David Jacob

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Ambitious people tend to treat every important decision like it could ruin their life. The business has to work. The promotion has to happen. The pitch has to land. The investment has to pay off. When every outcome carries that much weight, of course you overthink everything. In your head, you are deciding whether you are about to prove that you are a failure. That makes fairly normal risks feel enormous. One thing that helps is forcing yourself to answer the question: “What actually happens if this goes badly?” T…

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