self-indulgence
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Jobs may have been a leading preacher of Silicon Valley’s gospel of failure as a steppingstone to success, but his own self-indulgence nearly turned NeXT into a trek to nowhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
On previous tours, I've often felt her ambition was let down by self-indulgence or messy execution.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Maybe it's because keeping track of my own emotions has always felt like an exercise in self-indulgence.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
Accompanied by a string quartet, it seems, by that point, less like theatrical excavation than self-indulgence.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Schooled to believe that self-indulgence of any kind was morally unacceptable, Ellen was deeply ashamed of her dependency upon coffee.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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