{"podcast":{"title":"The Reluctant Entrepreneur Podcast","slug":"the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","podcast_index_feed_id":7049244,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6346062/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.mikekonrad.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0c0e18f8fee88bf987c05cd6e1532a66.jpg","author":"Mike Konrad","episode_count":127,"summary":"I’m your host, Mike Konrad, the author of The Reluctant Entrepreneur - Anatomy of a Business Start-Up - From Uncertainty to Unstoppable, available on Amazon as a paperback, e-book, and an audible book, and I’m excited to share real stories that reveal the many paths people take to build their own businesses. Whether you stumbled into entrepreneurship or you’ve always known it was your calling, this podcast is for you. Let’s start with what it means to be a reluctant entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs don’t set out with a grand plan to build a business. Maybe you worked for a company that didn’t value your vision, and one day you thought, “I could do this myself”, that was my story. Or maybe life pushed you in an unexpected direction—losing a job, facing a personal crisis, or discovering a passion that grew into a business. Reluctant entrepreneurs often find themselves starting a business not because they always dreamed of it, but because it was the best—or only—option available. And then there are intentional entrepreneurs. These are the people who’ve known from the start that they were meant to create something of their own. They may have planned meticulously, crafted their vision,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:18:29.568615+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244"},"episode":{"title":"Why High Performers Burn Out and How to Avoid It: Chaz Wolfe's Lessons from the Top - Episode 69","slug":"why-high-performers-burn-out-and-how-to-avoid-it-chaz-wolfe-s-lessons-from-the-top-episode-69","published_at":"2026-04-13T07:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/why-high-performers-burn-out-and-how-to-avoid-it-chaz-wolfe-s-lessons-from-the-top-episode-69","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-high-performers-burn-out-and-how-to-avoid-it-chaz-wolfe-s-lessons-from-the-top-episode-69--70631715","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70631715/re_69_cw_01.mp3","summary":"We tend to celebrate success loudly. The growth. The exits. The numbers. The wins. But we rarely talk about what success quietly takes from us along the way. My guest today knows that tension firsthand. Chaz Wolfe is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Gathering The Kings. On paper, his story looks like what many entrepreneurs chase. Businesses built and scaled. Financial milestones reached. Momentum achieved early. But as Chaz will tell you, success nearly came at the expense of everything that actually mattered. In this conversation, we go beyond the highlight reel. We talk about the hidden costs of winning, the moment when achievement stops feeling like fulfillment, and what it really means to redefine the entrepreneurial win once you realize money alone is not the answer. If you are building something and quietly wondering what it is costing you, this episode is for you. Gathering the Kings: https://gatheringthekings.com","meta_description":"We tend to celebrate success loudly. The growth. The exits. The numbers. The wins. But we rarely talk about what success quietly takes from us along the w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3012,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/episodes/why-high-performers-burn-out-and-how-to-avoid-it-chaz-wolfe-s-lessons-from-the-top-episode-69/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/why-high-performers-burn-out-and-how-to-avoid-it-chaz-wolfe-s-lessons-from-the-top-episode-69.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}