Mindset coach Rob Dial responds to Codie Sanchez asking whether high-achieving entrepreneurs universally suffer from emotional wounding.
Opinion
Dial: Workaholism is the only addiction that society actively praises and rewards
“Which is hard because in society that's like the only addiction that's actually praised. Oh my God, you weren't making a bunch of money, you're successful, and everyone's like praising you for it.”
Insight
Dial: Believing business success requires sacrificing family is a scarcity mindset
“The thing is, is like, I think that's an old paradigm of like, if I want to be successful, Then I, it, my relationship with my wife needs to, you know, hurt because of that. I don't get to see my children as much because of that. That is a, like, a scarcity mi…”
Insight
Dial: Business owners should intentionally feed their brains daily problems to solve
“If your brain is a problem solving tool, then my goal for myself and clients that I work with, especially business owners is bring problems to figure out every single day because your brain wants to do that thing. You know, it's like, that's what your brain is…”
Insight
Dial: If you wonder if someone drains your energy, they probably do
“If you're questioning whether somebody is a battery, like a battery or a vacuum, they're probably a vacuum. Like if you're questioning it, you're probably, they're teetering on like taking energy from you.”
Assertion Partly supported
Dial: A close friend becoming obese increases your obesity risk by 38%
“There's a statistic that found that if you have one friend that you're close to become obese, you have a 38% higher chance of becoming obese, because we become the people we spend the most time with.”
Insight
Dial: Top performers rely on environment design rather than raw willpower
“And what I found was that they are not the type of person who just has hardcore willpower. It's that they design an environment Where their willpower isn't tested.”