# The Thing You Want, Won't Make You Happy | Jeff Rasley | SC109

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Podcast: [Simple Conversations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/simple-conversations-7055849)
Published: 2026-03-16T18:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1840

## Resource

Jeff Rasley once the lived the "good life". Sports Cars, Harley Davidson, Prestigious career and healthy family.... But it made him miserable. Today we are discussing how the pre-conceived idea of what a dream life is, might actually be your living hell. You'll hear stories about how Jeff slowly self-destructed due to unresolved feelings of living a lie. You will then learn how he took back control and found the real "good life". Chapters; 00:00 - Success doesn’t equal happiness? 03:40 - Could you be ignoring your passion? 11:00 - Have it all but something is still missing. 15:30 - Finding the good life 19:20 - Stop ignoring your gut feeling 24:30 - Assemble a support system now 26:40 - Preventing repeated issues My Short Stories - https://simpleconversations.substack.com/ ASG; https://www.instagram.com/asg_simple https://www.reddit.com/r/SimpleConversations/ https://www.jeffrasley.com/ #success #happiness #psychology #podcast #mindfulness Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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