A Neuroscientist’s 10 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think in Life
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By: Jessica Stillman
Many people spend an incredible amount of time worrying about how to be more successful in life. But what if that’s the wrong question. What if the real struggle for lots of us isn’t how to be successful, but how to actually feel successful.
That’s the issue lots of strivers truly face, according to ex-Googler turned neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff. In her book Tiny Experiments, she explores how to get off the treadmill of constantly chasing the next milestone, and instead find joy in the process of growth and uncertainty.
“You’re probably doing better than you give yourself credit for,” she explained on LinkedIn recently, before offering 10 telltale signs that what you need isn’t to achieve more but to recognize your achievements more.
Are you suffering from “success dysmorphia”?
Before we get to those signs, let me try to convince you that you’re probably being way too hard on yourself about how well you’re doing in life. Start by considering the concept of dysmorphia. You’ve probably heard the term in relation to eating disorders. In that context, dysmorphia is when you have a distorted picture of your body. You see a much larger person in the mirror than the rest of the world sees when they look at you. Read more...
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Thanks for sharing
Interesting way of wearing positive lens!
Insightful piece, Jessica. So many high performers don’t struggle with success — they struggle with seeing their success. It’s the gap between reality and perception, between what we’ve achieved and what we allow ourselves to acknowledge. Alignment matters here: Truth about where we actually stand. Trust in the journey that shaped us. Authenticity in how we interpret our own progress. When those three are disconnected, “success dysmorphia” shows up. But when they’re aligned, we stop chasing milestones and start recognizing the meaning, growth, and evidence already in our story.
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Great perspective. Let us start being soft on ourselves. Each one of us is an achiever though at a different stage.