I used to believe more money would fix my inner critic.
When I made my first million in my 20’s, I discovered that the voice just got louder. “You don’t deserve all of this. Who do you think you are?”
And on and on.
I believed the lies my inner critic was telling me, and I burned everything down.
I hit a point where I was living on the streets, fully lost in addiction, and hustling like hell to outrun a version of me I couldn’t stand to face.
Eventually, I got clean. I started over.
I clawed my way back and became the poster child for second chances.
And on paper?
It worked.
I built a business. I closed deals. I scaled to 7 figures in annual revenue.
But that voice in my head?
It still said I wasn’t enough.
I made the same mistake AGAIN! I thought the success would finally quiet the shame.
I thought if I just achieved enough, performed enough, proved enough… I’d finally feel safe and ok in my own skin.
But it doesn’t work like that.
The revenue grew.
So did the pressure.
And that voice? Still stuck in survival mode.
Still whispering "You don't deserve this."
Still pushing me to prove my own worth as if I hadn’t already bled for it.
That’s when I finally realized:
It’s not about another strategy.
It’s not about more hustle.
It’s about shifting the way you see yourself.
It’s about rewiring the voice that’s been running the show.
Because if you don’t change that voice, you just keep building the same loop in a better-looking house.