The Disease of Success
Winning once is not that hard but Repeat winners are rare, because when success of big magnitude occurs, there is a disorienting change – that we are unprepared for.
Warren buffet once said, one of his biggest challenges is to help his top people to stay interested enough and jump out of bed in the morning – after all the success they had – to work with the same enthusiasm and drive they had when you were poor or just getting started.
Motivating yourself when you’ve become a winner is harder than when you are still striving to win..
Over confidence is the major symptom – and could be difficult to cure as under confidence.
Over and under confidence is an on going challenges for leadership.
Here is the deal, When you achieve big goals and finally reached the top…
The new assumptions becomes huge and killer..
Over confidence coupled with arrogance – proudly thinking that you reached mastery…
But remember – the goal can tarnish quickly – mastery requires endless “re-mastery”
There is ever true mastery – its a process not a destination, its a infinite road that you will never end – That is what few repeat winners realise.
Because for others, when they get the triumph…they believe that the process of mastery is concluded – and they are the new owners of it.
The success disease – makes people forget the discipline, the focus, the effort, the team work, the learning…etc – that brought this mastery to them.
Even the hunger is diminished
You feel content after you succeed – this is understandable, but don’t let it linger for long – it will make you fail soon..
This is making the assumption “I can win and succeed at my will”
And this will be coupled with underestimating your competition .
This combo is simply setting yourself for defeat!
PREVENT THE SUCCESS DISEASE..BE AWARE OF IT
YOUR GOAL IS TO BE A WINNER – NOT JUST TO WIN
A WINNER IS A CONSTANT STATE OF BEING
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