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There’s a quote we love at Fletcher Circle — attributed, perhaps loosely, to Rudyard Kipling: “If you did not get what you want, it’s a sign either that you did not seriously want it or you tried to bargain over the price.” Everyone wants the outcome. The title. The promotion. The story that looks clean from the outside. But few want the work — the late nights, the self-doubt, the sacrifices that never make the highlight reel. Ambition asks a lot of us. It demands time, energ

Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery  has been analyzed for decades as a story about conformity and blind tradition. But when you zoom out, the part that lingers for Fletcher Circle is something simpler and more unsettling: the randomness. One moment you’re part of the crowd. The next moment your slip of paper has a mark on it. No reason. No warning. No sense of fairness. Jackson understood something we don’t like to admit: just beneath our stories of merit, hustle, and control sits

College is often described as “the best years of your life.” But for many students, that promise doesn’t match reality. 60% report...

We like to imagine careers as straight lines: you study, you graduate, you land the job, and you keep climbing. Some people do find their...