The Success Paradox: Can becoming a winner lead to losing at life?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Could it be, paradoxically, that the very things that lead to success in youth can set us up for struggles and hurt later in life? If so, what can we do about this in our own lives and the lives of our children? And how are the notions of success, winning, and competition reconceived and redeemed within the Christian faith? ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at [email protected] or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0	I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.
0:04.2	I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.
0:08.4	Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.
0:12.0	But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.
0:15.8	And some questions keep us up at night.
0:18.4	Who am I?
0:19.6	Does my life have value?
0:21.2	What determines my identity and purpose?
0:23.7	Is there a God?
0:24.9	Does he care?
0:26.0	What will happen when I die?
0:27.8	Is it even possible to know the truth?
0:29.7	We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.
0:35.8	So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to ask away.
0:42.4	I'm going to explore a cluster of themes that include things like success, winning, competition,
0:50.1	and these are themes that are quite central to my own personal story. They were driving forces in my youth.
0:56.6	And then when I came to faith in Christ in college, it was through a sports ministry,
1:01.1	athletes in action.
1:02.4	I was playing soccer at the time.
1:04.4	And I was also at a top academic university.
1:07.4	And so my early years as a Christian were spent in large part wrestling with what it looks like to live out faith in a highly competitive environment.
1:16.6	And more recently, two things prompted me to focus my thinking on these themes again.
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