6 days ago3 min read
Performance and happiness aren't a trade-off. I spent ten years thinking they were.
There's a version of success that looks exactly like what you aimed for, but doesn't feel like it. I spent close to ten years assuming that was the trade-off — that performing at a high level meant accepting it wouldn't feel good. It took losing all external structure to realise the problem wasn't the role, the company, or the ambition. It was how I was operating.
