3693: Don’t Be an Overachiever by Renata Leo of Buffalo Sauce Everywhere on Pursuing Goal and Personal Development

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3693: Renata Leo shares her journey from chronic overachiever to balanced achiever, revealing the hidden costs of always striving to do and be the most. With sharp humor and raw honesty, she unpacks how hustle culture leads to burnout, guilt, and the loss of simple joy, offering permission to pursue goals without losing yourself along the way. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://buffalosauceeverywhere.com/2022/08/24/dont-be-an-overachiever/ Quotes to ponder: "I have a valedictorian speech and anxiety to show for it." "Overachieving forces you to work with so much concentration and blind perseverance that self-awareness goes out the window." "Week after week, I’ve gone back to axe league because I enjoyed it, even though I was terrible at it." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.9	This is Optimal Living Daily.
0:59.6	Don't be an overachiever by Renata Leo of Buffalo Sauce Everywhere.com
1:04.7	and I'm Justin Mollick, your personal narrator.
1:07.7	We'll get right to it today and start optimizing your life.
1:20.0	Don't be an overachiever by Renato Leo of buffalo sauce everywhere.com.
1:26.9	For the sake of over-delivering, my boss started. Okay, I'm going to have to stop you right there.
1:28.1	I interrupted her while shaking my head emphatically. I'm allergic to over-delivering. My name is Renata Leo, and I am a
1:34.9	reformed overachiever. In my young life, I was constantly overachieving. I couldn't settle for
1:41.3	bees. If I didn't think I could win something, I didn't play.
1:44.9	If I didn't give 110%, I might as well have not done it at all.
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