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2098: 3 Things I Did to Relax When I Was Stressing About Reaching My Goals by Alexander Heyne with Tiny Buddha

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Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship
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Jun 29, 2026
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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2098: Alexander Heyne shares how chasing ambitious goals and rigid timelines left him burned out, anxious, and disconnected from the very passion that once inspired him. By releasing expectations, focusing on daily growth, and letting go of artificial deadlines, he discovered a calmer, more enjoyable path to achieving meaningful success. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/stop-setting-hard-deadlines-enjoy-way-goals/?fromterm=5474 Quotes to ponder: “Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.” “When we release expectations and focus on enjoying every day and working our hardest on growth, not madly achieving our goals as quickly as possible, that’s ironically when we reach our goals faster, and with less stress, than ever.” “The expectations I put on myself were crushing me, I thought I would be at a certain benchmark by a certain date, and I hoped I would be somewhere that I currently wasn’t in my business.” Episode references: Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ Joan Borysenko: https://www.joanborysenko.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices