The Dark Side of Ambition with Charlie Hoehn - a podcast by Srinivas Rao

from 2014-02-19T00:00

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Charlie Hoehn started his career by doing free work and landing amazing roles working with best selling authors and tech startups. He's worked as a marketing strategist and the director of special projects for Tim Ferriss. But his continual desire to become indispensable resulted in discovering the dark side of ambition. 


  • How the desire to be the best in the world burned Charile out
  • What happens to us when we start to loose our work life balance
  • The workaholic culture that Sillicon Valley breeds
  • Why envy makes us start to question the gifts that we're born with
  • Paying attention to how the work you do makes you feel 
  • The role that self awareness plays in recognizing your anxiety
  • How the thought of future success took Charlie to hitting a wall
  • Battling with the idea that you have to become permanently successful
  • Why learning to play is as important as sleep 
  • The importance of allowing yourself to have guilt free fun
  • Why the happiest points in life are rarely about achievement
  • Viewing life as a series of opportunities to just have a fun 
  • Why we need to say the world as a playground instead of people
  • Changing our social interactions through the process of play 
  • Why playing is one of the most important productivity hacks
  • Knowing when to let go of big projects and making changes
  • The reason we only show our highlight reel 
  • Learning to remove all the anchors that are causing stress 
  • Getting rid of as many things as possible first before you add things

 

Resources and People Mentioned

How to Become Recession Proof (Our first interview with Charlie)

Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul by Stewart Brown

How I Cured My Own Anxiety


Over the past few years Charile has worked with more than a dozen best selling authors to help market (and sometimes create) their books. His most recent book, which we discussed in this interview is Play it Away: A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety.  


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