we're all in the pursuit of greatness, no?
If we’re not in a place to be vulnerable enough to ask for help, then we won’t get it, and we won’t succeed. If we have too much ego around the material possessions of success, but they hold us back from doing the actual work, we’ll spend all our energy keeping up the facade.’
Emma Gannon • Sabotage
#104: On Red Scare, finding writing inspiration, and America’s hero fetish
Haley Nahmanhaleynahman.substack.com
The Paradox of Ambition - David Perell
perell.com
This is so important. Any culture that doesn't cultivate a healthy drive for exceptionalism, an encouragement for epic heroes to self-select through ambition and competition, is self-doomed to fail. I worry about academics and artists.
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Anna Gát 🧭x.com