893 | 5 Signs You’re Going After the Wrong Goals

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

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4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode of The Rachel Hollis Podcast, Rachel breaks down the five biggest warning signs that you’re chasing the wrong goals. If you’ve ever felt stuck in procrastination, unmotivated no matter how hard you try, or frustrated that your “success” doesn’t feel the way you hoped, this conversation will hit home. With stories, practical tools, and even a surprising lesson from her stylist, Rachel helps listeners recognize when they’re aiming at the wrong target—and how to redirect toward goals that actually fit their life. Get your copy of Rachel's New Book Here: Audible, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Bookshop.org, or wherever books are sold! 01:33 Introduction and Podcast Subscription Request 02:31 Rach's Personal Experience with Goals 03:15 Sign 1: Chasing Praise, Not Purpose 06:41 Sign 2: Chasing Aesthetics, Not Reality 12:09 Sign 3: Loving the Goal, Hating the Process 15:52 Sign 4: Pursuing Goals for Others 21:23 Sign 5: Goals for an Old Version of Yourself 24:42 Conclusion: Aligning Goals with Your True Self Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@MsRachelHollis Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	Tell me if any of these sound familiar.
0:04.0	You're constantly second guessing yourself.
0:07.0	You set a goal and then immediately start wondering if that was the right goal, if you should have done something different, if maybe you should have done that thing that you started to do five years ago.
0:15.0	Like you're constantly starting and stopping and second guessing every decision you make along the way. Or you procrastinate
0:23.4	like crazy, not because you're lazy or unmotivated, but you just can't seem to get yourself
0:29.6	working on the thing you talk about wanting to do. Or you feel totally unmotivated. No matter how much you hype yourself up,
0:39.1	you just can't get yourself to start.
0:41.7	Or maybe the worst one,
0:44.2	you can't stop comparing yourself to everybody else.
0:47.8	You get stuck in these comparison spirals
0:50.3	and you can't seem to stop looking at everybody else
0:53.0	and feeling like they are making progress
0:54.6	in their life and you are not. If you are nodding your head along to anything that I just said,
1:00.6	there's a chance that there's a problem, right? But the problem isn't you. The problem may very
1:06.9	well be that you just have the wrong goals. Yeah. Not that you're not a goal getter,
1:13.4	not that you're not motivated, not that you're the kind of person who can't achieve things,
1:18.0	but maybe you're just chasing the wrong things to achieve. Today, I want to talk you
1:23.5	through five signs that that is exactly what's happening.
1:32.8	Hey guys, it's Rach.
1:34.7	Welcome to the show.
1:36.0	I'm so glad that you're here with us today.
1:38.2	And I have a favor, which sounds kind of harsh if we just met, but I'm assuming that
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