Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Does anyone else experience an unhealthy obsession with success and prestige? What does it look like to be obsessed with success and prestige? You're just trying to chase achievement after achievement but it never is enough. Or, you're yearning to do something big just to say that you did something big. This is a video that I have been thinking about doing for a while, but I have been kinda afraid of what the reaction would be. I wrote about this topic previously on my blog post which you can find here:
bennettnotes.com/post/obsessed-with-success-and-prestige
With this video, I was hoping to expand on what I said in my blog post and offer some new ideas on the matter. Like I mentioned in this video, this is something which many people deal with but also lots of people don't. And for those that do, it can be frustrating living a life that constantly pulls you in directions that you don't feel like your heart is in. Basically an endless loop of achievement without happiness.
Here is the link to the original reddit post:
reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/dbfnzr/anybody_else_feel_like_they_have_an_unhealthy
Here is a link to the study that I mentioned:
https://www.irle.berkeley.edu/files/2016/Striving-for-superiority.pdf
You can find me on Twitter:
twitter.com/_davebennett
Does anyone else experience an unhealthy obsession with success and prestige? What does it look like to be obsessed with success and prestige? You're just trying to chase achievement after achievement but it never is enough. Or, you're yearning to do something big just to say that you did something big. This is a video that I have been thinking about doing for a while, but I have been kinda afraid of what the reaction would be. I wrote about this topic previously on my blog post which you can find here:
bennettnotes.com/post/obsessed-with-success-and-prestige
With this video, I was hoping to expand on what I said in my blog post and offer some new ideas on the matter. Like I mentioned in this video, this is something which many people deal with but also lots of people don't. And for those that do, it can be frustrating living a life that constantly pulls you in directions that you don't feel like your heart is in. Basically an endless loop of achievement without happiness.
Here is the link to the original reddit post:
reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/dbfnzr/anybody_else_feel_like_they_have_an_unhealthy
Here is a link to the study that I mentioned:
https://www.irle.berkeley.edu/files/2016/Striving-for-superiority.pdf
You can find me on Twitter:
twitter.com/_davebennett
