{"product_id":"2940196162527","title":"Stop Getting in Your Own Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou're not lazy. You're not weak. You're not broken. So why do you keep destroying the very things you've worked so hard to build?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe career that stalls right before the promotion. The relationship that implodes the moment it gets serious. The goal that derails just as you start seeing results. You've watched yourself get close to what you want—and then do something to blow it up. Again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStop Getting In Your Own Way\u003c\/em\u003e finally explains why smart, capable, successful people sabotage themselves—and provides a systematic approach to breaking the pattern for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by James Mercer, a former McKinsey consultant who watched himself pick a fight with a client two weeks before making partner, this book reveals the uncomfortable truth: self-sabotage isn't a character flaw. It's protection. Your brain learned somewhere along the way that success is dangerous, and it's working overtime to keep you \"safe\"—even when safety means staying stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe four types of self-sabotage and which pattern you're running\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy trying harder and using willpower actually makes it worse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you're really protecting when you undermine yourself (hint: it's not what you think)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sabotage Interrupt System for catching the pattern before it catches you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecific tools—micro-delays, reality checks, accountability moves—that work in real-time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to build success tolerance so achievement stops feeling like a threat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat to do when you slip back into old patterns (because you will)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't another motivational book telling you to believe in yourself. If positive thinking fixed this, you'd be fixed by now. This is a practical manual for pattern recognition and behavior change—the framework that helped the author build a life he used to think wasn't possible for someone like him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe behavior that's holding you back made sense once. It kept you safe. But reasons can be outdated, and patterns can be changed. The success you keep running from? You can learn to tolerate it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oakmont Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754123968753,"sku":"2940196162527","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940196162527_p0.jpg?v=1769877069","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940196162527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}