Are you chasing success but quietly losing time with the people (and the life) that matter most? The pressure to optimize, hustle, and “do more” often comes at the cost of presence, peace, and vitality.

In this episode of Productivity MD, Dr. Ann Tsung shares powerful insights from Tony Robbins’ Date With Destiny and her own experience as a physician working closely with life-and-death moments. She breaks down how unconscious values, emotional triggers, and rigid rules around success create overwhelm, stagnation, and regret.

You’ll learn how to redefine your “towards” and “away” values, make fulfillment easier to access daily, and structure your life so that—no matter what happens—you can say you lived without regrets.

By the end of this episode, you’ll have a practical framework to reclaim your energy, live more intentionally, and create success without sacrificing yourself.

Key Points From This Episode:

1. Why the pressure to optimize often leads to regret
2. Understanding “towards” values vs. “away” values
3. How success-driven rules create overwhelm and stagnation
4. Making fulfillment easier instead of harder to achieve
5. Why health and vitality must come before productivity
6. Reframing overwhelm, stagnation, and “not enough”
7. How to detach self-worth from task completion
8. Designing values that are dependent only on you
9. Living with presence instead of waiting for “someday”

Resources:

• Tony Robbins’ Date With Destiny

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Show Notes - How to Align Your Time With What Truly Matters

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