3 Painfully Accurate Truths about Success

Mika Y.
Mika Y.
Nov 3 · 8 min read
Photo by Art Lasovsky on Unsplash

People love a good epic, but it’s easy to forget those stories are fabricated. I’m not one for making sweeping claims, but I think the general perception of success and happiness in modern society is a tragedy. In general, we tend to ignore the practicality of hard work, time, and talent. We’d rather chalk up breakthroughs to strokes of genius, moments of inspiration, and sheer luck.

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Productivity, ambition, happiness ~ Host, The Color Pink Podcast ~ mikayeap.com

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