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The Flip Side of Success
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Success has its price. Sometimes it comes easily because you’re lucky or you’re in the right place at the right time. Most times, however, success is hard-won. It means long hours, self-sacrifice, frustration, non-stop stress and isolation. Often, important relationships--family and friends--are neglected because most of your time is spent making your mark.
Hard-working PMs seldom think about the downsides of achievement. Success means accomplishment, recognition and respect from your peers and industry. It also means power, money and mobility. But there is a dark flipside successful professionals never think about when they’re on a roll and moving up. How could they if they’ve never experienced it before? Read on and find about the flip side of success.
Success is addictive. Once most people achieve success, they’re not likely to back off and stop working. They’re going to work even harder, fearing that if they take too many breathers, they might lose their edge--their place in the frenzied race to be even better and more powerful.
In the main, many superachievers try to put a cap on success. They promise themselves that once they reach a certain goal, they’ll stop--or at least pause for a while--to enjoy the fruits of their hard work. It’s said in good faith, but they seldom hold to their promise. …
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