In this episode of The Radical Ownership Podcast, Dr. Eric Perry explores the distinction between happiness and satisfaction, shedding light on how chasing fleeting moments of joy can leave us feeling unfulfilled. While happiness often feels good in the moment, it lacks the lasting depth and fulfillment that satisfaction provides. Dr. Perry explains how satisfaction, born from effort, growth, and perseverance, is the true key to long-term fulfillment.
Through his insights, Dr. Perry examines how the pursuit of happiness can distract us from the deeper satisfaction that comes from achieving meaningful goals and embracing personal growth. He challenges listeners to reconsider their focus, highlighting the difference between seeking comfort and embracing the effort that leads to true satisfaction.
Dr. Perry offers actionable strategies to build both happiness and satisfaction, showing how they work best together to create a life that is both joyful and deeply fulfilling. Listeners will learn how to:
Understand the difference between happiness and satisfaction
Recognize how focusing only on happiness can leave us stuck
Embrace the effort and discomfort required to build lasting satisfaction
Find happiness in the process of growth and progress
Balance both happiness and satisfaction to live a meaningful, purposeful life
Dr. Perry provides a Radical Ownership Challenge to help listeners reflect on where they’ve prioritized happiness over satisfaction and take deliberate steps to shift their focus. By embracing both happiness and satisfaction, listeners can create a life filled with both joy and lasting fulfillment.
Tune in to learn how balancing these two forces can lead to greater meaning, progress, and ownership in your life, empowering you to take bold action and create a life of true fulfillment. By embracing both happiness and satisfaction, you’ll unlock the key to lasting growth and a life of purpose.
Connect with Dr. Perry: https://drericperry.com
Own Your Stuff Online Support Group: https://drericperry.com/ownyourstuff
Empathy Awakening Workshop: https://drericperry.com/empathyawakening
Disclaimer: The content contained in this podcast is for general information only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, assessment, diagnosis, or treatment. Listeners should not rely on the information provided for their own health needs. All specific questions should be presented to your own healthcare provider. Listening to this podcast in no way creates a professional/working relationship between the listener and the host. If at any time you have an emergency while listening, please contact your local emergency center immediately.
In this episode of The Radical Ownership Podcast, Dr. Eric Perry explores the misunderstood topic of perfectionism, exploring its hidden roots and pervasive impact. While often celebrated as a pursuit of high standards, perfectionism is actually a barrier that fuels fear, procrastination, and stagnation. Through his insights, Dr. Perry sheds light on the ways perfectionism masquerades as ambition, while secretly paralyzing progress and limiting creativity.
Dr. Perry challenges the common advice to simply 'lower your standards' and instead provides actionable strategies to redefine success, embrace imperfection, and build resilience. He explains how to replace fear with trust, shift focus from flawless outcomes to meaningful progress, and reclaim time and energy from the grip of perfectionism.
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Dr. Perry provides insights and practical tools to help listeners recognize how perfectionism may be holding them back. By embracing imperfection and focusing on progress, listeners can take deliberate steps toward meaningful growth and fulfillment.
Tune in to discover how breaking free from perfectionism can lead to a more purposeful, confident, and balanced life. With Dr. Perry’s guidance, you will redefine success, embrace progress, and take radical ownership of your growth.
Connect with Dr. Perry: https://drericperry.com
Own Your Stuff Online Support Group: https://drericperry.com/ownyourstuff
Empathy Awakening Workshop: https://drericperry.com/empathyawakening
Disclaimer: The content contained in this podcast is for general information only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, assessment, diagnosis, or treatment. Listeners should not rely on the information provided for their own health needs. All specific questions should be presented to your own healthcare provider. Listening to this podcast in no way creates a professional/working relationship between the listener and the host. If at any time you have an emergency while listening, please contact your local emergency center immediately.
In this episode of The Radical Ownership Podcast, Dr. Eric Perry examines how distractions, particularly entertainment, quietly derail our focus and undermine our accountability. With entertainment now actively seeking our attention through algorithms and notifications, it’s easy to lose sight of our goals. Dr. Perry explains how this constant pull toward instant gratification keeps us stuck in cycles of procrastination, making it harder to stay committed to our long-term objectives.
Dr. Perry highlights how distractions erode self-efficacy, our confidence in our ability to follow through, while also creating internal conflict through cognitive dissonance. He explores how this cycle of avoidance and guilt steals time, time that could be spent building a meaningful, purposeful life.
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Dr. Perry provides practical tools to help listeners break free from the grip of distractions, reclaim their focus, and take radical ownership of their time and attention. With actionable strategies, listeners will be empowered to shift from passive entertainment to intentional action, leading to lives filled with meaning, growth, and progress.
Tune in to discover how taking radical ownership of your distractions can lead to a more purposeful, fulfilling life. With Dr. Perry’s insights, listeners will gain the confidence and clarity to move beyond distractions and build the life they truly want.
Connect with Dr. Perry: https://drericperry.com
Own Your Stuff Online Support Group: https://drericperry.com/ownyourstuff
Empathy Awakening Workshop: https://drericperry.com/empathyawakening
Disclaimer: The content contained in this podcast is for general information only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, assessment, diagnosis, or treatment. Listeners should not rely on the information provided for their own health needs. All specific questions should be presented to your own healthcare provider. Listening to this podcast in no way creates a professional/working relationship between the listener and the host. If at any time you have an emergency while listening, please contact your local emergency center immediately.
