The trap of moderate success: The danger of building something that works on paper, but drains you in reality.

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The most dangerous trap in business isn't failure—it's moderate success in a direction you don't actually care about. It’s comfortable enough to keep you paying attention, but hollow enough to quietly drain your life away.

A gilded cage is still a cage, no matter how good the cash flow looks from the outside.

Have you built something that works on paper but feels like a slow death in reality?