There is a version of you that never took the comfortable path, never settled for the easier answer, never confused a safe life for a good one.
That version is not a fantasy. It is just the one that required more uncomfortable decisions earlier.
Most men only meet him in regret.
The managers who survive multiple cycles are not smarter than the ones who do not.
They are more honest about what they do not know. Conviction built on humility outlasts conviction built on confidence. Every serious LP figures this out eventually.