OverSuccess: Healing the American Obsession With Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection<\/a><\/em>. In today’s episode, Mr. Rubens and I discuss how our obsession with being the best we can be is actually biting us in the rear and making us miserable. Lots of food for thought in this podcast. Tune in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the conundrums of the modern world is the fact that despite living in the safest and most affluent time in history, many of the people who enjoy the fruits of this prosperity are still miserable. For example, depression, suicide, and addiction rates have risen significantly in the past 60 years. My guest on today’s podcast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,156,42388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-podcast","category-self-improvement"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/128-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/128-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/128-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/128-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/128-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"\n
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