External Validation: The Hidden Killer of Entrepreneurial Success | George Monty, Karen Laos, Marcel Petitpas, Indraneel Cosmos Samaddar, Shawn Richards, Delphine Ang | Ep 803

From Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong Niiamah Ashong

"If you want to be massively successful, you cannot care about what people are thinking about you." Cosmos Samaddar

Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and George Monty, Karen Laos, Marcel Petitpas, Indraneel Cosmos Samaddar, Shawn Richards, Delphine Ang as they share what happens when your back's against the wall. The mindset shifts that turn crisis into breakthrough moments.

Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Outliers describe their personal games

1:31 Becoming your best self

3:04 Financial freedom chess strategy

4:26 Challenge yourself, meet people

5:51 Making friends with feelings

7:07 Escaping self-doubt prison

10:23 Growing without losing relationships

25:28 External validation destroys dreams

31:22 Same problems, different levels

40:57 Connect and key takeaways