I’m curious about something that feels uncomfortable to admit: do you think most careers are built more on perception than people like to acknowledge? Not dishonesty, but storytelling, positioning, visibility, politics. Sometimes I see equally talented people with wildly different trajectories, and the main difference seems to be who knows how to frame their work. How real is this dynamic from your experience?

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I don't know about most careers being built on appearances, but many of them certainly are. How people project themselves can determine where they end up. All the world's a stage, after all.

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