Some of it helped. And still, when the pressure’s on, you seem to react the same way.
You replay conversations long after they’re over. You say yes when you mean no. You push through exhaustion. You take responsibility for how everyone else feels. And you keep reaching for the next accomplishment.
All of it with the hope that one day, you’ll finally be able to relax.
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From the introduction to The Performance Trap
I’m sitting in the den with my father and grandparents on his side. The usual tray of hors d’oeuvres is between us: matchstick carrots, celery, cucumbers, and black olives, each in its own neat pile. The fire is crackling. The scent of leather hangs in the air.
My feet barely touch the floor, but I’m holding my soda water with a single drop of scotch in it, a watered-down echo of the drink in my grandfather’s hand.
A book by Chad Herst
The Ache No Success Will Ever Fix
The first part is my story. The second brings together the practices I use in my work.
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