2024-12-05
53 分钟Jenn Romolini was a high-powered editor who appeared to have it all - until a health crisis forced her to reevaluate her all-consuming ambition. In this candid conversation, Romolini shares her journey from corporate overachiever to redefining success on her own terms, as detailed in her memoir Ambition Monster. Discover how shifting her mindset allowed her to embrace what truly matters beyond professional accolades. You can find Jenn at: extended scenes Substack | Instagram | Episode Transcript If you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations we had with Jen Sincero about transforming your life. Check out our offerings & partners: Join My New Writing Project: Awake at the WheelVisit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I am ambitious to feel content.
I don't expect happiness every day, but I am ambitious to feel a sense of equanimity in my life.
You can't find when your life is out of balance.
And I am ambitious to invest in friendship, which is something I've really lacked for the majority of my life and is so important, especially as you get older, right?
And just being a good person, how do I show up every day?
Those are things you need space and time to think about.
We don't just come out being good people who know how to, like, manage ourselves in the world.
And many of our childhoods don't help with that.
Right.
So it takes work and it takes effort.
And that's something to be ambitious for being as a person who means something in other people's lives, all of those things.
That's how I calculate if I'm a success now.
So ambition is this loaded word.
It's often associated with this relentless drive to succeed.
Trampling over others as you scrap your way to the top, ignoring your well being, your relationships, any sense of groundedness or meaning or peace or joy along the way.
It's what helps you achieve success, we're told.
But what if that was not only wrong, but it also kept you from the work, the relationships, the health, the life?
A different kind of success that you didn't just want, but that was actually worth wanting, that would make you feel the way you want to feel.
Well, today's guest, Jen Romellini, shares her deeply personal journey.
Rising to the very top of the New York media world up in the C suite, then untangling from that toxic drive and letting go of an ambition that didn't align with who she was, her core values, her aspirations to reclaim something deeper and better.