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Ep 338 – Goals Are Good Servants, Terrible Gods
Meta Description:Stoic leadership helps founders use goals without making them identity, teaching discipline, clarity, and peace beyond achievement.🎙️ Episode SummaryStoicism teaches that goals can guide effort, but they cannot carry your whole identity. In this episode, Scott Smith explains why goals are good servants, but terrible gods.For founders, executives, and high achievers, goals often provide structure. They tell you what matters, what to prioritize, and how to measure progress. But when a goal becomes the thing that gives you permission to feel okay, it stops serving your life and…
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