#high-achievers

#high-achievers

So you keep hustling and double-down on working harder, justifying it with "rational" concerns that things could change anytime and, heck, your competition isn't resting. Even on vacation, you're thinking about work and constantly checking your messages to put out fires. You're in a beautiful place having an amazing meal with incredible entertainment, yet you're feeling numb like you're going through the motions and you're not emotionally present.

Daniel didn't look like a man falling apart. Pressed shirt. Polished watch. Phone buzzing every few minutes. Yet his hand trembled slightly as he reached for his coffee. "They said it was panic," he said, half whispering. "But it felt like dying." He had just left the ER after his second "heart attack that wasn't." On paper, he was the definition of success: a founder, husband, father. But inside, his mind was spinning at 200 miles per hour.

Studies show that up to 82 percent of people experience imposter syndrome. Many medical professionals, award-winning actors, and billionaires report experiencing it too.