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in love with competence like no one is watching Nix Feb 10, 2023 117 11 3 Share by Moonassi It’s startlingly obvious the longer I spend in the corporate world that most smart, high achieving people are in love with a specific form of difficulty: the ever-escaping measure of competence. It’s an obsessive, all consuming desire. Resulting in late hours, large volumes of caffeine, little sleep. Competence is more fulfilling than love, more delicious than rest — it’s so tangible, measurable. The euphoria of feeling useful, valued. In isolation, this desire for competence is a good thing. Wanting to

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