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An easy start can lead to a lack of vision for alternatives that may be more advantageous over the long term.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“is the long-term lesson that having life too easy from the beginning leads to a certain, I don't want to call it laziness,”
“but lack of vision perhaps in alternatives that may in the longer term actually be more advantageous.”Play from 1:06:13Report a misattribution
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