Don’t let success kill your success!
I’ve always believed tha to keep being successful you have to do what made you successful in the first place.
For those of you who don’t know, I used to be a music manager in Hollywood. I’d see bands skyrocket to success and then release records that sounded the same over and over again.
They would use the same producer, the same studio, the same everything.
Even though they had become successful, they were now firmly rooted in their new comfort zone.
That is something I never want to be.
What tends to happen to people as we get successful is that we “stick with what works.” But, remember, that is not what got you to success in the first place.
Initially, you tried new things, took big risks and let your passion and energy guide you.
The benefit that the beginner has is that the beginner has nothing to lose. Nothing to worry about. Less overhead and less responsibility.
The beginner is nimble, quick and open to new ideas.
The “expert” or “successful person” tends to think they know everything and this arrogance cuts them off from innovation – keeping things fresh and new.
This is why success can kill your success. You get rooted in your new comfort zone of doing what works and not taking any risks.
And if we do this long enough, we get bored and eventually a newcomer comes along and begins to transform the marketplace. This is the cycle of life.
But folks who make massive impact on the world all take risks. They keep things fresh and reinvent themselves, time and time again.
Don’t let your success and the fear of losing something great that you’ve built stop you from taking more risks.
Keep going, keep innovating, keep trying and risking – that is what we must do.
Innovation comes from the open mind. Excitement comes from risk. Fulfillment comes from doing it for more than just yourself.
When we can master these things, we will be able to lead the kind of lives that most folks will only read about.
For those of you who don’t know, I used to be a music manager in Hollywood. I’d see bands skyrocket to success and then release records that sounded the same over and over again.
They would use the same producer, the same studio, the same everything.
Even though they had become successful, they were now firmly rooted in their new comfort zone.
That is something I never want to be.
What tends to happen to people as we get successful is that we “stick with what works.” But, remember, that is not what got you to success in the first place.
Initially, you tried new things, took big risks and let your passion and energy guide you.
The benefit that the beginner has is that the beginner has nothing to lose. Nothing to worry about. Less overhead and less responsibility.
The beginner is nimble, quick and open to new ideas.
The “expert” or “successful person” tends to think they know everything and this arrogance cuts them off from innovation – keeping things fresh and new.
This is why success can kill your success. You get rooted in your new comfort zone of doing what works and not taking any risks.
And if we do this long enough, we get bored and eventually a newcomer comes along and begins to transform the marketplace. This is the cycle of life.
But folks who make massive impact on the world all take risks. They keep things fresh and reinvent themselves, time and time again.
Don’t let your success and the fear of losing something great that you’ve built stop you from taking more risks.
Keep going, keep innovating, keep trying and risking – that is what we must do.
Innovation comes from the open mind. Excitement comes from risk. Fulfillment comes from doing it for more than just yourself.
When we can master these things, we will be able to lead the kind of lives that most folks will only read about.
