Success is energizing. But it's also anxiety-provoking and exhausting. Each time we achieve it, we often tend to immediately seek out the next step upward. Drawing on a two-decade career in executive search, interviewing thousands of the most successful people in the world, Laura Gassner Otting explains why success doesn't bring happiness, and how we can instead harness the volatile mix of emotions it does present.

Laura Gassner Otting: Why doesn't success bring happiness?

Why doesn't success bring happiness?

Unlocking more doors than imagined, success breeds a paradoxical blend of wonder and hell—Wonderhell—fueling hunger for more.

In the throes of Wonderhell, leaders harness ambiguity as an ally, transforming emotional turmoil into a catalyst for growth.

Wonderhell isn't a stop but a gateway, urging continuous expansion of potential beyond perceived limits, redefining success.