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ArticleWhen Being in the 1% Feels like Failure

When Being in the 1% Feels like Failure

Wil’s Personal Note: “Founders, I want you to give yourself 100x more credit than you probably are for doing what you’ve already done. If we lose perspective of our progress, we’ve already lost. We need that perspective to fuel our next big win.”

When I was living in Beverly Hills, I felt like a total loser. This isn't some lame setup to a humble brag, I'm telling you I never saw this coming and it pissed me off.

As a kid growing up without much, I never thought in a million years I'd be living in Beverly Hills, so my expectations heading into life were very low. But every morning when I would wake up, I would look across this sun-drenched canyon and see the most amazing houses you would ever see — literally billionaire homes.

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