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The Hidden Mental Anguish of a Successful Tech Investor

The Anxious Achiever

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Dopamine and Achievement Are Socially Acceptable Addictions

I think you and I are very aligned that we believe achievement is one of, I would say achievement and overwork are socially acceptable addictions on our culture. So the advice that I would give somebody is first and foremost to seek the truth as to who they really are. That's what I refer to as the internal engineering is turn inward. You don't have to turn outward to try and solve what is fundamentally a challenge of how you feel internally. The answer is always inside. And that's the best advice that I can get people.

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