When Ambition Starts Owning You: How High Achievers Can Reclaim Their Lives

For ambitious owners and entrepreneurs, working hard is usually considered a virtue. But what happens when work becomes so central to your identity that it starts owning you?

Dr. Angélica Pérez-Litwin · August 2026 · 1 min read

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A conversation with Dean Rotbart about how high achievers and entrepreneurs can reclaim their lives when ambition has become central to identity.

Read it at Monday Morning Radio

Podcast · High achievers · Entrepreneurs

Dr. Angélica Pérez-Litwin is a clinical psychologist, author of The Great Unraveling, creator of the Career Distress Response model, and founder of the Career Health Institute.

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