A ship in a bottle shows that bottlenecks are often solved by adapting what passes through them, not by removing the constraint. Not every bottleneck is bad—some create structure, precision, and quality. The biggest bottlenecks are often internal, such as fear, avoidance, or the need for control, rather than external systems. The key lesson is to identify whether the obstacle is the system or yourself, and work on the part you can change.

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