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When Your Goals Stop Feeling Like Yours

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Hillman Lentz
Aug 25, 2025
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There’s a quiet danger in chasing goals too long without checking if they still belong to you. They start out aligned with your vision, your values, and your purpose. But somewhere along the way — after enough pressure, outside opinions, and “just one more” compromises — they start serving someone else’s agenda.

I’ve been there. I once worked months towa…

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