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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2026 · 19 MIN

The Real Reason High Performers Feel Stuck

from The Playbook · host David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

In today’s episode, I sit down with Josh Zolin, CEO of Windy City Equipment Service, to talk about why even high performers feel stuck despite success. We unpack how the meaning we assign to our past quietly limits potential, fuels imposter syndrome, and creates interference through fear, separation, and the need to be right. I share how presence and ambition coexist, why non negotiable daily behaviors matter more than goals, and how surrender is really about stopping what interferes. We also explore values over outcomes, asking for help as humility, and why consistent habits remove resistance faster than motivation ever will.

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