Success was supposed to feel different.You played the game perfectly. And that's the problem.

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Your resume is impressive, but something fundamental feels off.

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You're successful by every external measure. And you're questioning everything internally.

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You keep optimizing, and it keeps making things worse.

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And lately you've noticed: It's not just work. It's everything. How you measure yourself. What you chase. How you spend your weekends.

This isn't burnout. This isn't weakness. This is the Success Trap. The skills that got you here keep you here. You're becoming the person achievement culture wanted. And by the time you reach this summit, you might realize it was never yours.

I know this trap from the inside. I built exactly what I was supposed to build. Senior M&A leader. 25 years of checking every box.

I built achievement as my solution. To prove I belonged, to feel secure, to matter. It worked brilliantly. Until the solution became the prison. And I felt exactly what you're feeling now.

Then I found a different path. Not by abandoning discipline. By redirecting it toward what was actually mine. My second summit.

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