La arrogancia

Biderman nos dice:

As some of you keep reminding me, I am an old man. Yes I am as old as I am and I believe I have lived an interesting life. Three times, starting from zero, I have created a multimillion dollar net worth. To make three fortunes starting from nothing, means that I lost two fortunes. In other words, I know a great deal about success and failure.

What I have learned is that success usually comes from hard work and constantly adapting to reality. That means being totally engaged in what you are creating and being fully present in all parts of the process, particularly when you do not want to be. I have also learned that I have to be willing to fail, and most important learn from my failures.

Although hard work can create success, what follows, as night follows day, is arrogance. Most people get arrogant after being wildly successful. We all want to enjoy our success, In other words, enjoy the fruit of our labor. That is OK, if you get back to work soon after. However, real arrogance all too often leads to forgetting about the hard work that got you there and coasting on your laurels. It is like saying: “I am so great, look at what I did. Obviously I can do that again any time, but for now I just want to enjoy my life.”

That is how arrogance can create failure.