The Being huMAN Podcast

Breaking the addiction to success and toxic corporate life

Chris Walker

In this episode we are going to dive into my inner world of not feeling like I belonged and how that tied my sense of self to success, being successful, and belonging to the group that was successful.

This started early in life with making honor roll as kid, to making sports teams as I got older, to a relentless anxiety filled pursuit of success in the corporate world. This addiction to success led me to disregard my own needs in lieu of the needs of my coach, my boss, the company. I lived in a constant state of anxiety for nearly 11 years because my sense of self was tied to success.

I was an addict. Here's my story of breaking free.