first read this book in 2017. And to this day, I practice some of the ideas daily.
So, I thought, re-reading it shouldn’t be a bad idea.
And it was the case…
Gay Hendricks is a renowned psychologist, writer, and coach.
The main idea of the book is to learn how to take the leap to your ultimate level of success in love, money, creative contribution and to stay there.
Interesting, no?
So let’s dive in.
- When everything is going well at work, we create tension in our love relationship.
- When everything is going well in our finances, we create tension at work.
- When everything is going well in [—-], we create a tension [—-]
1. What is the Upper Limit Problem?
It’s a universal tendency to sabotage ourselves when we have reached a self-imposed mental limit.
We naturally have limited tolerance for happiness. When things are going too well, we build up negative thoughts to stop the flow of well-being.
Gary discovered this pattern on himself and studied it for years. And he gives us a method to get rid of this negative spiral.
“The pattern was simple: enjoy a period of feeling really good; then do something to mess it up. I also realized that the same pattern had a grip on the world at large.”
