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The Rich Roll Podcast · May 25, 2026 · 1h 13m

How to Stop Sabotaging Your Own Life With Joe Hudson

Joe Hudson
YouTubeShow Notes

Joe Hudson, executive coach to leaders at SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, and Apple, explores the psychological patterns that undermine our own success. The conversation covers avoidance behaviors, emotional regulation, the Golden Algorithm framework, inner critic dynamics, and why self-understanding matters more than self-improvement tactics. Hudson offers direct feedback on Rich Roll's own patterns, making this as much a live coaching session as an interview.

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Curious

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Self-Understanding Beats Self-Improvement
Trying to fix yourself through self-improvement tactics often reinforces the underlying sabotage pattern; understanding why you sabotage is more effective.
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Avoidance as Emotional Regulation
Avoidance isn't procrastination — it's an attempt to regulate emotions we haven't learned to sit with.
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Novel

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The Golden Algorithm
Hudson presents a framework he calls the Golden Algorithm for navigating emotional and behavioral patterns.
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Highlights

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Self-Sabotage as Protection Mechanism
Self-sabotage isn't a character flaw or laziness — it's a learned protective mechanism rooted in survival strategies from childhood.
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Editorial

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The Inner Critic as Protective Voice
The inner critic isn't an enemy to defeat — it's a part of you trying to protect you from pain, shame, or abandonment.
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References

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The Art of Accomplishment — Joe Hudson — Hudson's framework for understanding self-sabotage and personal transformation

Misc

✧Hudson coaches executives at four of the most ambitious companies on Earth — suggests self-sabotage is universal, not a productivity failure
✧The episode becomes genuinely vulnerable when Hudson offers real-time feedback on Rich's patterns
✧The conversation acknowledges it 'barely tiptoed around the surface' — suggests a complex, layered topic
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