Are You Abandoning Yourself in the Name of “Growth”?
Release Date: 09/21/2025
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info_outlineMost coaches and entrepreneurs think pouring more time into their business or relationship is devotion. It’s not, it’s self abandonment.
In this episode, Chad calls out the habits that destroy your standards and strip you of the respect you need to lead:
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Skipping meals and calling it “productivity”
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Wearing the grind like a badge while hiding the body it’s built you
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Using your relationship as an excuse to get soft
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Confusing sacrifice with avoidance
You can’t scale a business or lead a community while neglecting your own body, health, and identity. That’s not leadership it’s burnout dressed in hustle culture.
This is your wake up call to stop playing small, stop modeling mediocrity, and start building the capacity to lead by example. Because when you raise your standards, everyone around you rises too.
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