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Ch 8: Leaning Into The Nothingness - Sooner or Later, You’re Going to Want to Quit
There’s a point in every venture, every project, every journey, where you hit the grind. Nothing about the experience is fun anymore. All the excitement, all the emotional highs you once felt, are long gone. You’re left with nothing but the daily struggle. At this stage, it’s not about performance or ambition anymore—it’s just about survival.
What makes it even harder is the uncertainty. When you’re trading today for some future you can’t see or predict, there’s no clarity. You don’t know if you’re making the right choices or if the sacrifices you’re making will even pay off. And in that fog…
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