“I used to think success would make me whole. It never did. The only thing that ever made me enough... was me.”

I was a workaholic at the top of my game—writing for Tony Robbins, rising fast, grinding harder. Until everything collapsed.

My marriage imploded. My health followed. Acid reflux, chest pain, depression. I went from golden boy to barely holding on.

This book is my raw, real story of burning out—and waking up. Of losing everything that didn’t matter, and finally choosing what does.

It’s about addiction to work as a coping mechanism. About the lies we inherit from hustle culture. About why we work ourselves to death hoping it’ll finally make us feel worthy.

And most of all, it's about recovery. From the inside out.

Inside, you’ll learn:

• Why burnout isn’t a failure of willpower—it's a warning from your soul

• How your relationships sabotage or support your purpose

• What Einstein, Zazen, and 4-hour workdays taught me about effortless genius

• The hidden cost of striving, and the art of doing less but better

• How to create boundaries so fierce they become sacred

If you're exhausted, empty, or feel like you're almost successful but still not happy—this book will change how you think about ambition forever.

Because the truth is, you don’t need permission to be powerful.

You just need to stop abandoning yourself.