When accomplishment becomes the drug, slowing down starts to feel dangerous, because it means sitting with yourself. Mandy Balak knows the feeling. She was winning on paper and running on empty in private.
As a three-time founder she built a multi-seven-figure business and led a growing team, all while getting her father out of a Colombian prison and holding the whole thing alone. Now, as President of The Gathering Festival and author of Chasing Enough: Sustainable Success for High Achievers, she’s challenging high achievers to rethink what sustainable success actually costs.
In this conversation with Ryan, Mandy opens up about how childhood patterns follow us into our careers, what happens to a team when a leader leads from pressure, and the wake-up call that finally made her stop and look inward. She also breaks down the difference between a chasing leader and a choosing leader, and the one question that reveals which one you are.
If you hit the goal and felt nothing, you’ll love this.
“Chasing is a nervous system. Choosing is a decision.”
