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Ep. 177: Is Ambition Worth It?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
I've Never Had a Book That Stayed on the Amazon Bestseller List
The pursuit of big goals, is life affirming. Most people won't succeed at the things that they are ambitious about. The human brain does not want to do nothing for a very brief time. There's almost nothing you can do to put someone in a situation where there's no challenge worth taking care of. That makes humans miserable. You take away either of those two things, and it's a problem. So there is something important or ambitious going after somethingLife affirming. It gives a focus to your energy. If you're all in on, i am going to start the next uber,. Your mind is probably always moving. And if you're not spending time with your kids,
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