This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "When You CHASE Something..." featuring Charles Duhigg discussing the nature of ambition and the emotional aftermath of achieving significant goals, such as winning a Pulitzer Prize. The content was created on February 27, 2024.
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The problem is that when you're chasing something, and the chase is glorious, right? The chase is pure. It feels so good, like, you know what to do every morning when you wake up, you start to think that the point of it is the thing at the end of the chase rather than the chase itself. I was so focused on winning a Pulitzer Prize once that was gone as a North Star, I was like, what do I write about for the New York Times now? Was there a big hangover, emotional hangover for you? Like, how long did the joy last when you won Pulitzer Prize? I don't know, 30 or 40 minutes. Like, really? Yeah. Because then I started stressing about, like, what am I going to say in the speech? I got to thank this guy. Everyone who's listening, they're listening because they want to become better, not because they want to be best. Once you're best, that's less fun than improving yourself, right? I mean, frankly, they're already best. Everyone who's listening to this is probably a huge success at what they do. And the reason they're successful, though, and the reason they're happy is because they wake up every day and they know I can get a little bit better.
