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Have you ever missed bath time for a networking dinner?
Have you furiously responded to emails during your kid’s recital?
Or missed a birthday to go on a business trip?
We do it for our families. Our kids.
Right?
Ambition got us where we are professionally. But at what personal cost?
This week on The Examined Life Podcast, we’re joined by serial entrepreneur, CEO, brand builder and creator Amanda Goetz.
We ask the question:
Are ambitious parents bad parents? 🎧 Or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.
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My top 3 takeaways
Choose your source of fuel wisely
We can’t change our past or how it shaped us. When you encounter a weakness, do you wallow in it? Or use it as fuel to keep going?
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Life requires us to play different characters
In an ideal world, we could live every moment as our true selves. In reality, life requires us to play different characters. Pitbulls at work. Squishy love balls at home.
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Who’s driving the bus?
Life is a bus ride. And you have to consider who is driving the bus. Is it you as an adult? Or you as a six year old with a fear of abandonment?
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My favorite quote: Who do your decisions impact?
The fact that you get those needs met from what you're doing is totally okay. It's just making sure that we all acknowledge to everyone else that our decisions have a blast radius.  Why this episode matters to me
This has been a common refrain in our marriage.
Yes, it’s provided us with an incredible life.
But even with my 30 hour work weeks, I spend the remaining 700 thinking about my work.
Is it for the family? Ummm, sorta.
At first, yes. But I’m walking on the razor’s edge.
On the other side?
Insatiable ambition.
If you want to dig deeper
This question has been a recurring theme in my life (and writing)
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