The world doesn’t pay you per push-up, per page, or per pit… - Kpaxs

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The world doesn’t pay you per push-up, per page, or per pitch.

It pays you in unpredictable lump sums.

I call it “Lagged Reward Principle”.

Effort and reward are separated by an unpredictable, often demoralizing delay.

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Pseudonymous reader and writer based in Paris. Posts as @Kpaxs on X and publishes the Three Times Wiser Substack. Real name not publicly disclosed.

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