When you're young, ambition burns bright. You chase the obvious goals — money, status, recognition. You climb what author David Brooks calls "the first mountain." It's steep, demanding, but the path is clear.
Then something shifts.
You reach a plateau.
Maybe you've achieved what you set out to accomplish. Maybe you reali…
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