When your ambition outpaces your systems, you crash. It’s inevitable.

Church, A. (Guest), Sparks, D., & Schmitz, M. (Hosts). (2025, October 21). Less But Better (No. 241) [Audio podcast episode]. In Focused. Relay.

At the start of the day tell yourself: I shall meet people who are officious, ungrateful, abusive, treacherous, malicious, and selfish.

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (trans. Robin Waterfield)