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What does it mean?
Life alternates between moments of power and moments of being static or powerless.
In plain terms
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
What can you take from it?
Accept that luck and circumstances change over time.

Where it applies

  • after a big win
  • after a failure
  • reflecting on career ups and downs

Putting it to work

  • stay humble in success
  • stay hopeful in failure

Questions to consider

  • When did you feel like the statue recently?
  • How do you handle shifting power dynamics?

Another view

Sometimes structural forces, not luck, determine who is the pigeon.

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