The Triple Negative of Being Competitively Excellent

There are downsides and trade-offs to becoming competitively excellent and a goat in any field. There's certainly an acquired narcissism in some ways to some of these people. Athletes are especially ephemeral so they spend a lot of time telling themselves, "I've only got a few years to do this" But my argument is that you can excel and have a balanced life.

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