{"product_id":"the-summit-problem-shashi-bindra-9798176592436","title":"The Summit Problem: Why the Descent Is More Dangerous Than the Climb","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou finally got it. The promotion. The wedding. The degree. The number on the scale. The thing you told yourself would make everything feel different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then it didn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot in the way you expected, anyway. Instead of the relief you'd been promised, there was something quieter and stranger - a flatness you didn't have a name for, arriving right when you were supposed to be celebrating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has a name. Psychologists call it \u003cb\u003earrival fallacy\u003c\/b\u003e, and it happens to nearly everyone who's ever chased something hard enough to actually catch it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Summit Problem\u003c\/b\u003e borrows its central idea from an unlikely source: mountain climbers, who've known for decades that the real danger isn't reaching the top. It's the descent - the hours right after the high, when you're spent, distracted, and least prepared for what comes next. That's when climbers get careless. It's also, this book argues, when the rest of us do too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book walks through all four phases of any real climb: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Approach\u003c\/b\u003e - why \"I'll be happy when...\" quietly sets up the crash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Summit\u003c\/b\u003e - what arrival actually feels like, and why it's allowed to feel like nothing at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Descent\u003c\/b\u003e - the genuinely dangerous part nobody warns you about\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBase Camp\u003c\/b\u003e - what experienced climbers do differently, and how to do it too\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever gotten exactly what you wanted and felt strangely, guiltily empty about it, this book will make you feel a lot less alone - and give you somewhere to go from here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shashi Bindra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798176592436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Shashi Bindra","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780132966655,"sku":"9798176592436","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-summit-problem-shashi-bindra-9798176592436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}