
In "The Practice of Groundedness," Brad Stulberg offers an antidote to burnout culture, blending ancient wisdom with modern science. Endorsed by Adam Grant and Arianna Huffington, it reveals why sustainable success requires patience over hustle. What if slowing down actually accelerates your achievement?
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A bestselling author collapses under the weight of his own success, paralyzed by intrusive thoughts and electrifying panic attacks. Olympic athletes drop out mid-race, not from physical injury but emotional devastation. High-powered executives nail their performance reviews yet wake up feeling like frauds. What connects these seemingly disparate experiences? They're all casualties of what we might call the achievement paradox-where the very traits that propel us forward eventually become the forces that tear us apart. We've built an entire culture around heroic individualism, celebrating those who optimize every moment, who turn productivity into an art form, who measure their worth in metrics and milestones. Yet beneath this glossy veneer of success lies an epidemic of emptiness. One in five people battles anxiety or depression. Deaths of despair have nearly doubled since 1999. Despite rising GDP and technological miracles, overall well-being has declined 10% since 2008. We're living like hungry ghosts-constantly consuming but never satisfied, perpetually achieving but never fulfilled. The symptoms are everywhere: that low-level hum of anxiety, the guilt during downtime, the inability to turn off work mode, the loneliness despite constant connection. This isn't just burnout; it's a fundamental misalignment between how we're living and what actually sustains us.
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