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You're Not Getting Ahead If You're Just Getting By

Written by Derek MacDonald | March 24, 2025

You're Not Getting Ahead If You're Just Getting By by Derek MacDonald

What really happens when you're not selfish enough.

Read on Substack

 

Focusing on doing it faster makes a mess. Focusing on doing it well makes progress.

So if you’re feeling stuck, start with asking yourself:

  • Where am I trying to speed up when I really need to slow down?
  • What’s clogging this process that used to feel simple?
  • What am I holding together that I shouldn’t?

Because you can be the most ambitious person in the room, but if the structure around you can’t support it?

You’re not getting ahead, you’re just getting by.

onward.

-dmac