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The smartest people I know mostly have widely different goals, and mostly don't use money as a proxy for a measure of success (however I am not from the US...)

> competitions is usually the one with the most measurable success (money) for the least amount of measurable input (work)

I remember thinking this way during my education years, but out in the real world I have learnt otherwise.




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