The Great Lie of Achievement: Why $650M Won't Fix You
6/10/20261 hr 3 min
You sold the company. You hit the number. You bought the house. So why do you still feel empty?
Blake Mycoskie founded TOMS Shoes, pioneered the One for One model, and sold his company at a $650M valuation. He achieved every entrepreneurial dream. Then, he fell into a deep depression.
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In this episode, Ryan and Blake deconstruct the high-achiever's curse: the constant, gnawing feeling of "never enough." They discuss why the inner critic is a liar, the danger of over-optimizing your life, and how detaching from outcomes is the ultimate unlock for peak performance.
Blake also reveals his experience using an AI therapist, his simple 15-minute morning routine, and why his current ventures (Move Lab and Morning Water) feel like "easy mode."
Stop living in the future. Anchor yourself in the present.
Links & Resources:
- Check out Blake's new podcast: No Magic Pill
- Join the Enough Movement
- Learn about Blake's new active sitting chair: MOOVLAB
- Get Blake's daily supplement: Morning Water
- Follow Blake on Instagram: @blakemycoskie
- Connect with Ryan on X: @RyanHanley_Com
- Watch the full video on YouTube: Ryan Hanley's Channel
- Read the full shownotes article at RyanHanley.com
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Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsBlake Mycoskie· Guest0:00
In the last 12 months, I've had probably the greatest entrepreneurial run of my life, and a lot of people don't know about it yet.
Ryan Hanley· Host0:06
I have severe ADHD that I got diagnosed with three years ago. Before that, I just thought I was crazy.
Blake Mycoskie· Guest0:13
And I think athletes and entrepreneurs are kind of cut of the same cloth. That critic is actually making us perform better. We are always either living in the past because we're thinking about the regret and the shame or the mistakes that we made, or we're always living in the future thinking, "What can I do, achieve, or obtain to feel enough?"
Ryan Hanley· Host0:32
[upbeat music] I'm very excited to chat with you. Obviously, um, I know your story and have done a lot of research and stuff, but I- I guess I'm most interested in, is there anything relevant timely today, um... And that could be something you have going on. It could be a story that just came across your desk. It could be something that just happened in your life, and you're like, "Man, I just... This is hot on my brain. I wanna talk about it." Like, is there any, like, anything burning a, a hole that you'd love to chat about?
Blake Mycoskie· Guest1:04
Yeah, I mean, I think the reason why I was excited to do your show is 'cause it's all about finding peak performance, and I am... In the last 12 months, I've had probably the greatest entrepreneurial run of my life, and a lot of people don't know about it yet. Um, so a lot of people have been hearing about my mental health journey, and I know we'll get into that. And that has... But what's interesting is a lot of the healing