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TLH's avatar

Thank you for this. 🙏🏾

Rebecca Silliman's avatar

Glad it resonated. Thank you for reading!

Bonnie Lerner | The Kinship's avatar

Love this, Rebecca. Ruthless alignment is what I am aiming for in my life!

Rebecca Silliman's avatar

Thank you so much for reading!

Callie Lynn's avatar

This hit home, Rebecca: "When high achievers say they’ve “lost their drive,” they haven’t lost their capacity to work hard. They’ve just run out of the cheap, dirty fuel of external validation."

My entire career has run on that cheap, dirty fuel. Once I became aware of it a whole world of possibility started to open up. Now I'm on the path of reinventing my work in the world. Great article, thanks!

Kaguura Gichuru's avatar

ok this was interesting

Rebecca Silliman's avatar

ok thanks! :)

Rose Akai's avatar

This is such an interesting way to view ambition. Thanks for sharing this.

Rebecca Silliman's avatar

Thank you for reading!

maya watson's avatar

ahhh. this is so good. omg.

"the etymology of a SCAM." REBECCA!

from ambition to ruthless alignment. YES.

Rebecca Silliman's avatar

This comment made my day.