Your Result: The Outcast
Overview of the ‘Outcast’ Success Saboteur Archetype™
When your Outcast Success Saboteur is strong, you may appear independent, self-reliant, and highly capable. But beneath that composure is a quiet sense of disconnection. You’ve often felt different, as though you never quite fitted into the unspoken rules of your workplace or leadership culture.
You long to belong, to be valued for who you truly are, not just for what you deliver. Yet the fear of rejection or judgment can make you hold back parts of yourself. You edit your words, stay quiet in meetings, or soften your ideas to be more “acceptable.”
Visibility feels risky. Not because you lack confidence, but because being fully seen has never felt entirely safe. So you stay within your comfort zone, doing exceptional work behind the scenes while quietly yearning to make a bigger difference.
And you know you could, your vision is BIG. You have ideas that could improve systems, influence social policy, and strengthen the way services are delivered to communities.
Your leadership journey is about realising that your difference is your power. That your voice, your story, and your way of seeing the world are exactly what is needed right now.
When you feel safe to be seen as your full self, your presence becomes magnetic. You don’t have to try to belong because you naturally create belonging wherever you go.
2 Key Presentations of the Outcast in Leadership:
Fear of being fully seen or heard.
You hold back from visibility, whether that’s speaking up in executive forums, sharing your perspective in cross-agency working groups, or putting forward bold ideas in policy or service design. It feels safer to stay behind the scenes than risk being judged or misunderstood.
Visible, but not as your whole self.
You contribute capably and confidently yet still keep parts of yourself (ie, your intuition, values, or alternative viewpoints) hidden. It feels easier to be accepted for the version of you that “fits” the system than to risk rejection for who you really are.
Core Beliefs that Drive the Outcast Success Saboteur:
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If I speak up, I might be judged, criticised, or misunderstood.
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It feels safer to stay quiet than to risk saying the wrong thing.
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Visibility can make me vulnerable. Being in the background feels more secure.
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My perspective might not carry the same weight as others at the table.
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What if I’m challenged and can’t respond perfectly?
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If I reveal too much of who I really am, I could lose credibility or respect.
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Blending in feels easier than standing out. It keeps me safe.
How the Outcast Success Saboteur Feels:
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You often question whether your voice or perspective really matters or whether it’s safer to hold back.
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You feel more comfortable staying in the background, where you can observe without risk.
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Being fully seen and sharing what you truly think or feel can trigger a sense of vulnerability, as if visibility might invite judgment or criticism.
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Your deepest fear is rejection, and that speaking up or being yourself could confirm old doubts about not being enough.
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At times, you quietly wonder if there’s something about you that just doesn’t fit, even when you’re respected and accomplished.
How the Outcast Success Saboteur shows up in self, personal relationships, and in your career:
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You often hold back your ideas, stories, or personal insights, preferring to stay behind the scenes.
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You may withdraw from social or professional circles when you feel different or disconnected, protecting yourself from possible rejection or criticism.
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You avoid situations that place you in the spotlight.
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When visibility is unavoidable, you tend to “wear a professional mask”.
- You water down your language or soften your opinions to avoid conflict.
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You sometimes keep your leadership presence small, choosing comfort and predictability over expansion and influence.
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You may unintentionally reject others or create distance when relationships start to feel emotionally exposing.
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You find it easier to champion others’ success than to advocate for your own.
If you don’t heal this Success Saboteur
If you don’t heal this Success Saboteur, visibility, confidence, and authentic connection will continue to feel uncomfortable or even unsafe.
You may keep yourself small, speaking only when you feel certain, or shaping your words to fit what others expect, never fully expressing the depth of what you know.
Over time, this fear of being seen can limit your influence and impact. It becomes harder to connect meaningfully with colleagues, teams, or stakeholders because part of you is always holding back.
Your relationships may also feel distant or surface-level, as you unconsciously protect yourself from rejection by staying one step removed.
Left unhealed, the Outcast keeps you striving to belong while hiding the very qualities that make you magnetic, authentic, and deeply influential.
Origin of Outcast Wound
The ‘Outcast’ Success Saboteur Archetype™ is activated as a Survival Strategy when you feel a) not safe to be seen and/or b) like you did not ‘fit in’ as a child, whether at home or in school. This could have been because you were bullied or moved schools a lot. It may have been that you felt like you didn’t truly belong in your family, as you felt different from them. Perhaps you were intentionally excluded from your family by being treated as the ‘scapegoat’, or experienced or witnessed aggression or abuse in the family home. All these circumstances lead to the belief “I am not safe to be seen or safe to be me,” and so you struggle to accept yourself for who you are and hide as a form of self-protection.
Your Biggest Gift Hiding Behind It: The Gift of Shining
Beneath your fear of being seen lies your Gift of Shining, the ability to illuminate, inspire, and influence through your authentic presence.
You are here to make a meaningful impact through your ideas, your voice, and the way you lead. You may not seek the spotlight, yet your insight and integrity naturally draw others toward you. When you speak from the heart, people listen. When you show up fully, others feel safe to do the same.
You are meant to shape conversations that matter in rooms where policy is created, services are designed, and culture is formed. Whether you’re leading teams, mentoring others, or representing your organisation at the highest levels, your words and your energy have the power to shift perspectives and open hearts.
The world doesn’t need you to perform; it needs you to shine as yourself.
When you trust that your visibility is an act of service, not self-promotion, your presence becomes your greatest contribution as a leader.
Next steps to transform the Outcast:
Mindset work alone isn’t enough. To truly transform the Outcast, you need to uncover and heal the root wounds that make visibility feel unsafe and imprint a deep sense of inner safety and unconditional self-acceptance across all five levels of healing: Mind, Heart, Energy, Soul, and Action.
This is the work that allows you to step forward as your whole self: visible, confident, and free. When you no longer fear being seen, your authentic presence becomes your most powerful leadership tool.
As you do this deeper work, everything begins to shift:
- You feel safe and grounded in your visibility.
- You express your ideas, insights, and opinions with confidence and clarity.
- You expand your reach through speaking, presenting, and/or mentoring.
- You allow yourself to be recognised and celebrated for your contributions.
- You lead with authenticity, not armour.
- You create psychological safety and belonging for others.
- You stop hiding your intuitive or creative gifts.
- You begin to experience a calm, confident ease in your visibility where success and recognition feel natural, not nerve-wracking.
When you heal the Outcast, you no longer search for belonging; you become the space where belonging happens.
Before you go, your Primary Saboteur is only one piece of the puzzle. There are 5 key Success Saboteur Archetypes™ stopping you from the next level of money, love and success you are destined for. Knowing and working on all 5 is essential to true success and freedom.
Here is a short breakdown of the other 4 Success Saboteur Archetypes blocking you (remember you have all 5 in you!)
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