The Inner Edge with Shane Cradock
Jul 20, 2026 · 13 min · 9 segments
When is enough, enough? For many high performers, the honest answer is: never. The goal is reached, briefly acknowledged, and then replaced by the next one. In this episode, I explore why so many…
Shane CradockHost
Like when is enough enough? You know, have you ever achieved something that maybe you'd wanted for years only to enjoy it for minutes or hours or even a couple of days? You know, maybe you hit the target.

But then almost immediately or very soon, your mind quietly moves the finish line.

And usually without realizing it, it goes, okay, what's next? Now I've noticed this pattern in so many high performers, achievers over the years.

You know, and I've worked with enough people now at this point in my career who look incredibly successful from the outside, but privately feel that they're not quite there, that they feel they're not ever quite enough.

Now, if that resonates, I think today's episode will at least explore it a bit for you.

Now I call this, um, the achievers trap or the achievers Achilles heel, where achievement quietly becomes your source of worth of self-worth and not deliberately, but it kind of happens by accident.

Like when is enough enough? You know, have you ever achieved something that maybe you'd wanted for years only to enjoy it for minutes or hours or even a couple of days? You know, maybe you hit the target.

But then almost immediately or very soon, your mind quietly moves the finish line.

And usually without realizing it, it goes, okay, what's next? Now I've noticed this pattern in so many high performers, achievers over the years.

You know, and I've worked with enough people now at this point in my career who look incredibly successful from the outside, but privately feel that they're not quite there, that they feel they're not ever quite enough.

Now, if that resonates, I think today's episode will at least explore it a bit for you.

Now I call this, um, the achievers trap or the achievers Achilles heel, where achievement quietly becomes your source of worth of self-worth and not deliberately, but it kind of happens by accident.
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