You're exhausted.
Not from the work itself. From the invisible competition. The endless measuring. The constant feeling that someone, somewhere, is grading your life-and you're falling behind.
You compare yourself to colleagues who seem further ahead. You scroll through highlight reels that make your life feel inadequate. You race through days collecting achievements that never feel like enough. You stress about milestones you "should" have hit by now.
And nobody ever told you the truth: There is no exam.
No cosmic scorecard. No universal grading system. No panel of judges evaluating whether you're living correctly. The competition you've been running? It doesn't exist. The race you've been losing? It was never real.
In There Is No Exam, Eric Salinas takes you on a journey through the driving metaphors we all understand-highways, odometers, passengers, routes-to reveal a profound truth hiding in plain sight: the grading system that's been causing your anxiety was something you were taught to believe in. It was programmed into you. And it can be unlearned.
This isn't another productivity system or self-optimization guide. It's a conversation. One that helps you see the comparison trap for what it is, recognize that your route is uniquely yours, and finally stop measuring your miles against everyone else's odometer.
You've been driving your whole life. It's time to enjoy the commute.
In There Is No Exam, Eric Salinas uses driving and highway metaphors to reveal a simple truth: you've been racing in competitions that don't exist, measuring yourself against standards that were never real, and stressing about grades no one is giving.
Through 24 chapters, you'll discover:
- Why comparison is relative-and why that changes everything
- How to stop living in countdown mode and start accumulating life
- The only competition that actually matters (hint: it's with yesterday's you)
- Why your influence reaches further than you'll ever see
- How to drive your own route without apologizing for your pace
This isn't about positive thinking or manifesting success. It's about seeing through the programming that makes you think there's an exam in the first place.
Your commute to a happier life starts here.