Waarom Succes Je Leeg Maakt
Succes brengt leegte mee omdat de jaguar in je steeds meer aanvalt maar nooit verbindt. De wolf introduceert de verbinding die leegte verdrijft.
“Succes maakt je leeg. Hoe succesvoller je bent, hoe meer leegte je ervaart.”Uit het gesprek
Waarom voelt succes leeg aan en hoe herstel je die verbinding?
Succes maakt je leeg, en hoe succesvoller je wordt, hoe meer leegte je gaat ervaren. Dat is een patroon dat Paul Veth bij zichzelf herkende, en dat hij ook terugzag bij bekende dj's en artiesten met wie hij sprak. Het gekke is dat het van buitenaf niet zichtbaar is. Je speelt voor duizenden mensen, je naam staat op een poster, je hebt backstage gesprekken met de grootste namen in de business, en toch voel je niets. Het is geen kwestie van niet genoeg bereikt hebben. Het is een mechanisme dat losstaat van hoeveel succes je hebt.
Lees het artikel →“De antidote voor leegte is alles voelen. Integreer de wolf, zonder de jaguar te verliezen.”Paul Veth
Paul Veth Two and a half thousand people going crazy in front of me. The drop hit, the lights, the visuals, the dancers, everything was there. And I felt nothing. Only emptiness. That night I understood the difference between the jaguar and the wolf. The jaguar attacks. Focused, hungry, alone. It gets you to the stage, the poster with your name on it, the backstage conversations with the biggest DJs in the world. I know that animal well. I lived it for years. But the jaguar alone becomes a black hole. The bigger the success, the deeper the emptiness. So you chase more extreme things thinking that's what fills you up. It's not. It's just the jaguar attacking more of life. The wolf is different. The wolf connects, first within yourself, then with everything around you. A woman in Mallorca broke through my wall like a butcher. Bam. I started crying in front of her, and I realized I hadn't cried in front of another human being in twenty-two years. That's the moment I said to myself: I'm never going back to being a walking head. I want to be a human being as a whole. Rich experience starts with connection inside yourself. The stage doesn't give you that. The drop doesn't give you that. A look from your wife that makes your whole body shiver, that gives you that. Integrate the wolf without losing the jaguar.
Paul Veth I stood on stage at the biggest drop of my set. Two and a half thousand people going crazy, lights hitting me, the whole thing spot on. I felt nothing. Only emptiness. That's what more success does if you only have the jaguar. You want deeper experiences, so you start jumping out of planes, or using drugs, or eating really spicy food, or doing things you can only do because you have a lot of money. You think that's what fills you up. It's just a jaguar attacking more of life. And it becomes a black hole. You need the wolf too. The part that connects, first within yourself, then with everyone around you. Integrate the wolf without losing the jaguar. That's what you have to do.
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