Troubling Confessions of Mr. Beast: When Success Comes at the Cost of Mental Health

The Dark Side of YouTube Fame Revealed

In a recent candid interview on Diary of a CEO, YouTube sensation Mr. Beast made a confession that has sent ripples through the entrepreneurial community: "If my mental health was a priority, I wouldn't be as successful as I am."

This raw admission from the world's most successful YouTuber—a man with millions in earnings and global recognition—highlights a troubling reality many entrepreneurs face but few discuss openly.

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The Twisted Definition of Success That Traps Us All

Entrepreneurs often walk around with a perverted notion of what success truly means.

"No matter the cost," we say. "I'll sleep when I'm dead," we chirp. "Just one more," we slur, exhausted from the grind.

By his own admission, Mr. Beast is harming his soul and lacks peace, joy, and contentment. His confession resonates deeply with me because I've traveled this same destructive path.

What Success Really Costs You

The perversion of success says you'll finally reach fulfillment when you achieve, attain, or "succeed" at a certain level. This monster promises everything you could ever want: power, riches, and status. Yet paradoxically, you're left continually striving for more.

Can you relate?

You might gain power, riches, and status, but what does it mean if you become enslaved to them? This is Mr. Beast's reality, and it was once mine too.

The Question I Wish I'd Asked Myself Sooner

Here's what I would ask "crazy" Chris back in the day:

Why?

Why do you feel such an overwhelming need to succeed and achieve?

I would have offered some half-baked answer. But the truth? Trauma and brokenness were driving me forward.

Trauma silently directs much of our lives, often without our awareness.

Why else would someone like me, Mr. Beast, or you feel an intense need to achieve? I already had more than I needed, yet I pushed for more.

Finding Peace Beyond Achievement

In my losses and setbacks, I've paradoxically experienced profound levels of peace, joy, and contentment—and I'm never going back. Never. I feel a fullness I've never known before. Even during life's most challenging moments, PEACE has completely engulfed me.

How did this transformation happen?

The Path to Genuine Success: My Four-Step Journey

Honesty

I've been brutally honest with myself and a few close confidants. What I was doing clearly wasn't working—something needed to change.

Honesty isn't easy, but it's been paramount to finding wholeness.

Being honest with myself allowed me to start...

Healing

I finally took time to confront things I'd buried, brought them into the light, and began a beautiful healing process.

I talked things out. I reasoned through the issues. I shifted my perspective. I let go.

In essence, that's been my healing journey.

This led naturally to...

Hope

Through honesty and healing, I discovered a new sense of hope even in suffering.

Importantly, hope doesn't mean suffering disappears. Rather, hope is the ability to experience joy despite suffering. And it's not some superficial "just be positive" platitude. It's a state I now (mostly) live in.

Connection

First to God, then myself, and finally to my people. Previously, I was disconnected—a robot constantly pushing toward new achievements. I neglected my Bible for months. I didn't truly know myself. My spiritual health barely registered as a concern.

To some degree, I've always "loved" God and believed in Him, but felt that with all my "success," I didn't need God. Yikes. I believed I could handle everything on my own. Thus, I walked around with sandbags of burden weighing down my shoulders. The cares of my soul and this world constantly dragged me down.

Not anymore.

Freedom From the Achievement Treadmill

Today, I walk with much more freedom and don't feel that constant need to achieve, succeed, or prove myself. Now, I operate from a deeper intention and awareness of WHY I do what I do. It's an exciting, unfolding journey.

More insights to come in future articles.

How about you? Do you experience profound peace, joy, and contentment—or the opposite? Either way, I understand where you are.

True success is freedom from the need to succeed, achieve, or prove yourself.

It's completely freeee.

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That's all for this week.

Much love, C

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