Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Safe or Brave?

Daily Chase #134

Nov 06, 2025
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You stay in the corporate job because it’s certain. Guaranteed paycheck. Clear path to promotion. Predictable trajectory for the next decade.

Except it’s not certain at all.

Here’s what actually happens: you trade one form of uncertainty for another. The corporate path eliminates financial uncertainty but creates existenti…

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