Laura Gassner Otting – författare

AS SEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICAHave you ever accomplished something you weren’t so sureyou could do? Success has always been the end goal, but when you achieve it ...something infuriatingly predictable happens. You start wondering what more youcan do.Instead of success bringing you happiness, it hands you anincreased hunger to achieve something even bigger. And with that desire alsocomes uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety and stress.Success, in other words, is kinda wonderful ... but it’salso kinda hell. Welcome to Wonderhell.Wonderhell is that space in your psyche where the burden ofyour newly discovered potential plops down, unpacks its backpack, and asks:Hey, you! Whatcha got for me?Living in an ambitious, results-oriented society, we oftenmischaracterize the turbulent emotions that surround success, deeming them a“necessary evil”—a byproduct of one’s rise to the top. We tend to think that wejust need to survive these difficult moments, to hang on by our fingernails andsomehow get through these stressful, unwanted side effects of our success. Wetorture ourselves with a never-ending internal dialogue: I can handle this. CanI handle this?But we are wrong.Learning to live in this newfound potential can be excitingrather than exhausting. Emotions like fear, anxiety, and heartbreak are notcollateral damage, slings and arrows to be absorbed and swallowed down,silenced and pushed aside. Rather, each emotion is a portal that shows us whatmore we can do, if instead we recognize that on the other side of thiswonderful hell that we so badly wanted is another and another and another . ..  but only if we choose to accept it.

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!AS SEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA!Have you ever accomplished something you weren’t so sureyou could do? Success has always been the end goal, but when you achieve it ...something infuriatingly predictable happens. You start wondering what more youcan do.Instead of success bringing you happiness, it hands you anincreased hunger to achieve something even bigger. And with that desire alsocomes uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety and stress.Success, in other words, is kinda wonderful ... but it’salso kinda hell. Welcome to Wonderhell.Wonderhell is that space in your psyche where the burden ofyour newly discovered potential plops down, unpacks its backpack, and asks:Hey, you! Whatcha got for me?Living in an ambitious, results-oriented society, we oftenmischaracterize the turbulent emotions that surround success, deeming them a“necessary evil”—a byproduct of one’s rise to the top. We tend to think that wejust need to survive these difficult moments, to hang on by our fingernails andsomehow get through these stressful, unwanted side effects of our success. Wetorture ourselves with a never-ending internal dialogue: I can handle this. CanI handle this?But we are wrong.Learning to live in this newfound potential can be excitingrather than exhausting. Emotions like fear, anxiety, and heartbreak are notcollateral damage, slings and arrows to be absorbed and swallowed down,silenced and pushed aside. Rather, each emotion is a portal that shows us whatmore we can do, if instead we recognize that on the other side of thiswonderful hell that we so badly wanted is another and another and another . ..  but only if we choose to accept it.

Mission Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose aims to help the jobseeker -- whether a student, a mid-career professional or a retiring Baby Boomer -- take advantage of the many career opportunities burgeoning in the non-profit sector by answering these questions and more:• Is now the right time for me to transition into the nonprofit sector? • Will my skills transfer to the nonprofit sector?• How do I even begin to move from the corporate to nonprofit sector?The nonprofit sector is changing to accommodate the enormous richness of experience all of these individuals can bring with them. This book endeavors to help each of them find their place in the new nonprofit sector.

Limitless helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. This book is like a high energy masterclass and brainstorming session all in one – with actionable tips to transform your vision for your career and doing work with purpose.What if success doesn’t equal happiness? Many of us spend our lives pursuing a singular idea of success, one that was created for us by someone else. We give votes to those who shouldn’t even have voices and strive to go faster and faster even as we find ourselves falling further and further behind. We chase gold stars, we check all the boxes, we Lean In – and we still feel incomplete. This is not a story about failure, but it might as well be. When we don’t define success in our own terms, finding our purpose and carving our own path becomes impossible. How do you break the cycle so that you can be better at work and life? In Limitless, Laura Gassner Otting teaches you how to ignore the rules that created your limits, align your energies and your actions, and do work that really matters so that you can live your best life. Often described as “a kick in the ass surrounded by a warm hug,” Laura brings both tough love and wisdom and offers a no-holds-barred look at what it really takes to get out of your own way and earn your success today. If you ever dreamed about discovering and crushing that personal goal that is so big and so scary that you’ve only dared whisper it to yourself, this book is the permission you didn’t even know you needed to live into it as only you can.