In this solo episode of The Currency of Happiness, we confront one of the most common and costly traps in modern success.

A performance based identity.

If your self worth collapses the moment you stop achieving, this episode is for you.

Most people think they have a performance problem. In reality, they have an identity problem. When achievement becomes the foundation of your life, success stops feeling like freedom and starts feeling like pressure.

Through the story of John D. Rockefeller and personal reflection, Andrew breaks down how chasing achievement for validation eventually leads to anxiety, exhaustion, and disconnection. Rockefeller had wealth, power, and influence, yet his body and inner life collapsed under the weight of performance. His turning point did not come from earning more, but from realigning who he was becoming.

This episode unpacks four common pillars of a performance based identity:

• Achievement as validation
• Comparison as direction
• Productivity as identity
• Image as protection

You will learn how these patterns quietly shape your stress, relationships, leadership, and sense of self, even when things look successful on the outside.

Andrew also introduces a practical framework to interrupt performance driven living and rebuild from a healthier foundation.

STOP. SEE. SHIFT. STEWARD.

This system helps you identify what you are trying to prove, name what is happening internally, realign toward character and purpose, and act with stewardship rather than striving.

This episode is for leaders, parents, professionals, and high performers who are tired of feeling like their worth is tied to output, approval, or image. It is for anyone who wants to build success that lasts without losing peace, identity, or integrity along the way.

To go deeper, visit thecurrencyofhappiness.com to get a free copy of the Ultimate Goal Setting Framework and begin building systems that support character, clarity, and long term freedom.

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In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we explore faith, formation, creativity, and the responsibility that comes with helping millions engage with Scripture.

Most people read the Bible. Very few people carry the weight of helping others experience it in a way that feels alive, grounded, and faithful to the text.

Andrew sits down with Steven Schwartz, a Biblical teacher at Home Church and the Artistic Director for The Chosen, one of the most widely watched faith based series in the world.

But before Steven ever served on a global stage, he played a formative role in Andrew’s own faith journey. He helped make Scripture come alive not through emotion alone, but through curiosity, study, and reverence for the text. Teaching how to slow down, ask better questions, research deeply, and listen for what God is actually saying rather than projecting what we want to hear.

This conversation explores the unseen weight of storytelling, the responsibility of handling sacred text, and the inner formation required to lead, create, and teach with integrity.

You will hear insights on:

• Reading Scripture with depth, intention, and humility
• The role of creativity in faith formation
• Carrying responsibility without losing reverence
• Calling, obedience, and long term faithfulness
• How story shapes belief, identity, and discipleship

This episode is for anyone wrestling with faith, leadership, creativity, or calling. For those who want their beliefs to be rooted, their thinking to be thoughtful, and their faith to be formed rather than inherited.

To go deeper, visit thecurrencyofhappiness.com to get a free copy of the Ultimate Goal Setting Framework and begin building systems that support intentional growth in your faith, leadership, and life.

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In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we ask an uncomfortable but necessary question.

What are we actually chasing?

Most people spend decades chasing more money, more success, more approval, and more proof that they are doing well. But often, the thing we are chasing is not the thing we actually want.

In this episode, Andrew Rocha shares a defining season from early in his marriage. A season marked by debt, insecurity, ego, and a warehouse job that required five dollar steel toe boots from a thrift store that were a full size too small. Painful lessons followed, both literally and figuratively.

Through that season, Andrew learned a truth that reshaped his life, marriage, and leadership.

Character matters more than reputation.

You can look successful on the outside and still be falling apart on the inside. You can be chasing achievement while quietly losing peace, alignment, and the people you love most.

This episode breaks down:

• The difference between reputation and character
• Why success without alignment always feels empty
• How unmanaged stress spills into marriage, parenting, and leadership
• Why systems matter more than motivation
• How happiness is built through intentional deposits, not achievement

Andrew also walks through three practical questions everyone should ask themselves:

1. What am I actually chasing
2. Who am I becoming while I chase it
3. Are my systems supporting the life I want

This episode is for anyone who feels successful on paper but unsettled inside. For leaders, parents, and professionals who want to build a life that feels grounded, intentional, and aligned, not just impressive.

To go deeper, visit thecurrencyofhappiness.com to get a free copy of the Ultimate Goal Setting Framework and start building systems that support real peace, clarity, and freedom.

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