There are people out there who are just brilliant. Their brains are amazing. Their art is gasp-inducing. But they can’t seem to achieve their goals. These are the people who know twenty-two languages, have maybe five masters degrees, and shrug it off like it’s no big deal. They can quote Derrida and Angela Davis in the same breath and make the connections between the two. According to writer/blogger Jessica Wildfire, some people are ‘too good for their own good.’ She calls this the Cold Mountain Effect. She writes: Someone can know too much. They can be too talented. They’ll turn any project into an epic journey through the Himalayas. They don’t get tired of working. They don’t want to see the end. They’re not even perfectionists. They just love their work too much. This stems from the story of the writer of Cold Mountain. It made history in 1997 with a 61-week run on theNew York Timesbest-seller list, moving 3 million copies. Based on its success, Charles Frazier got an $8 ...