Can Ambition Be Sustainable? How to Prioritize What Matters in Life and Work with Kathy Oneto

Self-Helpless

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Alternative Health, Science, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Delanie Fischer chats with Kathy Oneto, strategy executive and author of Sustainable Ambition, challenging what we've learned about ambition, productivity, and success. They explore how to avoid burnout, create life-work sustainability, and prioritize focus, fulfillment, and manageability in career and personal life—so you can achieve what you want, when you want, and actually enjoy yourself along the way. Episode Highlights: The Myth of Work-Life Balance Right Ambition, Right Time, Right Effort Ambition as a State, Not a Trait Constraints as a Catalyst for Creativity 3 Questions to Ask at Your Next Party Making Your World Smaller When Needed Identifying the Tradeoffs of Your Current Ambition ____ A quick 5-star rating for Self-Helpless means so much! ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-helpless/id1251196416⁠ Free goodies like The Quote Buffet + The Watch & Read List: ⁠https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/⁠ Ad-free episodes on ⁠Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfhelpless⁠ Your Host, Delanie Fischer:⁠ https://www.delaniefischer.com⁠ ____ Related Episodes: Creating A Life Brief And Getting "Fuzzy Clear" with Bonnie Wan: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/251bf5df/creating-a-life-brief-and-getting-fuzzy-clear-with-bonnie-wan Hurry Sickness And The Busy Brain Cure with Dr. Romie Mushtaq: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/243d15fa/hurry-sickness-and-the-busy-brain-cure-with-dr-romie-mushtaq Is The "Dream Job" Concept A Lie? What To Look For Instead + Tips For Transitioning with HR Expert Shelby McGuire Canlas: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/2279bacd/is-the-dream-job-concept-a-lie-what-to-look-for-instead-tips-for-transitioning-with-hr-expert-shelby-mcguire-canlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.3	Hey everyone, welcome to Self-Hourpless, where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch
0:30.8	buddies.
0:31.6	I'm Delaney Fisher.
0:32.6	And details about today's topic can be found in the episode description.
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1:01.3	Okay. It's podcast time. What is your definition of sustainable ambition in the context of your work
1:08.6	and your book and, you know, all that.
1:10.9	It really is about how do we pursue our goals and dreams in a way that's fulfilling,
1:18.7	is focused, we're not scattered all over the place, and it's manageable, both in the short
1:24.9	term and in the long term, you know, rather than it being all consuming, you know, where we start to lose ourselves and lose our life in the process of pursuing what we want.
1:37.3	And so that's one way that I define it. The other way that I share is I talk about sustainable ambition as also being a method. And to me, that means
1:45.9	directing our ambitions more consciously, but also wisely. And I say the method is by aligning the
1:52.9	right ambitions at the right time with the right effort. I just want to say just because people
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