From the time we’re small, many of us learn a quiet but powerful rule: you have to earn your worth. If you do well, work hard, or please others, you’re valuable. If you fall short, you’re less so. This idea doesn’t always get spoken directly. It lives in the sigh of disappointment from a parent, the...

From the outside, high achievers often look solid. Capable. Confident. Like they’ve figured it out. But beneath the surface, a very different story is playing out, one that few talk about openly.

For many successful people, insecurity doesn’t disappear with achievement. It intensifies.

That might ...

Consciousness expands from being an infant through different identifications with social groups. The highest level on average is the national level. We identify with our family, our neighborhood, our state, our nation. Why not our world and beyond?

When survival of the team or family depends on loy...