240. The Cost of Ambition (and Why It’s Still Worth It) with Danielle Robay

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

How To, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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If you've ever felt like your ambition made people uncomfortable—or worse, made you question your worth—this episode is for you. In this episode I sat down with journalist and content creator Danielle Robay, to talk about what it means to own your ambition in a world that constantly tries to shrink you. Dubbed The Queen of Questions, she has interviewed everyone from Taylor Swift to Michael B. Jordan, and today she’s talking with us about everything from asking better questions to navigating the spiritual cost of going after big dreams. Danielle’s links: Website:www.daniellerobay.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellerobay/ To get more resources including any freebies mentioned in this episode, head to https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I know you're ambitious because you listen to this show.
0:02.2	So let's talk about actionable strategies to unapologetically own and grow that ambition
0:07.2	in a society that wants to keep you playing small.
0:09.3	Today we're bringing back one of my good friends and one of our most popular guests, Danielle Robe.
0:15.2	Confidence is what you think of yourself, but worth is what you think you deserve.
0:19.5	Danielle is a journalist and content creator
0:21.3	known for her open-hearted interviews, and in fact, I don't know anybody who conducts a better
0:26.0	interview than Robe. I think living a life of curiosity in general opens up your life.
0:32.9	Dubbed the Queen of Questions, she created the best-selling card game and podcast,
0:36.6	question everything, as well as Hello Sunshine's The Brightside podcast. She created the best-selling card game and podcast to question everything,
0:42.3	as well as Hello Sunshine's The Bright Side podcast. She has interviewed everyone from Taylor Swift to Michael B. Jordan and everyone in between. And so now I more so can go into a high-pressure
0:50.0	situation and think of something on my feet, but I couldn't do that four years ago.
0:54.0	This episode is a
0:55.1	must listen if you feel like your ambition is looked down upon by your friends, by your family, by
0:59.7	your peers. Basically, if you're a woman living in a man's world, which we all are, you're going to
1:04.7	want to listen to this. It's going to sound really corny, but I would say like 90% of accomplishing anything is believing that you can.
1:13.1	We talk about owning your ambition, asking better questions, the impact of the media on women's
1:17.7	mental and physical health, authenticity, and so much more. I remember thinking, this is not
1:23.7	what I want to be thinking about all day. Like, I don't want to be thinking about if I look good in a
1:27.7	bikini or not. We also have the most hysterical moment that has ever happened on financial
1:33.6	feminist. I don't want to spoil it for you. It's at the end of the interview, but it is,
1:38.6	it had the entire room in tears. Danielle and I could not continue the interview. The producer and editor in the room was
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