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But to elaborate more, do you ever play a single player game like Skyrim, finish every quest, lead every guild?
Life is unfortunately not like that, you can't "win" every path. It's multiplayer, and everything comes with a tradeoff.
If you want to win at "career success", it's there, lots of people would love to be in your place. But people will sometimes tell you what to do.
If you want to win at "agency" it's also available, but you lose money and progress, take a big risk.
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But to elaborate more, do you ever play a single player game like Skyrim, finish every quest, lead every guild?
Life is unfortunately not like that, you can't "win" every path. It's multiplayer, and everything comes with a tradeoff.
If you want to win at "career success", it's there, lots of people would love to be in your place. But people will sometimes tell you what to do.
If you want to win at "agency" it's also available, but you lose money and progress, take a big risk.