"I have always been more like that high-wire tightrope walker, her confidence built upon the thin, fleeting air buoying up beneath her. She could be falling or she could be flying, never knowing which one... that is the rip cord that somehow keeps her tethered. But it turns out not needing people... is a great way not to have any."

"I have always been more like that high-wire tightrope walker, her confidence built upon the thin, fleeting air buoying up beneath her. She could be falling or she could be flying, never knowing which one... that is the rip cord that somehow keeps her tethered. But it turns out not needing people... is a great way not to have any."

— mary marantz, Underestimated ch. 10

Being "The Tightrope Walker" means that you want to hit all the REALLY big goals you set for yourself... and you don't care who doesn't get it yet.

You do not care about chasing others for approval. You are not swayed by who tells you that you "CAN'T" or how these goals will make people perceive you... you just step out on the ledge, and walk boldly step by step toward that next big, scary, audacious dream. The problem is, you have started to define your days as good or bad... by the latest good thing that has happened to you. You have become addicted to the dopamine hits of getting everything you ever wanted. And you've lost the miracle in the mundane of your seemingly ordinary days.

So what does this really mean?

01.

Your days are not defined as good or bad by what you achieve

When you are forever living for the next upswing of a high that will catch you just in time, too many days in a row without a win can make you feel untethered. Like you are simultaneously falling and failing at everything.

So what you need to hear is this: if you only live for a few throw the confetti days, then you are MISSING out on MOST of your life.

02.

We cannot live our lives chasing a fleeting currency of "more"

Leaping, always leaping, never knowing if the net will appear. It's a thrilling way to live. Until it isn't. 

 These billowing currents of hot air and highlight reels turned icy chill in the fickle fog of their absence, leave tiny thunderstorms of destruction in their wake.

Sure there is a certain thrill to flying. But when the bottom falls out, make no mistake, it lands with a thud.




03.

If I could hold up a mirror, here's what I would want you to see

The way that you boldly believe in yourself and the work you are doing- the beautiful life you are building- it's something most of us wish we had more of.

But you do not have to go it alone in order for this work to matter. And you have to find a way to anchor yourself in something more solid than this tossed and tumbled hope, this high-wire act of waiting for the next good thing to happen to you. There is a miracle happening right in front of you even on the most ordinary of days.

Hello there!

BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS...

MEET THE AUTHOR:
I'M MARY MARANTZ

Recovering gold star, highlight reel, A++ level overachiever... picture Elle Woods meets Rory Gilmore, with a side of Jessie Spano.
"I'm so excited, I'm so excited... What, like it's HARD?"

I'm the girl who grew up in a single wide trailer in rural West Virginia, before making my way all the way to the hallowed halls of Yale Law School... only to still spend the next twenty years of my life Underestimating myself. Like I wrote in my first book, Dirt, "What if success is where the real trouble began? What if we get everything we ever wanted, only to find out it still doesn't change a thing about not liking this skin we have to do life in?"

I have spent the last five years figuring out how to quit playing small, NAME the Fear, and MOVE FORWARD anyway.

Today I help generation changers move from stuck to start. Because the person counting you out the most... just might be YOU!
In fact, I just wrote a brand new book about it...

UNDERESTIMATED

The Surprisingly simple shift to quit playing small, name the fear, and move forward anyway

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"And I'm walking on a wire, trying to go higher.
Feels like I'm surrounded by clowns and liars.
Even when I give it all away...I want it all."

-pink, just like fire

a few next action steps:

It is safe now for you to rest

"The Tightrope Walker" can spend their whole lives trying to accomplish and produce. Whether it is marking things off the ever-growing to do list or taking high-flying leaps out of their comfort zone, this Achiever Type thrives on chasing the next elusive high of a bigger and bigger win. But now it's time to ask yourself, WHO are you apart from WHAT you can do?

You are more than the sum of your achievements

There is more to you than just merely what you have achieved. I know you're feeling unmoored lately. Sick to your stomach from the steady diet of sugary sweet highs that seem to numb but never satisfy. You have made a reputation out of doing what they said could not be done. And you have built a remarkable life. But you are MORE than the latest good thing that has happened to you.

Are you ready for more?

Be on the lookout for an email soon from me with even more details about The Tightrope Walker Achiever Type... and most importantly where do we go from here. How to trade all of this hyper-vigilant self-sufficiency turned self-sabotage, and instead lean in to your true purpose and the work that has been created just for you.

Here are your curated must listen episodes for

THE TIGHTROPE WALKER

And we have a full line up of binge-worthy episodes. But for you, my friend The Tightrope Walker, start HERE! These are the episodes you most likely need to hear first as you let go of playing small once and for all.

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ROOTED>STRIVING: HOW TO STOP SPINNING OUT W/ SHARI RIGBY

These Mary Marantz Show episodes
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STOP LIVING ON AUTOPILOT: DISCOVER A BOLDER YOU W/ ANTONIO NEVES

HOW TO UN-HURRY YOUR HEART
W/ JENNIFER DUKES LEE

ESSENTIAL HABITS FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY FAITH w/ Justin K.

why purpose is more important than popularity w/ sadie robertson

At the Mary Marantz Show we believe we can NAME the Fear... and MOVE FORWARD Anyway!

Here are your curated must listen episodes for

THE TIGHTROPE WALKER

At the Mary Marantz Show we believe we can NAME the Fear... and MOVE FORWARD Anyway!

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when someone else gets everything you wanted

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when someone else gets everything you wanted

when someone else gets everything you wanted

when someone else gets everything you wanted

ROOTED>STRIVING: HOW TO STOP SPINNING OUT

STOP LIVING ON AUTOPILOT
DISCOVER A BOLDER YOU

HOW TO UN-HURRY YOUR HEART AND GROW SLOW

essential habits for an extraordinary faith

why purpose wins over popularity

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