{"product_id":"valuable-by-design-breaking-free-from-perfectionism-people-pleasing-and-the-need-to-prove-your-worth-9798996785704","title":"Valuable by Design: Breaking Free from Perfectionism, People-Pleasing, and the Need to Prove Your Worth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if your worth was never yours to prove?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou did what was supposed to make you feel like enough. You achieved. You became the one who fixed things, served others, carried the load, and kept the peace. Maybe your striving looked like success. Maybe it looked like never measuring up. Either way, one question kept following you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf I stop proving myself, will I still matter?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Mahoney spent two decades chasing an answer that performance could never give. By his early twenties, he had enough success to look impressive-and enough emptiness to know it had not answered the question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, on a train platform in Portland, the striving finally ran out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending vulnerable memoir, biblical truth, and practical insight, Valuable by Design explores Performance-Based Identity-the pattern of looking to achievement, perfectionism, people-pleasing, usefulness, or approval to tell us what we are worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pages will help you recognize where that pattern may be operating in your own life, understand why proving yourself once felt necessary, and begin learning to live from the value God gives rather than the verdict the world keeps demanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, you will learn to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Recognize the hidden rules that keep your value on trial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Understand why proving yourself once felt necessary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Distinguish healthy excellence from fear-driven performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Interrupt shame, comparison, and approval-seeking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Live from the worth God gives rather than for the worth the world demands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for the achiever who cannot rest, the helper who cannot say no, the believer who knows grace but still lives as though love must be earned, and anyone who looks confident while quietly wondering whether they are enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe cracks are not the end of your story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour Maker is not finished with what has been broken.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Travis Mahoney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Keep It Real Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996785704","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Travis Mahoney \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944174006429,"sku":"9798996785704","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c962f4ba-0d69-43fe-a7c5-a3f9267071c7.jpg?v=1790155224","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/valuable-by-design-breaking-free-from-perfectionism-people-pleasing-and-the-need-to-prove-your-worth-9798996785704","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}