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What fuels your ambition? - by Cissy Hu

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At the end of last year, I shared that I’m running a series of experiments in the new year. In the spirit of Year of doing the damn thing, I’m excited to invite you to the first of 2024! Cringe Club 🫡 I’m hosting an online workshop for paid supporters on Friday, February 2nd, at 12:30PM (PT) where we’ll spend 90 minutes surrendering to the cringe and doing our damn thing. Bring a project, an essay-in-progress, whatever’s been calling to you and breathe life into it in community with others. Upgrade to paid to join us! RSVP here. Upgrade to join Cringe Club Growing up, I had a fraught relationship with ambition. My deepest fear was not fulfilling my potential. To paraphrase Paul Graham in his Cities & Ambitions, I was one of those ambitious kids who possessed ambition that seemed to precede anything specific to be ambitious about. I just knew I wanted to do something great. I was singularly focused on working hard, being the best I could be, and maximizing my impact in any way I could.

Death Valley National Park — November 2016 At the end of last year, I shared that I’m running a series of experiments in the new year. In the spirit of Year of doing the damn thing, I’m excited to invite you to the first of 2024! Cringe Club 🫡 I’m hosting an online workshop for paid supporters on Friday, February 9th, at 12:30PM (PT) where we’ll spend 90 minutes surrendering to the cringe and doing our damn thing. Bring a project, an essay-in-progress, whatever’s been calling to you and breathe life into it in community with others. Upgrade to paid to join us! RSVP here. Upgrade to join…

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