Assaiante: True success is knowing when you have enough without stopping effort
Paul Assaiante · Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears · Dec 12, 2023 · at 9:35
Paul Assaiante, legendary collegiate squash coach, discusses the definition of success and why wealth accumulation alone is an inadequate metric.
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“But I think success is to get to a place where you can look in the mirror. Almost nobody gets here, by the way. You can look in a mirror and say, I have enough. To me, that's really successful. Now, that doesn't mean you take your foot off the gas. You continue to drive down the road.”
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