My co-founder and I won a startup competition with a $100,000 prize and we thought it would solve our funding problems but instead we're paralyzed because it feels too easy and we don't trust that we actually earned it.
More people experience this than they realize.
Money that arrives without traditional struggle challenges people's beliefs about merit and can paradoxically create anxiety about deserving success.
“Where Are You with The psychology of lottery and windfall?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.