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The Greatness Machine

Darius Mirshahzadeh

Education, Entrepreneurship, Business

5.0 • 135 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Are you running on the hedonic treadmill? The hedonic treadmill refers to the phenomenon where people's expectations and desires for pleasure and happiness increase over time, but their actual level of happiness and satisfaction remains relatively constant. In other words, people constantly strive for more and more pleasure and happiness, but they never really reach a state of lasting satisfaction or contentment. Getting off the hedonic treadmill can be achieved by changing one's mindset and approach to life, focusing on things that provide deeper meaning and fulfillment rather than short-term pleasure. Today I am flying solo to talk about my personal struggles of being on the hedonic treadmill for so long and how that mindset has caused me dissatisfaction despite achieving some of the biggest milestones I have set for myself. In this episode, I will share some tips on how to avoid getting stuck on the hedonic treadmill, the benefits of building habits and rituals to achieve success, and the importance of celebrating achievements. Topics include: What is the hedonic treadmill and how does it affect your happiness Letting go of chronic dissatisfaction Things that hold back happiness Why setting daily goals helps you accomplish more The importance of building habits and rituals to achieve success And other topics… Resources mentioned: War of Art by Steven Pressfield: https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up gang? Welcome to the greatness machine. I'm your host Darius from Shazday. I'm so
0:08.8	pumped out here with me. And the listen, the greatness machine were about two things. Number one, people were living their passions, and
0:15.1	number two, those who are creating greatness in the world and doing both of these things despite
0:19.4	the odds against them. Each episode we're gonna feature interviews with game changers, business
0:23.6	leaders, you know telling us their origin stories, what made them tick, what got
0:27.1	them to where they are now. Why? So it can help you step into your greatness within
0:31.3	your life, your business, and your career.
0:33.2	Occasionally, you might hear a few solo episodes for myself.
0:36.0	Moa, as I say, as I leverage my 20 years of entrepreneurship as a CEO and
0:40.0	founder to help you grow and level up in your journey to scale your life and your business.
0:44.8	So come be a fly on the wall, enjoy the conversation, and I'm stoked to have you here with me. What's up everybody? What's up,
0:53.0	it's a-?
0:54.0	What's up?
0:56.0	What's up everybody?
1:00.0	Today's episode of the Great
1:01.0	And I'm your host Darius Moshaz day. It is solo time, baby. So I wanted to do a special solo about how to get off the hedonic treadmill. So somebody might be saying, hey, what is the hedon treadmill? And it's the word heatenistic treadmill being this thing we run on.
1:16.2	And you might know like this, like I'm a former Hedonic Marathon runner.
1:21.2	Uh, I say that because I was someone that struggled with this and you'll know
1:25.1	you're on the Hadana treadmill when you're a person that says I'll be happy when
1:28.6	X happens. You know once X happens then I'll be happy. I talked about this in a in a former episode called the biggest lie in the world but
1:37.3	You might be a person that's on the head on a treadmill that I'll be happy once I get that house or I'll be happy once I get that house or I'll be happy once I go on that trip or I'll be happy
1:46.1	when I make X amount of money.
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