# achievement
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0:00Introducing Matt Poepsel and the hope crisisMatt Poepsel: I had this bottomless pit of achievement as an insecure overachiever and an imposter syndrome sufferer for many, many decades. I knew that that goal wasn't going to bring happiness. And I think that insulatEP 265 · 8 Jan 2026·intro· 0:00–4:306:41New beginnings and the post-achievement crashAl Elliott: Perhaps is there someone, and you might not want to name them, is there someone you know of, or perhaps a point in your life where you were like, yes, I am full of hope and this is exactly how I want to be? MEP 265 · 8 Jan 2026·interview· 6:41–9:51
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