He has clearly lost bundle on his investment so far, and since I do not believe that the company will make a quick turnaround he and his investors may be suffering for a long time to come.

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Worley refers to working with aspiring talent as his calling, but for a long time felt that the system for finding talent was inefficient and resulted in too much suffering.

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Professor SAPOLSKY: And if you are highly accomplished, creative and you've been doing this for a long time, you wind up suffering from this horribly debilitating state, which is you've become eminent.

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