Goal depression is a well-documented psychological phenomenon where individuals experience a sense of emptiness or loss of purpose after achieving a significant goal, particularly affecting ambitious people who have deeply invested their identity in the pursuit; this occurs because the brain's reward system is activated during the chase rather than the completion, and the goal becomes fused with one's identity, creating an identity crisis when the goal ends.
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Feeling Lost After Achieving a Big Goal?Added:
That's when the reality sets in.
And I'm going to tell you what I shared with my son because it's relevant for all of us as leaders.
What they were experiencing is called goal depression.
And let me be clear, I did not coin that phrase. The research on this is real and the psychology behind it is incredibly well documented, but more importantly, I have lived it. And if you're the kind of person who sets ambitious goals, who goes all in, who pours blood, sweat, and tears in time into something that truly matters, well, then you have either lived it, too, or you will.
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