Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It

Wonderhell is the book I needed at age 23 when I got my dream job working in professional sports and faced the stark realization that my dream was now my reality—and it wasn’t nearly as good in real life. It’s the pep talk and practical advice I needed at age 30 when I left that dream job with a growing family and had to start manifesting new realities from new dreams within my personal and professional lives. And now as I embark on version 3.0 of my dream job and who I do it with, I’m grateful to have Laura Gassner Otting cheering me on and pushing me forward through Impostertown and Burnout City in the pages of Wonderhell (and also in real life, because she’s really a cool person). Thank you LGO for writing this book and giving this all-too-familiar-feeling a name that makes us smile when we say it. Welcome to Wonderhell!

Laura Gassner Otting's Wonderhell is a must-read for anyone who has achieved success, but feels unfulfilled or stuck in their current path. As a sequel to her best-selling book Limitless, Wonderhell offers a fresh perspective on the challenges that come with achieving our goals and the often-overlooked emotional toll success can take. Laura's writing style is engaging, hilarious, and relatable, and she shares personal stories and insights that resonate. She encourages readers to embrace their fears and self-doubt as opportunities for growth and to be open to new experiences and paths. The book offers practical advice and exercises to help identify your values, passions, and purpose and create a roadmap for your lives that aligns with what we want. Wonderhell is a superb and inspiring read-- a compassionate guide to overcome the uncertainty and self-doubt that success can bring. Laura Gassner Otting's work is a testament to her expertise in the field of leadership and personal development and her commitment to helping others their best damn lives possible. :)

Have you ever successfully accomplished something you weren’t so sure you would be able to? Once you achieve your goal successfully something else happens… You start wondering what more you can do. Instead of success bringing you happiness, it can give you an increased drive to achieve something even bigger and better. But with that desire also comes uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety and stress. Success is kinda heavenly ... but it’s also kinda hell. Welcome to Wonderhell. Wonderhell is that space in your psyche where the burden of your newly discovered potential takes a new strong hold, and asks: Hey, you! Whatcha got for me? Living in an ambitious, results-oriented society, we often mischaracterize the turbulent emotions that come with success, deeming them a “necessary evil”—a side effect of one’s rise to the top. We tend to just do what we need to survive these difficult moments, to hang on by a thread and somehow get through these stressful, unwanted offshoots of our success. We punish ourselves with a never-ending internal dialogue: I can handle this. Can I handle this? But we are dead wrong. Learning to live in this newly discovered potential can be exciting rather than exhausting. Emotions like fear, anxiety, and heartbreak are not collateral damage, sticks and stones to break you. Imagine, each emotion is a portal that shows us what more we can do. What if instead we utilize that on the other side of this wonderful hell that we so badly wanted is another and another and another opportunity to level up our success. . . but only if we choose to accept it. Laura Gassner-Otting’s new book: Wonderhell launches today and she is addressing the topic of Success and the feelings behind it in detail that I have never seen in a book before. Definitely check this out! I highly recommend!

Loved the stories of incredible people who inspired me to push on in my life, fearlessly

This feeling has hit many of us to varying degrees... That punch for the gut feeling of "now what" where you pursued something, and the emotions at the end of the rainbow fall short of your expectations. Laura challenges the conventional notions of success and encourages us to redefine our own version of it. She shares her personal experiences and insights from working with successful individuals and organizations, making the book both relatable and incredibly practical. It's a compelling read for anyone looking to gain a fresh perspective on their own success journey.