If you’re like me, you’re cursed with big ambitions and have gone to great lengths to avoid having to prioritize them. It’s not because we don’t know that it’s important or necessary, but we just hate having to abandon a goal - even if we know objectively that it’s the right move. Personally, when I decide to stop pursuing a goal, my natural instinct is to feel guilty or ashamed. Not because I’m letting anyone else down, which sometimes is the case, but mostly because I feel like I’m letting myself down.

However, one thing that I’ve learned over the years while trying to balance a marriage, a career, fatherhood and friendships - is that I had a tendency to interpret “I can do anything I put my mind to” as “I can do EVERYTHING I put my mind to” and that’s just not feasible.

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