“One of the keys to greatness is understanding how it can be lost.”
~Jim Collins
1. They work harder on their image than on their
integrity.
integrity.
Many of our first instincts are to work on our image. But know that’s
wrong! Instead, we need to work on our character – because people can give us a
reputation, but we’re the only ones who can give ourselves character.
wrong! Instead, we need to work on our character – because people can give us a
reputation, but we’re the only ones who can give ourselves character.
Character is enduring and you need it to sustain your
2. They become arrogant.
Arrogance is easy to rationalize, but difficult to recognize. That’s
why it’s imperative to find ways to check ourselves and to keep people around
who will tell us what we “need” to hear rather than what we “want” to hear.Arrogance is the beginning of failure and it makes God oppose a man. Pride is a terrible enemy of success. So you need to be humble.
why it’s imperative to find ways to check ourselves and to keep people around
who will tell us what we “need” to hear rather than what we “want” to hear.Arrogance is the beginning of failure and it makes God oppose a man. Pride is a terrible enemy of success. So you need to be humble.
3. They make exceptions.
When we make an exception “once,” it makes it all that much easier to
do again and again and again. Then, before we realize what’s taking place –
behavior, which at one point seemed completely unacceptable, begins to seem
perfectly normal. This can be very detrimental to success.
do again and again and again. Then, before we realize what’s taking place –
behavior, which at one point seemed completely unacceptable, begins to seem
perfectly normal. This can be very detrimental to success.
J.M
