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You're ambitious. You set big goals. You work hard. So why does success feel so exhausting, and why doesn't it last? Most productivity advice pushes you to grind harder, hustle longer, and never stop moving. The result? Temporary wins followed by crushing burnout. You achieve a goal, feel nothing, and immediately start chasing the next one. You're exhausted, unfulfilled, and wondering if there's a better way. There is. Orbiting Ambition: The Anti-Burnout Blueprint for Lasting Success introduces a revolutionary approach to achievement based on a simple but powerful truth: sustainable success isn't linear. It's cyclical. Drawing inspiration from the predictable, renewable phases of the moon, this book gives you the Lunar Phase Framework for Success: a four-phase system that transforms how you plan, execute, and recover from your most ambitious pursuits. Inside, You'll Discover: The New Moon Phase: How to conduct brutally honest self-audits, identify your ""unfair advantages,"" and create crystal-clear 30-90 day missions that actually align with your deepest purpose, not someone else's definition of success. The Waxing Phase: The three pillars (Consistency, Discipline, and Discretion) that keep you moving forward when motivation inevitably fades, plus strategies for navigating ""the middle stint"" where most people quit. The Full Moon Phase: How to capitalize on your momentum, manage success without letting it destroy you, and avoid the twin shadows of complacency and impostor syndrome. The Waning Phase (The Game-Changer): Why the most successful people build deliberate recovery into their systems, how to conduct After-Action Reviews that turn experience into wisdom, and why skipping this phase is the #1 reason ambitious people burn out. This Book Is For You If: You've achieved goals but felt empty afterward You're tired of ""hustle culture"" but still want to accomplish big things You've burned out before and refuse to let it happen again You want to build something lasting, not just reach the next milestone You're ready to work with your natural rhythms instead of against them What Makes This Different: Unlike typical productivity books that glorify the grind, Orbiting Ambition treats rest and reflection as strategic necessities, not luxuries. You'll learn why recovery isn't the opposite of achievement; it's the foundation of it. This isn't theory. Every framework is backed by real examples: from James Dyson's 5,127 prototypes of his vacuum to Instagram's billion-dollar pivot, from Formula 1 strategy to the original moonshot that put humans on the surface of the moon. The Bottom Line: You can achieve extraordinary things without sacrificing your health, your relationships, or your sanity. You just need to stop climbing a ladder that never ends and start moving in cycles that actually sustain you. Your Orbiting Ambition is waiting. It's time to find it, fuel it, and let it guide you toward the legacy you're meant to leave.

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Hunter Hess is an award-winning entrepreneur and consultant who discovered the hard way that burnout isn't a badge of honor-it's a design flaw. After building multiple businesses, he developed the Lunar Phase Framework as a way to achieve ambitious goals without sacrificing health, relationships, or sanity. He holds an MBA from Longwood University and a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Based in Virginia, Hess writes and speaks about ambition, balance, and the systems that make lasting success possible.

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