Truth, Lies & Work

# people pleasing

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17:30The 'Needing to Be Needed' Trap and Over-HelpingAl Elliott: Look, I wanna really go down this. I know it's such a cheesy thing for a podcast to say this rabbit hole, but I really wanna dig into this because it seems like you described an analogy at the beginning that EP 325 · 6 Aug 2026·interview· 17:30–23:568:51The trap of people-pleasing and the sustainability problem for leadersSean Tolram: I cared a lot about impressing people. About doing what I thought other people wanted me to do. I would push myself, I would compete with those around me because some of us work in competitive environments. EP 70 · 21 Dec 2023·panel interview· 8:51–13:46

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