Pat and James explore how creatives can be more prone to feelings of helplessness due to the subjectivity of success as a creative, constant rejection, and the systems we exist within. And then, the Gifted Underachievers explore ways to push back to regain our not just our sense but actual agency.

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* How did you overcome it?

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