"Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes it obstructs vision." - Hsi-Tang
When getting involved with groups in the past, I have this pattern:
1. Bring creativity, communication and organization to the job.
2. Get praised for the results.
3. Start suggesting how things could be changed.
4. Perform poorly.
I think a sense of overconfidence and eventually, entitlement creeps in if we buy in too much to praise. In the end, how much of good fortune is really due to ourselves (and for that matter, how much bad fortune... but that's for another post)? It's become cliche for an athlete to point upward - away from himself - when he scores. But that's the healthy mentality. A moment, or even a streak of success can bring temptation to claim it as our own, as justification to push our "greatness" onto others through the force of influence. The irony is that it salts away the very thing that often brought the success in the first place... humility and enthusiasm.
Victory is a thing to be accepted joyfully and gratefully, then moved past.
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