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402: Cheryl Strayed | Creativity, Meltdowns, and Leaving It All Behind

The Jordan Harbinger Show

CHAPTER

How to Deal With Ambition and Success

I think of those endeavors is to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. I always said, you know, I want to go to the top. I really want to make people feel and think big things with my work. So I set that bar really high. What happens if you set your sights really high? You want to be the best at something and you fail. And so that's how I succeeded around this idea: surrendering to my mediocrity. Maybe I am a mediocre writer but I'm going to be her full throttle.

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