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Perfectionism vs. Progress: Learning to Manage the Friction
At 47, I think I hold a quiet advantage over the 27-year-old version of me. If there’s one superpower that arrives with this age, it’s the ability to let go of illusions I’ve carried my whole life. I found that out the hard way. When I sat down to design my system — the structure…
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I burned out. Then I built a system. Here’s what happened.
I’m 47 years old, and not long ago a doctor looked at my blood work and my Apple Health metrics, sat back, and told me it was a miracle I was still alive. Then, with the kind of sarcasm you only earn after years in a profession, he added: “Some people win the genetic lottery…
