Dr. Benjamin Hardy - How Do You Really Measure Success?

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Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It often feels like there is a massive gap between where we are and where we want to be. What’s more, we can spend so much time working to GET somewhere that we lose sight of what we’ve gained along the way. This is what organizational psychologist Dr. Benjamin Hardy and I dove into this episode. I loved this conversation, and I’m thrilled to share it with you, so don’t forget to spread it around. Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work, Personality Isn't Permanent, and most recently, The Gap And The Gain. He is a prolific blog writer, and his work has been read by over 100 million people, and featured on Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, and others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today, and from 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer in the world on Medium.com. He and his wife Lauren adopted three children through the foster system in February 2018 and, one month later, Lauren became pregnant with twins, who were born in December of 2018. They live in Orlando. Connect with Ben -Website: https://benjaminhardy.com/ -Articles: https://benjaminhardy.com/articles/ -Book: The Gap And The Gain: -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benjaminhardy88/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjamin_hardy_phd/ -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminhardy88/ -Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenjaminPHardy -Book: The Gap And The Gain: https://amzn.to/3zodzxS -Book: Personality Isn’t Permanent: https://amzn.to/3zodzxS -Book: Willpower Doesn’t Work: https://amzn.to/3AoEg6N Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the self-leadership they’re looking for. Are you looking to find purpose, navigate transition, or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Success isn't actually that difficult.
0:12.8	It merely involves taking 20 steps in a singular direction.
0:17.1	Most people, however, take one step in 20 directions.
0:25.6	Those are the words of my guest today, Dr. Benjamin Hardy. I really love this interview and this conversation and some of the wisdom and insight that he drops.
0:32.6	Let me tell you a little bit about him.
0:34.6	He is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of
0:38.3	Willpower doesn't work and personality isn't permanent. He's also a prolific blog writer and his
0:43.9	writing has been read over 100 million times by, sorry, by 100 million people and featured on
0:49.7	Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, and others. He's a regular contributor
0:55.5	to Inc. Psychology Today. And from 2015 to 2018, he was the number one writer in the world on
1:02.4	Medium.com, which is pretty damn incredible. So I've actually had Dr. Hardy on the show before,
1:09.4	and we talked about Willpower Doesn't work. This is right before his book actually came out. Hardy on the show before, and we talked about Willpower Doesn't Work.
1:12.1	This is right before his book actually came out. So if you want, if you enjoy this conversation,
1:16.3	you go back and listen to that one because it's also a profound conversation. But today,
1:20.5	we are going to talk about his newest book and this concept called The Gap and the Gain. And the subtitle is how high achievers,
1:30.7	the high achievers guide in happiness, confidence, and success. So I loved this conversation.
1:38.1	Because when you think about where you are now in your relationship, in your finances, in your health, and where you want to be,
1:47.0	that's kind of a gap. And for most of us, we spend a tremendous amount of time trying to move
1:55.2	ourselves from where we are to where we want to be. And we operate in this gap continually. And we can't seem to escape
2:03.4	this gap. It's a very frustrating, confronting, aggravating, anger-inducing, depression-riddled
2:12.9	experience that many of us can spend years, decades, and sometimes a lifetime operating in.
2:19.4	And Dr. Hardy is great at breaking down how we can move out of this gap-oriented mindset,
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