Tanmoy Goswami's drive to succeed helped lift him out of the lower-middle class. But it came at a terrible price.
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In a previous job, burnout nearly killed Tanmoy Goswami, and he vowed to never let ambition swallow hi again. Then came the pandemic. The media startup he was working at shut down, and his 15-year career imploded overnight. In a desperate attempt to cobble together an income, he started writing a newsletter. Three years later, the newsletter continues to be Goswami's main livelihood.
Key Details
- There's a fine line between the motivation needed to build a successful career and the uncontrolled ambition that ends in burnout.
- It took a pandemic to blow holes in the cult of ambition. In 2021 and 2022, almost 100 million American workers left their jobs.
- What's driving many people back to the grind isn't ambition. It's survival. No wonder we can't let go of the hustle. We simply don't have the choice.