The PerformanceTrap

You keep hitting the number.How come it’s never enough?

The books

4:58 AMUp before 5. The pressure’s already there.

6:40 PMOne drink to come down. Then three.

7:15 PMHome for dinner. Mind still at the office.

11:52 PMYou hit the number. There’s already a new one.

“And the cruel joke is that the thing I built to make the fear go away became the biggest thing I was afraid of losing.”

Captured, Vol. 1: The Trap

Same trap. Two ways in. Start with either.

The cover of Captured, Vol. 1: The Trap, by Reid Anderson

The truth

Nonfiction. What’s really driving you, and the first step out.

Pick this if you want answers.

“I closed the biggest deal of my life on a Thursday.”

Chapters 1 to 3 · 30 min read · 44 min listen

The cover of The Performance Trap, a novel by Reid Anderson

The story

A novel. One man inside the trap, and the ones who built it.

Pick this if you’d rather see it for yourself.

“I walk through the door and I already know.”

Act One · 87 min read · Audio coming soon

A man in a skull mask marked with red, still, in the dark.
Some of us got out. We’re coming back for the rest.

Tell me when the next one’s out.