cover of episode What if your job actually kills you? [Lou Marchetti]

What if your job actually kills you? \[Lou Marchetti\]

2025/2/20
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The Examined Life

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Is your drive for success killing you? Lou Marchetti was a private equity Master of the Universe until he dropped dead during a CrossFit workout. (Yes, he had a heart attack.) Despite this wake-up call, it took getting fired two years later to finally confront the deeper void his relentless achievement was trying to fill, leading him on a journey from compulsive doing to conscious being. [Episode 90]

Learn more about Lou:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-marchetti-b513612/

References from the show:

• Living the Questions: https://ltq.kit.com/48ef4c404a

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