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What is 'opportunity cost'?
The idea that saying 'yes' to everything means saying 'no' to something else is a core economic concept called opportunity cost. In this story's context, agreeing to unworkable demands means losing the opportunity to invest time and energy into more genuinely important aspects of your life. It's about making trade-offs.
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