Indeed, if you do 'suck' for 10 years, your career may be stellar, but your overall life, happiness, satisfaction and so on are somewhere down there in the mud regardless on the number on bank account.
Balance, 'pick the fight', nobody normal has infinite amount of stamina and burnout can happen to any human being if pushed enough. I know plenty of non-normal for the lack of better word, somehow broken inside. Great career, once you truly know them inside out, its a sad pile of crap. Over-competitive till last breath, always comparing with more successful, never happy with what they have. Often quite bad parents who pour their mental state into their kids too (but I think that would be impossible to avoid). And cycle repeats, kids with great grades, excelling in various sports but happiness and smiles are not their trademark.
Many hit the wall eventually and its not a nice sight. Some will never get back on their feet afterwards
Balance, 'pick the fight', nobody normal has infinite amount of stamina and burnout can happen to any human being if pushed enough. I know plenty of non-normal for the lack of better word, somehow broken inside. Great career, once you truly know them inside out, its a sad pile of crap. Over-competitive till last breath, always comparing with more successful, never happy with what they have. Often quite bad parents who pour their mental state into their kids too (but I think that would be impossible to avoid). And cycle repeats, kids with great grades, excelling in various sports but happiness and smiles are not their trademark.
Many hit the wall eventually and its not a nice sight. Some will never get back on their feet afterwards