You Want It All But Don’t Want What It Takes

Update: 2025-08-30

Description

This episode marks the first Q&A dilemma session where I address your questions on ambition, discipline, identity, relationships, freelancing, and more.

Topics covered include:

Why balance is a myth and obsession is essential

Knowing when to cut people off and detach

Living for your parents versus building your own life

The difference between wanting a life and wanting its aesthetic

Why self-respect might mean disappointing the right people

Creating loops to make discipline sustainable

Freelancing as an ideal business model when you start with nothing

Surviving the transition to self-employment

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00:00:00 : Intro
00:01:05 : Cutting people off & detachment
00:06:08 : Balance, FOMO & perfectionism
00:11:50 : Making new friends
00:17:59 : Living for your parents vs. building your own life
00:22:27 : Surviving the pivot into entrepreneurship
00:25:37 : Why freelancing is the best business model when you have nothing

#ambition #discipline #identity #relationships #freelancing #balance #self-respect #entrepreneurship

See show notes: https://inlet.fm/denee/episodes/68b33cf82cc5fa2730288f21

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