How to Escape Someone Else’s Dysfunction Trap!

Gifted Underachievers · Sep 10, 2026 · 33m

As creatives we often rely on others for a great many things. As people with creative adjacent careers, we also rely on others for a great many things.

Ergo and therefore, it is all too easy to fall into and be trapped by the dysfunction of others.

And while we get good at preventing or short-circuiting dysfunctional processes, there is always a new one. Furthermore, if we depend on that other person (or organization) it can be VERY difficult to simply walk away. We also experience the business concept of the sunk cost fallacy because we don’t want to lose an opportunity or walk away from…