Wonderhell - Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It

Have you ever accomplished something you weren't so sure you could do? Success has always been the end goal, but when you achieve it ... something infuriatingly predictable happens. You start wondering what more you can do. Instead of success bringing you happiness, it hands you an increased hunger to achieve something even bigger. And with that desire also comes uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety and stress. Success, in other words, is kinda wonderful ... but it's also kinda hell. Welcome to Wonderhell. Wonderhell is that space in your psyche where the burden of your newly discovered potential plops down, unpacks its backpack, and asks: Hey, you! Whatcha got for me? Living in an ambitious, results-oriented society, we often mischaracterize the turbulent emotions that surround success, deeming them a "necessary evil"--a byproduct of one's rise to the top. We tend to think that we just need to survive these difficult moments, to hang on by our fingernails and somehow get through these stressful, unwanted side effects of our success. We torture ourselves with a never-ending internal dialogue: I can handle this. Can I handle this? But we are wrong. Learning to live in this newfound potential can be exciting rather than exhausting. Emotions like fear, anxiety, and heartbreak are not collateral damage, slings and arrows to be absorbed and swallowed down, silenced and pushed aside. Rather, each emotion is a portal that shows us what more we can do, if instead we recognize that on the other side of this wonderful hell that we so badly wanted is another and another and another . . . but only if we choose to accept it.

About the author

Laura's
secret superpower is seeing your greatness and reflecting it back on
you, so that you can get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results.
Through
Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with entrepreneurs and
investors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas
to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and
catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across
the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes.
Laura’s
25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a
Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape
AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm,
Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded
and ran the NPAG, which partnered with the full gamut of mission driven
executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to
global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for
those moving from profit to purpose, and Limitless: How to
Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped
build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women’s philanthropic
initiative, advised a start-up national women’s PAC, grew a
citizen-leadership development program, and completed three
charity-inspired marathons—projects emblematic of her passions and
values. She’s turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that
larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She’s an instigator,
a motivator, and a provocateur, and she’s never met a revolution she
didn’t like.

Summary

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Have you ever accomplished something you weren’t so sure
you could do? Success has always been the end goal, but when you achieve it ...
something infuriatingly predictable happens. You start wondering what more you
can do.

Instead of success bringing you happiness, it hands you an
increased hunger to achieve something even bigger. And with that desire also
comes uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety and stress.

Success, in other words, is kinda wonderful ... but it’s
also kinda hell. Welcome to Wonderhell.

Wonderhell is that space in your psyche where the burden of
your newly discovered potential plops down, unpacks its backpack, and asks:
Hey, you! Whatcha got for me?

Living in an ambitious, results-oriented society, we often
mischaracterize the turbulent emotions that surround success, deeming them a
“necessary evil”—a byproduct of one’s rise to the top. We tend to think that we
just need to survive these difficult moments, to hang on by our fingernails and
somehow get through these stressful, unwanted side effects of our success. We
torture ourselves with a never-ending internal dialogue: I can handle this. Can
I handle this?

But we are wrong.

Learning to live in this newfound potential can be exciting
rather than exhausting. Emotions like fear, anxiety, and heartbreak are not
collateral damage, slings and arrows to be absorbed and swallowed down,
silenced and pushed aside. Rather, each emotion is a portal that shows us what
more we can do, if instead we recognize that on the other side of this
wonderful hell that we so badly wanted is another and another and another . .
.  but only if we choose to accept it.

Foreword

• National Publicity campaign.
• Virtual future summit and speaking tour.
• Print, radio and digital advertising campaign.
• Global influencer + corporate sales tour.
• Syndicated podcast radio show.
• Digital content placements on key select sites.

Product details

• Authors: Gassner Otting Laura
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2023
• EAN: 9781646871223
• ISBN: 978-1-64687-122-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Skills, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Business & management, Small businesses & self-employment, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups