Welcome back! In today’s episode, Taylor Welch unpacks the powerful (and often overlooked) tension between strategic planning and self-permission, the inner green light that allows you to actually enjoy what you’re building.

Too often, high performers get trapped in false binaries: success or kindness, ambition or presence, hustle or rest. But what if the real breakthrough comes when you stop choosing sides and start claiming both?

Taylor reveals how over-planning can quietly spiral into shame, burnout, and anxiety when we miss the marks we’ve set for ourselves. He introduces a game-changing concept: permission—your internal capacity to receive joy, rest, love, and success and explains why so many entrepreneurs silently sabotage the very outcomes they’ve worked so hard to achieve.

You’ll hear insights on “happiness anxiety” and the upper-limit problem, and why we tend to stall out when our identity lags behind our results. Then, he breaks down the three levels of progress—thinking, having, and being and why alignment across all three is non-negotiable for sustained growth.

To anchor this episode, Taylor walks you through a practical exercise to reconnect what you’re chasing with what you’re allowing yourself to receive, so you can scale with clarity, and actually enjoy the rewards along the way. Let’s go!

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