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What’s the one painful lesson you wouldn’t wish on anyone but are grateful you learned?

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Hey I am on Medial • 8d

The hardest lesson I ever learned was that you can do everything "right" and still fail. I spent years believing that if I just worked hard enough, was kind enough, planned carefully enough, I could control outcomes. Then my business collapsed despite perfect execution because of market factors completely beyond my control. It was devastating, but it freed me from the exhausting belief that I could control everything. Now I put in my best effort but hold outcomes more loosely, which ironically has made me both more successful and happier.

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