The Disease of Over-Potential

When I first started climbing the ladder, I was all in. Ambitious. Energized. Obsessed with doing the work.

But the higher I climbed, the heavier it felt. It wasn’t burnout from working too hard. It was something else.

I was moving. But it felt like someone had their hand on the emergency brake. Meetings that didn’t matter. Office politics I didn’t respect. Squirrels everywhere. Every drama, every opinion, every distraction begging for my energy.

And I gave it.

Not because I didn’t know better. But because I didn’t believe enough in myself to do better. I knew the work could be more powerful. I just didn’t trust that I was the one to build it.

That’s the real trap. Not failure. But success that slowly suffocates you because you’re holding back what you know you’re capable of.

Here’s what I wish someone had told me back then:

You can push for what you want, but you need clarity and conviction. It has to come from the right place. No one owes you anything. But you owe yourself your full effort. Stop holding back to fit in.

If any of that hits a nerve, I built something for you.

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Stay Curious and Lead A Life of Purpose,

John

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