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The Inferiority Complex That Feels Like Strength, But Isn’t | (#079) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

The Inferiority Complex That Feels Like Strength, But Isn’t | (#079) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Mar 15, 2026 | Beyond Success Podcast

The inferiority complex doesn’t look like what you think it looks like. It doesn’t show up as weakness. It shows up as the need to never be weak. It looks like ambition, drive, dominance. The compulsion to win every argument. The inability to rest after a win. It...
Hard Work Is How Smart People Avoid Their True Problems | (#078) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Hard Work Is How Smart People Avoid Their True Problems | (#078) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Mar 8, 2026 | Beyond Success Podcast

High achievers have a dangerous tendency to equate effort and responsibility. But effort and responsibility are not the same thing. In fact, in most cases, high effort coexists with low responsibility because effort is a shield that protects you from the exposure of...
When Attraction Becomes a Substitute for Building a Life | (#077) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

When Attraction Becomes a Substitute for Building a Life | (#077) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Mar 1, 2026 | Beyond Success Podcast

When the rest of your life is flat, dating and attraction can end up supplying the intensity you’re missing. When your career growth slows, when challenge turns into routine, when your life is in maintenance mode, attraction can take on much more importance in your...
The Engines That Built Your Success & Why They No Longer Serve You | (#076) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

The Engines That Built Your Success & Why They No Longer Serve You | (#076) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Feb 22, 2026 | Beyond Success Podcast

Success isn’t built by willpower alone. It’s built by inner engines. Fear that kept you sharp. Hunger that kept you moving. A need to prove yourself that refused to let you coast. A nervous system that could handle pressure without collapsing. Those internal engines...
The Orientation Gap: When Success Stops Organizing Your Life | (#075) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

The Orientation Gap: When Success Stops Organizing Your Life | (#075) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Feb 15, 2026 | Beyond Success Podcast

Success and achievement aren’t just some kind of psychological trick or a shallow distraction. They’re actually a way to make sense of the uncertainty of life, narrow your options of choices, and shape distracted energy into focused action. In this way, success and...
Moral Value vs. Market Value: Why a Clear Conscience Outperforms Success | (#074) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Moral Value vs. Market Value: Why a Clear Conscience Outperforms Success | (#074) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.

Feb 8, 2026 | Beyond Success Podcast

There are several costs you’re forced to pay when you treat moral value as optional. First, it tricks you into commoditizing yourself. Relationships become shallow and transaction-based. Fulfillment disappears. Low-grade tension replaces it. Next, your mind tricks you...
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