Wool and Milk, Not Grass
If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you pay twice: you demean yourself ill in the role you could not support, and you quit a character you might have supported. Overreach does not only fail forward—it abandons the ground you were already mastering.
Key Insight
Measure strength before assumption or pay both bills: exposure in the grab and neglect of the steadier part already within reach.
“If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported.”Explore full theme analysis
