Why nothing you achieve feels right.

You hit the target.

The deal that closed. The launch number. The investment that worked. The thing you’ve been chasing for two years.

It arrives. It feels — fine.

Not the relief you thought it would be. Not the moment of arrival. Just another Tuesday with slightly different numbers.

Within a week, you’ve moved the goalposts. You’re already chasing the next one.

This is what happens when you live for approval instead of alignment.

Four costs:

Decision Paralysis. You hesitate because you don’t know what you want. Other people’s opinions decide for you.

Chronic Dissatisfaction. Nothing feels right because it isn’t aligned with your true self. The win is a win for someone else’s measuring stick.

Imposter Syndrome. You feel like a fraud because you’re pretending. The success is real. The pretender is real. Both at once.

Depression and Anxiety. Your real self pushes back. You call it burnout. It’s not burnout. It’s your real self refusing to keep being the costume you’re wearing.

The book has a chapter on each one. Plus the rescript.

Read The Great Book of Wealth — perrymardon.com/new-book

Perry