Loved reading the article (thanks!) but even this article flips the the lack of mastery on its head by expressing the author's enthusiasm for progress, his impl

Loved reading the article (thanks!) but even this article flips the the lack of mastery on its head by expressing the author's enthusiasm for progress, his implied conviction of future growth, and a supporting cast that will help him get there. The negativity serves as a literary element to highlight his positive attitude and optimism. What if he felt truly overwhelmed and hopeless, having lost key team members to a freak accident or freak legal issues? Would he be able to post expressing his purely hopeless despair? I doubt it :(