Doctors, lawyers, and CPAs chase prestige and external validation through competitive achievement, but reaching the top leaves them empty. The speaker argues that winning at status-driven games doesn't satisfy what humans actually need.
So in my work, I've seen that a lot of high achievers are initially driven by the challenge of succeeding in really ambitious fields. There are people that have ambitious goals, naturally. A lot of Doctors, lawyers, attorneys, CPAs. And they have always been the best at what they do. They took pride in getting the best grades of school, getting into the best schools, getting the best careers. And so they spend their whole life on these extern external reward systems that allow them to compete and reach a level of achievement, but it never satisfies the core element.
