When You
Reach the Top.
Don’t Stop.
When You
Reach the Top,
Don’t Stop.
A second problem that successful people are guilty of is adding too much value. Let me explain what I mean with an example. An employee goes to the CEO with an idea. The CEO thinks it’s a great idea, but rather than simply going with it, they suggest a slight tweak. The problem is that while the quality of the idea may improve by, say, 5% because of the change, the employee’s enthusiasm for it may reduce by 50% because it’s now the boss’s idea. They are now just following his orders.
I’ve worked through this with Jean-Pierre Garnier, the former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline. He said,
Former CEO
GlaxoSmithKline
2. Did I make progress toward achieving the goals that I set?
3. Did I do my best to create meaning in life?
4. Did I do my best to be happy?
5. Did I do my best to build positive relationships?
6. Did I do my best to be fully engaged?
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