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The Currency of Happiness
The Currency of Happiness is a podcast for people who want to win with money without losing themselves in the process.
If you’re balancing career, leadership, family and ambition, this show gives you practical systems for building financial clarity, stronger habits and intentional leadership at work and at home. We go beyond tactics to talk about how money, discipline, purpose and values actually intersect in real life.
Hosted by Andrew Rocha, a banking leader, real estate investor, and father, each episode blends personal finance, leadership development, and life design through honest solo episodes and meaningful conversations.
This isn’t about chasing more. It’s about building a life that’s truly worth it.
The Currency of Happiness
What Are We Actually Chasing?
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:
- What am I actually chasing
- Who am I becoming while I chase it
- 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.
