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Reminds me of a quote by a guy called Lord Acton: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men..."
by simonswords82 5y ago
Reminds me of a quote by a guy called Lord Acton:
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men..."
- pmarreck 5y agoI think the vulnerability actually occurs during the rise, not at the plateau. You suddenly have options available to you that would never have been available before, but you haven't yet internalized the fact that you cannot pursue many (or any) of these options because it would violate the previous agreements you've made with others and yourself. You haven't lost your sense of entitlement after your hard-won success.
- simonswords82 5y agoInteresting point and I think you're probably right. And by the time you have sufficient perspective you've probably made at least a couple of bad decisions.