There are times that I spend the whole day trying to push myself to the absolute pinnacle of excellence, just because I feel that I have to give it everything I've got, all the time.
In my case, people were especially interested in showing that I was wrong, because at the time I was not at the pinnacle of gastroenterology, or even in the mainstream.
而人们对证明我是错的尤为感兴趣，因为那时我并不处于胃肠病学的巅峰，甚至都不属于主流。
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I would have stayed at that job forever — it seemed to be the pinnacle of all my dreams fulfilled.