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VJ's avatar

The clarity of thought displayed in this article has won you a fan and subscriber. The feeling you called out after reading a “best book” is what I’m feeling reading this article. Great work.

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Isabel's avatar

thank you so much for this lovely comment!

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Kiaran McMillan's avatar

this made me cry

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Isabel's avatar

:’) omg

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Matt's avatar

You killed it with this one

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Isabel's avatar

thank you!

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kimdracula's avatar

thank you so much for this. will be reflecting a lot on these ideas

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Isabel's avatar

so glad to hear that!

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Minh's avatar

so good and well put Isabel. I love this for you and congrats on full time writing

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Isabel's avatar

thank you <3

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Sadia Kalam's avatar

I remember feeling jealous of my nanny who would spend afternoons playing on the deck with the kids and that’s when I knew I couldn’t stay in my corporate job. I was meeting with accomplished women who had families and were leading multimillion dollar portfolios in my day job but I was jealous of the woman who i paid to play with my kids. And then most recently I felt jealous of a self appraisal at work from a friend who does a lot of things in marketing and I couldn’t figure out where the jealousy was coming from. A lot to think about thanks to your essay

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ኣፄ መኮንን's avatar

"Success is actualizing your personal ambition, and hell is looking Resistance in the face at the end of it all, and knowing it won." BANGER

But I would say some books expand the difference because they show you that you could have been more ambitious. But thats the different kind of "failure".

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MH's avatar

this reads like it was written by someone who is on a copious amount of stimulants

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Isabel's avatar

this is raw brain my guy. don't know what that says about me but now i'm wondering what my writing would be like on copious amounts of stimulants

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