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The Greatness Machine

Darius Mirshahzadeh

Education, Entrepreneurship, Business

5.0 • 135 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Do you define yourself by your successes or your failures? Many of us tie our self-worth to our accomplishments or setbacks, but what happens when success fades or failure strikes? The truth is, neither defines who we are. Today, I am flying solo to talk about why you should not be attached to success or failure. Through personal stories from my entrepreneurial journey, I will share the struggles of losing friendships during tough times, the painful lessons about ego and loyalty, and how I came to understand that our worth is not tied to what we achieve–or fail to achieve. In this episode of The Greatness Machine, I will unpack the importance of detaching yourself from the outcomes of success and failure, how to protect your emotional well-being when dynamics shift, and why loyalty should always be seen as a gift, not an expectation. I will also explore how failure, when embraced with the right mindset, can be a powerful catalyst for exponential growth, and why success is simply a result of the right actions rather than a measure of your worth. Topics include: Success and failure as integral parts of the journey How rapid growth can obscure vulnerabilities The influence of personal emotions on business leadership The effects of economic shifts on businesses The importance of setting personal and professional boundaries The pain of exclusion and loss Separating identity from success and failure And other topics… Connect with Darius: Website: ⁠https://therealdarius.com/⁠ Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariusmirshahzadeh/⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/imthedarius/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatnessmachine⁠ Book: The Core Value Equation ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Core-Value-Equation-Framework-Limitless/dp/1544506708 Sponsors: Constant Contact - Go to ConstantContact.com and start your FREE trial today. Indeed - Get a $75 sponsored job credit at Indeed.com/DARIUS. Mint Mobile - Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month at MINT MOBILE.com/great. Mochi Health - Visit joinmochi.com and apply code GREATNESS to get $40 off. NPR - Code Switch - Listen now to Code Switch from NPR - wherever you get your podcasts. Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/darius. Timeline - Timeline is offering 10% off your first order of Mitopure. Go to timeline.com/GREATNESS. Write a review for The Greatness Machine using this link: https://ratethispodcast.com/spreadinggreatness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
0:09.0	It's Budweiser.
0:11.0	Food longer for a refreshing, smooth taste.
0:15.0	Like no other.
0:20.0	Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other.
0:22.3	Cheers to that.
0:25.3	Budweiser, like no other.
0:26.8	Please drink responsibly.
0:28.5	For the facts, visit drinkaware.com. Okay.
0:30.2	I mean, not super quick, but quick enough of when I first started my first business, Twin Capital.
0:35.2	And I had, I'd always wanted to start businesses and I'd started a few businesses before that,
0:41.3	one of which was not actually that success.
0:43.3	My first failure by the time I was 22 years old.
0:46.3	And I was 25 when I started this next business and I had done some little side hustles before that.
0:51.3	And there was another quote that I was kind of like thriving off of at the time,
0:55.2	which is a Winston Churchill quote, which is success is moving from failure to failure without
1:01.1	loss of enthusiasm. So I was really bought into that quote. Success is moving from failure to failure
1:05.7	without loss of enthusiasm. And so for me, I just assumed, hey, you know, this is going to be hard.
1:11.0	I have to go out there.
1:12.2	I have to make it happen.
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