16. What’s the Downside to Being Goal-Oriented?

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🗓️ 30 August 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Also: how does a cook become a chef? With Gabrielle Hamilton.

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0:00.0	You know what the ages of your kids, the name of your spouse?
0:02.9	I have kids.
0:03.7	I have kids.
0:04.4	Hi.
0:05.4	I'm Antelope Duckworth.
0:06.5	I'm Stephen Dupner.
0:07.6	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:11.2	Today on the show, do super driven people miss out
0:15.1	on some of life's greatest joys?
0:17.2	Are we not eating enough ice cream cones
0:18.9	and feeling the sand between toes?
0:21.1	Ugh, all those things just make me cringe a little bit,
0:23.4	I have to say.
0:23.9	I have.
0:25.7	Also, what is the difference between an art and a craft?
0:29.3	With a claimed chef and writer, Gabrielle Hamilton?
0:32.7	This is a freaking delicious roast chicken.
0:38.2	So Stephen lately, I have been thinking
0:41.2	about the dark side of grit.
0:43.9	And in particular, how being goal directed in the extreme
0:47.6	can be a bad thing.
0:49.4	If you are spending a large proportion
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