{"product_id":"stop-lying-to-yourself-why-everything-youve-tried-hasnt-changed-you-9798995282402","title":"Stop Lying to Yourself: Why Everything You've Tried Hasn't Changed You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eF*ck motivation porn.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou know the feeling. You finish the book and walk away feeling like this time is different. Two weeks later you're back where you started, with one more failed attempt quietly adding to the pile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd still you bought another book or went to another seminar. Because the alternative (that something is fundamentally broken) is too uncomfortable to sit with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe self-help industry built its entire revenue model on that discomfort. Comfortable people don't buy more books. Inspired people come back for the next seminar. Stuck people are their best customers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou've been their business model the whole time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem was never your discipline or your information. You've journaled. You've meditated. You've said the affirmations out loud in your car (yes, really). None of it stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe real problem is your identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery change you've attempted has been installed on top of an identity that was never updated to receive it. You've been building a new life on an old blueprint, and that blueprint has been quietly rejecting every upgrade. You're not broken. Identity just doesn't change through inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Lester Clowes is a performance coach with 9,000+ hours working alongside people who've read every book, tried every program, and are still stuck. And he wrote this book for the thousands that will never get to work with him 1:1.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen chapters. Real, identity-based, permanent change. Including Promise Debt - the accumulated weight of every commitment you've made and broken to yourself, and why it's been destroying your self-trust long before you noticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frameworks in this book aren't information to consume and forget. They're built on identity, which is why they'll still be working five years from now. Or fifty. Not because it's the most inspiring book you'll read. Because it's the most honest one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is not for everyone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're looking for validation or something to make you feel better about where you are, there are thousands of books for that. This isn't one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything you need is in here. The only thing this book can't do is the work for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou've already tried feeling better about your life. It's time to change it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Defy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995282402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Lester Clowes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801364525237,"sku":"9798995282402","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stop-lying-to-yourself-why-everything-youve-tried-hasnt-changed-you-9798995282402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}