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Habits & Motivation

The Fear of Success

Why You Sabotage Yourself at the Finish Line, What Success Truly Threatens, and the Threshold Method for Letting Yourself Succeed

There is a strange and specific way that some people undermine themselves, and if you recognise it in your own life, this book is for you.
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Why this book exists

A focused place to understand what is happening

The Fear of Success is a compassionate, research-informed self-development book for readers navigating personal growth & motivation. It helps you understand the pattern beneath the struggle, meet it with less shame, and use clear reflection and practical exercises to move towards letting yourself succeed.

The writing is designed to reduce shame, bring the underlying pattern into view and give you practical ways to respond without pretending that every life follows the same formula.

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