The Hidden Cost Of Success
Description
~[00:00 ] Why top performers feel empty at the peak; welcoming Luke back.
~[02:00 ] Early signs of burnout: irritability, sleeplessness, numbing with alcohol; ‘checked all the boxes.’
~[04:30 ] Living crosswise with yourself: purpose as external validation vs intimate, relationship‑driven life.
~[06:30 ] The isolation of image: ‘calm, cool, collected’ becomes a prison; fear of burdening your wife.
~[10:00 ] Burnout as bound energy: repression → depression; cultural conditioning for men.
~[13:00 ] Bathroom-floor moment; mirror as leverage; stepping away from the role to heal.
~[14:30 ] Don’t wait for the default crisis; how brotherhood dissolves isolation and restores energy.
~[20:00 ] On-ramp to men’s work; pathways that now exist; proactive life design like business.
~[25:00 ] Having it all at work, starving at home; redefining ‘balance’ as a surfer, not a scale.
~[27:00 ] Closing invitation: identify where you’re burnt out, empty, unfulfilled—and ask for support.
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