The Terrible Cost of Living Up To Your Potential

Unfortunately, you have no other good options

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There’s a rock on the side of a mountain. A mountain goat skips up to it and asks, “Yo, Rock, why don’t you slide down the mountain?”

Rock thinks. “I’ve always wanted to cause a great avalanche. If I slide down, I might be a dud, and I’ll go down all alone. I’d rather not risk…