The Constant Restlessness You Feel Has a Name

2) Be present to own your energy and attention

4) Embrace vulnerability to build genuine strength and confidence

The Problem: Heroic Individualism

Heroic individualism is an ongoing game of oneupmanship against both self and others, where measurable achievement is the main arbiter of success and self-worth, and where productivity often gets prioritized over people.

Principles for achieving groundedness: 1) Accept where you are to get where you want to go

Heroic individualism is an ongoing game of oneupmanship against both self and others, where measurable achievement is the main arbiter of success and self-worth, and where productivity often gets prioritized over people.

3) Be patient to get there faster

5) Build deep community

Groundedness is a firm and unwavering foundation, a resolute sense of self from which deep and enduring, not shallow and superficial, success can be found. It doesn’t eliminate striving but channels it in more meaningful and wholesome ways. It is less frantic and lends itself to more focus and fulfillment.

The Solution: Groundedness