If you miss your flight, it doesn’t matter that you almost got to the gate on time. If you almost pull off a bank robbery, you’re still going to jail. Horseshoes and hand grenades are a bit more forgiving – you can get close and still score points or hit your target. But for some reason we got comfortable with this “almost syndrome” in talent reviews.
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