#158: How High Achievers Can Let Go of Someone Else’s Definition of Success - with Becca Pearce
Tue Jan 27 2026
⛰️ Try Heights Platform, the all-in-one tool for building your online course and community. Start your 30-day free trial → https://www.heightsplatform.com Many high achievers do everything right: build a career, earn a title, and hit milestones. Yet, they still feel a quiet sense that something is missing.
In this episode, we sit down with Becca Pearce, former CEO, author of You Don’t Have to Achieve to Be Loved, and executive coach, to talk about what happens when success no longer feels like success. After losing her role in a very public way and later facing a brain tumor diagnosis, Becca was forced to rethink how she defined achievement, identity, and fulfillment.We explore how to recognize when you’re living someone else’s definition of success, why time matters more than titles, and how fear (especially around money) keeps people stuck longer than they need to be. Becca also shares how to change direction without waiting for a crisis, and what self-reinvention can look like when you want alignment, not chaos.This conversation is for entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals who have checked all the boxes but still feel restless, unfulfilled, or ready for something more honest.🎧 In this episode, you’ll learn:► How to spot the signs that your version of success isn’t truly yours► Why redefining success can create more clarity, freedom, and peace► Practical ways to move forward when change feels risky but necessary Learn more about Becca Pearce: https://morebeccapearce.com/ ____________________________________________ This show uncovers their journey, tips and tricks to success, failures and pitfalls — so you can learn from their examples and start your own online business following your passion. Listen to the stories of successful artists, musicians, online coaches, designers, course creators, digital experts, fitness gurus and much more. How did these creators manage to conquer their niche? Learn more at: http://www.thecreatorsadventure.com____________________________________________ More audio episodes available! In addition to episodes being posted here on our channel, you can also watch and listen here: ► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3waPlz3PgvFjvnqqWFMlK3 ► Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creators-adventure-course-creation/id1608100988
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⛰️ Try Heights Platform, the all-in-one tool for building your online course and community. Start your 30-day free trial → https://www.heightsplatform.com Many high achievers do everything right: build a career, earn a title, and hit milestones. Yet, they still feel a quiet sense that something is missing. In this episode, we sit down with Becca Pearce, former CEO, author of You Don’t Have to Achieve to Be Loved, and executive coach, to talk about what happens when success no longer feels like success. After losing her role in a very public way and later facing a brain tumor diagnosis, Becca was forced to rethink how she defined achievement, identity, and fulfillment.We explore how to recognize when you’re living someone else’s definition of success, why time matters more than titles, and how fear (especially around money) keeps people stuck longer than they need to be. Becca also shares how to change direction without waiting for a crisis, and what self-reinvention can look like when you want alignment, not chaos.This conversation is for entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals who have checked all the boxes but still feel restless, unfulfilled, or ready for something more honest.🎧 In this episode, you’ll learn:► How to spot the signs that your version of success isn’t truly yours► Why redefining success can create more clarity, freedom, and peace► Practical ways to move forward when change feels risky but necessary Learn more about Becca Pearce: https://morebeccapearce.com/ ____________________________________________ This show uncovers their journey, tips and tricks to success, failures and pitfalls — so you can learn from their examples and start your own online business following your passion. Listen to the stories of successful artists, musicians, online coaches, designers, course creators, digital experts, fitness gurus and much more. How did these creators manage to conquer their niche? Learn more at: http://www.thecreatorsadventure.com____________________________________________ More audio episodes available! In addition to episodes being posted here on our channel, you can also watch and listen here: ► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3waPlz3PgvFjvnqqWFMlK3 ► Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creators-adventure-course-creation/id1608100988