barring providence, fortune or whim of fate, most success comes from having put in the requisite effort, time, investment etc in order to produce the desired result. bodybuilder pumps iron 3 hours a day, takes his steroids, sticks to a bland chicken breast diet; top-notch lawyer puts in 16-hour work days, schmoozes with the right set, stabs and connives for opportunities up the ladder; all-distinction student slogs all day, reads only the most arcane of theory textbooks, joins olympiads, and so on and so on.
here's a perspective: looking at success as undesirable because it would entail becoming the kind of person one might loathe to be, or doing the things one might abhor, in order to be in that position of success. so rather than admiring the buff, trim musculature of the erstwhile bodybuilder, one pities how such a major part of his life has gone down the drain in achieving something of such inconsequence.
to have wasted one's life becoming powerful, rich, beautiful, smart, to have wasted it becoming successful, is a horror and a tragedy.
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How I would that MoE thinks this way. Unfortunately for me, while I gave up giving a shit a long time ago, I'm watching a people around me spiral. Of course, doing well won't hurt, but hey, have fun, you sods.
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