What if the inner work you've been avoiding is the exact thing standing between you and the leader you're capable of becoming? Scott Britton built and sold a startup to Salesforce, wrote a book called Conscious Accomplishment, and still found himself asking why he'd done it all and what he was really chasing. That question changed everything.

In this conversation, Scott and Dr. Benjamin Ritter explore the false tension between self-discovery and professional achievement. Scott makes a compelling case that introspection doesn't detract from performance, it expands it.

They get into what happens when a leader's external circumstances shift and their old strategies stop working, why high-performers often suppress the very awareness that could elevate them, and how embracing fear and anxiety (rather than managing them away) leads to the kind of clarity that no productivity system can produce. Scott also shares how his own path through meditation and plant medicine unfolded over eight years, not as a shortcut, but as a response to real life.

If you're someone who has hit the milestones and still feels like something's missing, or if you've written off inner work as soft or beside the point, this episode will meet you where you are. Scott's perspective is practical, grounded, and earned and this conversation is a direct challenge to the idea that self-leadership is separate from real-world results.

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