Dr Kim Dang's early drive was built on rage not passion. The rage of feeling unseen, undervalued, and determined to prove everyone wrong. That fuel carried her through a dual degree in mathematics and film studies at the University of Zurich, a PhD in mathematics, and a professorship at Yale. Then it broke her.

What followed is one of the most honest accounts of reinvention you'll hear. Kim walked away from Yale, took entry-level PA jobs on TV sets, and spent five hours hiding behind a garbage truck in the summer heat earning $12 an hour, this was three months after leaving one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Within a year, she had produced her own feature film.

Now, through her company Dark Runner, she works with high-achieving people who have everything on paper but know something isn't quite right underneath,  ...