Banish Self-Sabotage in Grant Applications

Gifted Underachievers · Mar 12, 2026 · 8m

The grant experiment has been a mixed success. Let’s just call it a near-failure. Let’s just call it a nightmare. James has applied with equanimity, while Dobes (Pat) has let the sheer amount of fruitless work involved get her down.

In this short segment, we talk about her resulting self-sabotage and learned helplessness, and what happened with a recent grant application she assumed would be an easy submission.

Mistakes were made, and the battle played out in public (more or less), in a sunny location at the public library.

Listen to discover a few tips and tricks for finishing those grant…