Why Entrepreneurs Self-Sabotage Even When They Want Success
Release Date: 11/26/2025
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Why do entrepreneurs keep sabotaging their own progress even when they want success more than anything? Why do they repeat the same patterns, ruin good opportunities, lose discipline, or fall back into old habits?
In this episode, Dr. Robb Kelly — widely known as “The Addiction Doctor” — breaks down the real science behind self-sabotage, trauma, and identity. This conversation reveals how childhood experiences quietly shape adult behavior, and why so many entrepreneurs struggle with patterns they cannot explain.
We discuss why childhood trauma often becomes the root of people-pleasing, addiction, overworking, and burnout. Dr. Kelly explains how the brain rewires itself to treat certain behaviors as “survival,” and why traditional motivation or discipline will never work until identity is healed.
He also shares a practical three-minute morning routine designed to reset the brain, shift your subconscious patterns, and rebuild a stronger inner identity. His personal story — from losing everything and dying twice to rebuilding his life through neuroscience — is one of the most powerful lessons on transformation and resilience.
If you feel stuck, keep repeating the same mistakes, or feel “not enough” no matter how hard you work, this episode will help you understand why and what to do next.
Who This Episode Is For
Entrepreneurs
Founders dealing with burnout
High achievers who keep repeating negative patterns
Anyone struggling with self-sabotage
People affected by childhood trauma or emotional neglect
Anyone who wants to rebuild their identity and reprogram their mind
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Time Stamps
00:00 – Why entrepreneurs self-sabotage
03:45 – Childhood trauma stored in the subconscious
07:10 – How the brain blocks success
12:50 – Patterns formed in childhood that control adult behavior
18:22 – Why discipline is difficult for high achievers
22:39 – The three-minute morning brain reset
26:04 – How people-pleasing develops from trauma
29:30 – Addiction, dopamine and the survival brain
33:12 – How identity is formed and how to change it
38:10 – Breaking emotional cycles
42:55 – Why small acts of kindness can save lives
47:20 – A message every entrepreneur should hear
Pullout quotes:
- “Everybody’s born a genius. Everybody can build a multi-million-dollar business.”
- “The survival part of the brain tells alcoholics to drink alcohol to live — not water.”
- “Childhood trauma is the gateway drug. It’s stored deep in the subconscious.”
- “Stop giving a shit what people think about you. That’s the biggest killer of dreams.”
- “If you want to be a millionaire, it’s not that hard — once the mindset shifts.”
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