Nulling Out by Cheryl Jack, MD

A contemporary revelation about the dark side of success, Nulling Out: The Terrifying Cost of Success and The Path Back to Being Fully Alive by Cheryl Jack, MD is an illuminating introduction to the growing crisis of disconnection among the world’s best and brightest. Across industry and global society, a growing number of leaders may be high-functioning, but are experiencing a spiritual numbness in their lives, which is growing one “optimized professional” at a time. This book shares the critical symptoms and risks of “nulling out,” as well as a practical toolkit for reconnection and rediscovery of purpose. Timely, informative, and ultimately hopeful, this is a refreshing work of business self-help that doesn’t lean on vague notions of mindfulness, but is more clinical in its prescriptions, and therefore more immediately actionable.