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Discussion on: Is my career my life?

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Leandro Marques

It's quite hard being an excellent professional without building your life around your career unless you're a genius.

In my case, I've achieved relative success by putting a lot of effort into it. So yes, I've expended most of my time thinking about my career.

Now I reached a certain degree of stability, so I give myself the pleasure of doing other things without thinking about productivity or goals.

But until reach that kind of stability, everyone that wants to succeed in something has to hard work. There is no success without effort. As I said before, unless you're a genius or part of a rich family.