Hi Reader, As we dive into August, it’s a great time to pause and reflect on our goals for the year. For me, this month has been a wake-up call about the importance of balancing ambition with self-compassion. I recently accepted that I’m not going to read one hundred books this year. It’s an ambitious goal I’ve set for myself and achieved for the past two years, but this year, I can already tell I'm not on pace. Initially, this realization was met with shame and disappointment with myself....