Kiss & Tell: Heated Rivalry, My Relationship with Excellence, Pain vs. Attraction

Описание: In this personal Kiss & Tell episode of Big F*cking Dreams, Hannah shares an honest behind-the-scenes reflection on excellence, ambition, identity, and growth — and what it really looks like to raise your standards without returning to burnout.

From becoming unexpectedly obsessed with Heated Rivalry, to re-examining her relationship with excellence after burnout recovery, to rethinking how pain-based thinking shapes work, marketing, and personal goals — this episode is a candid look at how high performers evolve when they stop swinging between over-pushing and pulling back.

Key Takeaways:

Burnout doesn’t mean excellence is gone — it means capacity needs rebuilding
You can raise your standards without self-punishment
Excellence and sustainability are not opposites
Showing up at 70% is still leadership
Passion often reveals identity, not distraction
Focusing on pain keeps you stuck; focusing on transformation moves you forward
What you pay attention to shapes what you create
Ambition works best when paired with self-trust and internal safety


Timestamps:

01:00 – A new (unexpected) obsession: Heated Rivalry
01:30 – A personal branding exercise that revealed a core truth
02:00 – Passion, intensity, and identity
02:30 – Falling into obsession — and what it reveals
03:00 – Why simple, focused storytelling works
04:30 – Courage, visibility, and self-acceptance
05:00 – Why this story mattered so deeply
06:00 – Shifting into excellence: watching the Taylor Swift documentary
06:30 – Rigor, discipline, and demanding excellence
07:00 – Burnout at 30 and stepping away from work
07:30 – Trauma recovery and rebuilding capacity
08:00 – Entrepreneurship after burnout
09:00 – “Just put it out” vs. “hold a higher standard”
10:00 – Raising the bar in content and leadership
10:30 – Excellence as identity — done healthily
11:30 – Living in the gray, not extremes
12:00 – Showing up at 70% instead of not at all
12:30 – Discipline without punishment
13:00 – The tension between excellence and consistency
13:30 – Why showing up still matters
14:00 – Pain-based vs. attraction-based marketing
14:30 – Trauma shaping how we see the world
15:00 – The reticular activating system explained
15:30 – Why focusing on what you don’t want backfires
16:00 – Shifting toward transformation and desire
16:30 – Helping people change their internal operating system
17:00 – Re-orienting toward possibility and growth

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