Paradox of success.

The pursuit of success can catalyze failure:rM4

  1. Clarity of purpose yields success
  2. From success comes opportunity, options, and expectation
  3. As opportunity acceptance and expectations rise, become spread thing
  4. Distractions undermine the original success-creating clarity

This can harm a team as role needs to change but doesn’t.


  1. Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, First Edition (New York: Crown Business, 2014). (See notes.)