How do we disrupt Achievement Culture? On this episode, we discuss the pressures of achievement culture with special guest and dear friend Jonathan Shepherd, a Senior Data Analyst, writer, documentarian and improviser.
Achievement sounds great doesn’t it? What parent doesn’t want their child to achieve? What teacher doesn’t hope their students achieve at a high level? Of course achievement in general is a good thing but the Culture of Achievement created by high stakes accountability measures, financial gains, religion, policies, familial expectations, outdated cultural practices and even martial expectations is having a dangerous effect on us and our children.
How do we disrupt Achievement Culture to find our true passions, live healthy lives and love ourselves for who we vs living ONLY for an achievement that ultimately won’t make us, or our kids, happy? We argue that Happiness, or contentment, is not attained by your collective achievements. In fact, one can find strength and self love in failures.
