Diving into the short stories on Urban Meyer, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Edison, Frances Grayson, and more about the curse of ambition.

Check out Wright Thompson's book, The Cost of These Dreams, for more on the dark side of ambition.

1:40 - Urban Meyer

Why do people persist in their self-destructive behavior, ignoring the blatant fact that what they’ve been doing for many years hasn’t solved their problems? They think that they need to do it even more fervently, or frequently, as if they were doing the right thing but had to try even harder.

7:40 - Neil Armstrong

“The one regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time and a lot of travel,and I didn’t get to spend the time I would have liked with my family as they grew up.”

9:05 - Thomas Edison

The other thing he said was his superpower was the ability to work more than others on less sleep. He called sleep a waste of time, often working 18-22 hours a day, even putting in a couple days worth of work without a break.

12:40 - Frances Grayson

“I would rather give my life to something big and worthwhile, than to live longer and do less.”


13:40 - Ted Turner

“Work, Racing, Family, in that order.”


Quote

“Your heroes aren't gods, they're just regular people who got good at one thing by neglecting everything." - Jason Pargin

-----

Website: https://www.chasegreatness.net
Book: https://www.chasegreatness.net/book
Apparel: https://www.chasegreatness.net/shop