As I wrote the blog-post for yesterday, I realized that the commitments we make to ourselves are the most onerous.
These are the ones that can really weigh you down. We start out young and ambitious and set goals for ourselves. Along the way, life deals out surprises; sometimes a leg-up, sometimes a setback.
Sometimes a string of successes can cause hubris and megalomania, followed by the feeling that one has the Midas touch, that one can do no wrong. Conversely, failures are often ascribed to external factors.
How we internalize these boosts and setbacks is what defines who we are.
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