Doubt Monster

Doubt Monster

The Doors of Perception, Revisited

The cost of keeping the portals always open

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Amy L Bernstein
Jun 17, 2025
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Let’s rally around a cliché: Success and failure are flip sides of the same coin. It’s nearly impossible to court success without also courting failure.

Recently, I had reason to nudge this cliché in a slightly different direction, and suddenly I understood both “states” a little better, especially as to how they function…

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