That is the shadow. Not something dark. Not evidence that you are broken. Simply the parts of your behavior that are harder for you to see than they are for everyone around you.

Wayne was not struggling because he lacked expertise. As a seasoned network engineer working within a Fortune 10 organization, he had years of experience troubleshooting complex systems, identifying patterns, and seeing potential solutions before many of the people around him. Yet despite that expertise, he was becoming increasingly discouraged, frustrated, and unmotivated. During major systems incidents, Wayne would often find himself on hours-long, all-hands-on-deck calls a