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What’s Your Achilles’ Heel?

Achilles was, according to Greek myth, a hero dude that became immortal when his momma dipped him into the River Styx. She was holding him by his heel, though, and so that bit wasn’t protected– so he was ultimately defeated by an arrow to that spot. Sucks to suck.

Nowadays, an Achilles’ Heel means both that bit of your foot AND  a singular weakness in spite of overall strength. The better you know your own vulnerability, the better you can overcome that vulnerability and sack Troy!

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