Read the first chapter.

From the introduction

At the beginning of 2022, I had a nervous breakdown.

I was coping (badly) in the same way I had for years but failed to spot the fact that my ability to handle stress was failing. A lot of entrepreneurs, wantrepreneurs, and freelancers wrestle with incredible stress and feel there’s no way out. This book is about this stress, about how a change in perspective can change your world, and finally, about how calling out the bullshit surrounding the world of startups is long overdue.

The majority of entrepreneurs grapple with the same stresses that led to my crisis: numerous families’ incomes rode on my ability to keep my company afloat, the stress of economic uncertainty weighed on my shoulders, and I faced the expectation that I would somehow put on a smile and pretend like I was not, in fact, falling to pieces.

— Charlie Lass, Better Than You Were Yesterday