When the High of Success Becomes a Trap

If you have been quietly fearing the next dip, not because you cannot handle failure but because you have tasted success and now feel trapped by it… this one is for you.

 

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You hit the goal.

You landed the client.

The team expanded.

The result felt good.

 

And now, even though you are not saying it out loud, something in you worries if you can keep that level up.

 

That fear of dropping the ball, of not repeating the win, sneaks in between the cracks.

 

You tell yourself it is about failure, but if you go deeper, it might not be failure itself that scares you.

 

It might be your attachment to success.

 

That infatuation with being “on,” with the performance, with the feeling of things going well, it can quietly tighten around you.

 

Then add in the memories of the things that did not work.

The offer that flopped.

The strategy that missed.

The season that burned you out.

 

Now you are caught in a loop.

Wanting the high.

Fearing the low.

 

This is where infatuation and resentment quietly tangle.

 

It distorts how you see your business.

It clouds how you see yourself.

It makes you question your next move, even when the path is clear.

 

So take a moment and ask:

Is your fear of failure really just your attachment to staying “successful” in the same way?

 

Let the answer land. No rush.

 

Tanya Cross

Leadership Coach & The Coaches’ Coach

Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator

BAppSoSc (Counselling)

The Coaches’ Coach (TCC)

Maximum Growth

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