The Practice of Groundedness Part Two

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

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Investing, Education, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Achievement often comes at a cost. Angst, restlessness, frayed relationships, exhaustion, and even substance abuse can be the unwanted side effects of an obsession with outward performance. While the high of occasional wins can keep you going for a while, playing into the always-on, never enough hustle culture ultimately takes a serious toll.

In The Practice of Groundedness, author Brad Stulberg shares a healthier, more sustainable model for success.

At the heart of this model is groundedness, a practice that values presence over rote productivity, accepts that progress is nonlinear, and prioritizes long-term values and fulfillment over short-term gain.

To be grounded is to possess a firm and unwavering foundation, a resolute sense of self from which deep and enduring, not shallow and superficial, success can be found.

Groundedness does not eliminate ambition and striving; rather, it situates these qualities and channels them in more meaningful ways.

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0:57.6	Welcome to the Jill on Money Show, it's Sunday, August 28th.
1:06.4	And in today's second part of our interview with Brad Stolberg,
1:10.8	the author of the Practice of Groundedness, we are trying to think about how to bring our
1:16.2	generations together. I'm kind of getting sick of this whole trope around, you know,
1:21.2	this is what this generation is like and this is what this generation is like,
1:24.7	I just don't think it helps anybody. So maybe it's just about all of us coming together
1:30.2	and saying we want more grounded lives, we want to make sure that we are all doing things that
1:35.2	make us feel connected to the larger organization for whom we work, or maybe it's just your
1:42.0	individual contribution to a larger effort. But let's stop doing this whole generation thing.
1:46.8	I don't know. I think that we can probably try to do a better job with that. Anyway, here is the
1:52.4	second part of our interview with Brad Stolberg. I'm wondering this idea of, you know, nourishing
1:58.4	your roots, which I really do love. How can I best as an old fart who's gone through this like
2:04.8	ups and downs and lots of downs, certainly professionally and in life and relationships?
2:10.2	How can I explain this focus on your roots in a way that, you know, a 30-year-old can hear it?
2:17.5	Or even middle age who are trying to find the groundedness besides obviously giving them your book.
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