Promoted. Panicking. Surviving.

As part of the exploration of the so called “psychological capital” (one of the key success predictors), I shared yesterday “the Friday 3-5 PM protocol—that unsexy ritual for building your psychological capital when everyone else heads to happy hour”. You learned how to convert frustration into strategic fuel, creating hope, confidence, resilience, and optimism through a structured two-hour practice. See here the 1minute summary:

But what happens when success itself becomes the enemy? When that promotion you've been building toward finally arrives—and instead of triumph, you feel your carefully cultivated psychological capital evaporate overnight?

The Friday ritual prepared you for climbing the mountain. Today's piece reveals why reaching the summit can feel like falling off a cliff—and more importantly, how the same psychological principles that built your success can rebuild you after promotion nearly breaks you. Because here's what nobody tells you: The crash isn't a bug in your system. It's the system working exactly as designed.

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