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The Practice of Groundedness

The Practice of Groundedness

by Brad Stulberg

7 min read

Social media has been pushing the hustle culture down our throats for years.

If you’re not busy all the time, then you must be wasting your life away.

Here’s how a practice of groundedness can keep you away from this false preaching:

Grounded to Soar

Some of the most prevalent symptoms amongst high performers are anxiety, depression, burnouts and OCD.

Brad calls this heroic individualism.

Peak performers like the author himself chase outward metrics like book sales, best lap time, outperforming the guy next to you, and more.

The author suffered from OCD after success from his last book peak performance.

A life chasing the glorified metrics of success doesn’t bring fulfilment.

It only brings despair.

Symptoms of heroic individualism: