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Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.

— Viktor Frankl

Reflection

It's easy to get so focused on the scoreboard that we lose sight of why we started playing the game. Revenue, profits, recognition, and influence can all be useful measures of progress, but they make lousy definitions of success. When we pursue work that is bigger than ourselves, we open the door to a more meaningful kind of success. Solve important problems. Invest in people. Whatever you're doing, do it with excellence and integrity. Don't become so consumed with achieving worldly success that you lose sight of what would make it meaningful in the first place.

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