Inspired by LIFE book cover
An interactive chapter

The Quicksand Effect

From Inspired by LIFE, by Michael Tiger, PCC

Four short chapters. About five minutes. Best with sound.
You're working harder.

Longer nights. Weekends. More of what used to work.

Move fast. Fight it.
“Fighting harder is exactly the worst thing you could do in some of these situations.”
Michael Tiger, at the Inspired by LIFE launch Where the idea came from
Chapter 01

A train in Alaska

Michael was on a train in Alaska when the guide pointed out a stretch of coastline that behaves like quicksand. At almost the same moment, he was texting a client who was having a really difficult stretch.

The client kept working harder. Longer nights, weekends, more of the same. And it was almost like he was moving backwards.

“Things don't look broken, but something's starting to feel different.”Michael Tiger

That's the Quicksand Effect. Capable, successful people start to feel like they're drowning, and most of the time they don't see they're sinking until they're burnt out, missing their numbers, or at risk of losing the job. The way out isn't more effort. It's changing how you think, and how you move.