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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 24

    It seems to be a very poisonous combination to be smart and ambitious and yet not to have achieved very much. Such people are both bitter and highly effective at realizing that bitterness.

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      2. Hipster Spock‏ @Eurodude23 Mar 24
        Replying to @paulg

        That is like every super villain in our stories. But seriously, it is probably their ambitions or egos prevent them from doing the small things that create success.

        1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
      3. George‏ @gcp2000 Mar 24
        Replying to @Eurodude23 @paulg

        Small things like being positive in a workspace and knowing how to work in concert with other people without letting their ego’s get in their way and becoming project nazi’s

        0 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
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      2. Covid Resource Link in Pinned Tweet‏ @lucidillusions_ Mar 24
        Replying to @paulg

        adding ambitious really drives the point.

        1 reply 0 retweets 21 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 24
        Replying to @lucidillusions_

        Yeah, the original version without that was wrong, because there are plenty of smart people who are happy not to achieve much. It's the ones who aren't who get bitter.

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      1. Sten Lillieström‏ @BrandAlready Mar 24
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        The original poison would be the collective incapacity to transform wits and ambition to success. Did that sound bitter?

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      1. Amal‏ @amalthomasroy Mar 24
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        What typically holds these people back? Have you noticed something common? Say social skills?

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      2. Degeneration DeFi‏ @PampDamp Mar 24
        Replying to @paulg

        And the follow up to that is most people with some form of NPD/Socioapthy will never feel like they’ve achieved anything, even when they have it all. Such is the power of self loathing.

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. lndian Bronson‏ @AgainstGop Mar 24
        Replying to @PampDamp @paulg

        what do you do if such a person has become hostile to you for whatever reason? how do you get them to fixate on something else?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. brownbearinvestor‏ @brownbearinves1 Mar 24
        Replying to @paulg

        Wondering how your views with the role of luck in success coincide with this statement.

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      2. Andrew Ruiz‏ @then_there_was Mar 24
        Replying to @paulg

        Gratitude is a powerful remedy against this, but hard to generate unless you look at something else besides status all day long.

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      3. Charlie Michaels‏ @my_mind_is_blnk Mar 24
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        And Twitter quantifies status.

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