Success requires the absence of fragility, and external success—wealth, status, power—paradoxically increases fragility and insecurity in most people who achieve it.

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Nassim Taleb

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For almost all people I've met, external, not internal, success came with an increase in fragility and a heightened state of insecurity.

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Nassim Taleb - 11 Rules For Life (How To Live a Resilient Life)Picking Nuggets
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:57:45 AM

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