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When Nursery Rhymes Grew Up: JACK & JILL
<h1><strong>Jack & Jill</strong></h1><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Jack and Jill didn’t start together by accident.</p><p><br/></p><p>They met at the bottom.</p><p><br/></p><p>Same struggles.</p><p>Same complaints.</p><p>Same dreams of “making it out.”</p><p><br/></p><p>They bonded over late nights, cheap food, and big conversations about the future. While others competed, Jack and Jill collaborated. Where one was weak, the other filled the gap.</p><p><br/></p><p>People said they were a perfect team.</p><p><br/></p><p>Jack handled strategy.</p><p>Jill handled execution.</p><p><br/></p><p>Together, they decided to go up the hill.</p><p><br/></p><p>The hill was success — promotions, contracts, visibility, relevance. The kind that makes people look twice when you walk into a room.</p><p><br/></p><p>At first, the climb was beautiful.</p><p><br/></p><p>Shared wins.</p><p>Shared losses.</p><p>Shared laughter.</p><p><br/></p><p>Every bucket of water they pulled felt like progress.</p><p><br/></p><p>But hills do something funny to partnerships.</p><p><br/></p><p>As they climbed higher, Jack began to walk faster.</p><p>Jill began to feel heavier.</p><p><br/></p><p>Jack called it <strong>ambition</strong>.</p><p>Jill called it <strong>pressure</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><p>Jack started making decisions alone — “to save time.”</p><p>Jill started asking questions — “to save them both.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Jack said Jill was slowing things down.</p><p>Jill said Jack was forgetting why they started.</p><p><br/></p><p>The higher they went, the thinner communication became.</p><p><br/></p><p>Until one day, close to the top, Jack slipped.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not because the hill was steep.</p><p>But because he was rushing.</p><p><br/></p><p>He fell — hard.</p><p><br/></p><p>Panic everywhere.</p><p>Blame followed immediately.</p><p><br/></p><p>Jack blamed the system.</p><p>The timing.</p><p>The market.</p><p>The weather.</p><p><br/></p><p>Jill reached for him… but she was already off balance.</p><p><br/></p><p>Trying to save Jack, Jill lost her footing too.</p><p><br/></p><p>She came tumbling after.</p><p><br/></p><p>The fall didn’t just break momentum.</p><p><br/></p><p>It broke trust.</p><p><br/></p><p>At the bottom, bruised and silent, they sat far apart. No words. No apologies. Just the sound of what ambition can destroy when it forgets partnership.</p><p><br/></p><p>They had gone up together.</p><p><br/></p><p>But they came down differently.</p><p><br/></p><h3>---<br/><strong>TwoCents Reflection</strong></h3><p><br/></p><blockquote>Not everyone who climbs with you is trying to compete with you.<br/>Some people are trying to keep you balanced.<br/>Ambition is dangerous when it stops listening.<br/>Partnerships fail when speed replaces understanding.<br/>Sometimes the real lesson isn’t in falling…<br/>It’s in realizing you dragged someone down with you.</blockquote>
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