Glory looks like the corner office. Big titles. Public praise. Fat bank accounts.
Loud glory is thin.
It fades fast. It thrives on applause. It makes you insecure, guarded, and manipulative.
Go ahead, seek real glory. Here’s how…
Winning is dangerous.
Katie Ledecky won her first Olympic gold medal when she was 15 years old (a freshman in high school). At 28 she’s the most decorated female Olympian in history. She has 14 Olympic medals. Nine gold.
Success hasn’t hardened into nostalgia for Ledecky.
Don’t make winning your primary focus.
Doing less with more is negligent. Efficiency takes you further than flopping around like a fish on the dock.
Greatness requires joy. More with less sounds fantastic until you burn up.
How can you get more done and still love what you do?
Measure success in human terms.
If you don’t aim to touch lives, you’ll succeed at being forgettable.
You can hit your numbers and miss people. Leadership is about enriching the lives of those around you.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, works for roses, not people. People don’t like “any other name.” They like their own. I’m terrible with names. It might be genetic. I… Continue reading
Just because successful people reach the peak it doesn’t mean they know the best way up.
Successful people blind us with want.
We assume success means wisdom. We think money equals insight. We believe fame proves virtue. Lies one and all.
Fools become influencers because we believe success equals universal competence.
