168: Why I've Changed My Mind About Chasing Success
The Nick Bare Podcast
Nick Bare
4.9 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
I’ve changed the way I think about success. I don’t see it as a finish line anymore, but as a pursuit rooted in purpose, obedience, and who I’m becoming along the way.
In this episode, I reflect on failure, legacy, faith, and why chasing money, status, or approval will always leave you empty if the mission behind your work isn’t clear.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why This Matters
02:40 Success Is a Pursuit
06:28 Stop Being Impressed
09:04 Character Over Strategy
13:15 Mission Not Milestones
17:29 Hard Work Without Hustle
22:28 Heath Evans Wake Up Call
28:41 Legacy for My Kids
32:57 Ecclesiastes Chasing Wind
35:33 Rest Without Guilt
40:07 Envy Drives the Grind
41:28 Final Charge Purposeful Work
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast. |
| 0:11.4 | Today's episode is all about why I've changed my mind about chasing, not pursuing chasing success. |
| 0:24.2 | And to be honest, I feel a lot of weight around this topic. |
| 0:30.3 | I feel a huge responsibility to really deliver on this one because I believe it is very, very important. |
| 0:41.1 | So I'm a little intimidated, to be honest, about this conversation that I'm about to have with you guys |
| 0:49.0 | because I want to make sure that it just comes across in the way that I intend to and that all of |
| 0:57.5 | these thoughts that have been circulating my mind for the last year plus can be articulated in a way |
| 1:09.1 | that is is clear, |
| 1:12.8 | it makes sense, and it hits right where I intend to. |
| 1:19.5 | And I just wanna share that because |
| 1:24.1 | this is a really important topic to me. |
| 1:27.7 | This is something I struggled with for a long time. |
| 1:30.7 | And to be honest, as I spend time with team members, employees, athletes, friends, peers, people in the space and industry, I have observed that a lot of people struggle with chasing success. |
| 1:49.5 | And chasing success for the wrong reasons that leave you empty, |
| 1:56.4 | unfulfilled, wanting and needing more and more and more and more. |
| 2:00.6 | And it is this endless chase for the wind, something that is fleeting, something that is intangible, something that comes and goes over and over and over again. |
| 2:16.4 | I see this in a lot of, not just younger people, |
| 2:21.9 | people my age, people older than me. |
| 2:24.3 | And I don't say that I have it all figured out. |
| 2:29.5 | But I've learned a lot in my short 35 years of life so far. |
| 2:40.4 | And as I was planning out this conversation, I wrote down this quote that I'll share |
| 2:44.7 | with you that's inspired by some people, entrepreneurs, leaders, speakers that I'll be referencing. |
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