success is not measured by what
you accomplish, but by the
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opposition you have encountered
and the courage with which you
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have maintained the struggle
against overwhelming odds.
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And that grinds me of a a
favorite quote of mine from from
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Winston Churchill.
Success is not final.
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Failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue
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that counts.
He also said, if you're going
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through hell, keep going.
So how might we escape the
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success trap?
I can think of three solutions.
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First is redefine success,
right?
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It's not just achievement.
Make it also include connection,
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emotional honesty, meaning,
contribution, happiness,
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service, making a better world.
Find the things that mean
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something to you and make that
your marker of success.
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Second is reconnect with
feelings.
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So many men have simply stopped
feeling their lives.
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Start asking yourself and
journaling on what do I actually
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care about, what gives my life
meaning, and what parts of me
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have I ignored?
The third solution, build
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brotherhood.
Isolation keeps men stuck.
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Being around other men who are
honest about their lives changes
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everything.
This is one reason I created the
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Authentic AF community on
school.
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A lot of men spend their lives
trying to become impressive
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instead of becoming themselves.
What if instead of impressing
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others, our goal was to impress
ourself?
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To grow, to be courageous, to
create, to add value, right?
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The world needs more men living
with intentional purpose, having
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meaningful experiences every
single day.
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Success isn't just about what
you achieve, it's about whether
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your life actually feels
meaningful while you're living
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it.
If this conversation resonates
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with you, come join us inside
the Authentic AF community where
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men drop the masks and have real
conversations about life.
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You can learn more at
realmenfeel.org/group and until
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next time, be good to yourself.
Author / Teacher / Coach / Healer
Andy Grant is a best-selling author, speaker, Transformational Energy Coach, healer, and suicide prevention activist. As the host of the award-winning Real Men Feel podcast, he champions emotional well-being and encourages men to step out of the “emotional closet.”
Andy holds certifications in Positive Psychology, the Enwaken Coaching System, Akashic Records, Life Activation, and multiple energy healing modalities. Known as The King of Authenticity, he founded Real Men Feel in 2016, fostering a movement that redefines masculinity through openness and vulnerability.
An Initiate, Certified Healer, Teacher, and Ritual Master with the Modern Mystery School, Andy has dedicated his life to helping people in emotional pain rediscover the magnificence of life. His training includes work with renowned teachers such as Mike Dooley, Brendon Burchard, Bill Harris, Genpo Roshi, David Morelli, Margaret Lynch, Linda Howe, Tal Ben-Shahar, Karen Paolino-Correia, and Christie Marie Sheldon.
