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Why Extreme Success Stories Feel Personally Defeating

My startup founder friend sold his company and retired at thirty while I am still paying student loans and I feel like I missed some crucial memo about how life works.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Exposure to outlier achievements activates shame about normal timelines and ordinary struggles.

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