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Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not

Drawn from what Natalie Portman said

Subjectsambitionmotivation
What these subjects mean

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

motivation What makes effort feel worth it: the neuroscience of wanting to act, apathy, dopamine, and habit.

What Natalie Portman actually said

  1. Natalie Portman Israeli-born American actor and filmmaker who won…
    Achievement is wonderful when you know why you’re doing it. And when you don’t know, it can be a terrible trap,

    Where this was said

    ↗Portman: I, too, battled self-doubt (Harvard Gazette, 27 May 2015, quoting her Harvard College Class Day address)news.harvard.edu

    27 May 2015

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