Abraham Maslow coined the term 'Jonah Complex' to describe our tendency to flee from the very greatness we can sometimes glimpse in ourselves. In peak moments of courage, we see godlike possibilities within us — and then we shiver with weakness and run from them. Self-sabotage, it turns out, often targets our best selves, not our worst habits.
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