Doing anything worthwhile, and doing it well, is hard. Every job is hard. Earning a degree, building a career, learning a language, training to run a marathon. Hard. Especially when you factor in all the things you didn’t consider (or didn’t think about too deeply) when you embarked on your goal achievement journey.

Jeff Bezos became the world’s third-richest person again on Tuesday while reclaiming the spot from Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who surpassed Bezos earlier this month, as Amazon shares rose after announcing it would shutter dozens of retail stores to expand its Whole Foods Market business.

Blue Origin, which Jeff Bezos owns, holds billions in defense contracts. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made it a stop on his tour.

Entrepreneur and former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is one of the wealthiest men in the world, but that doesn't mean all his ventures have been successes.