The Fruit Is Not Yours

For eleven years Julian Cross chased the win. When it finally came on a rooftop off Wells Street, he felt nothing. Ninety minutes later, he sat in his own driveway, unable to get out of the car.

This is not a book about self-care. It's about why tying your identity to the fruit (the promotion, the number, the title) is degrading your performance and stealing your life.

And how to move your caring back to what is actually yours: the work.