There are explicit and implicit practices discouraging achievers and strivers of excellence starting in childhood.

  • gifts to siblings at the child’s birth/day
  • participatory award programs
  • removal of AP/Honor classes
  • lowering of performance standards
  • removal of gatekeepers
  • flat organizations
  • trade publications and training

If you wonder why there is a lack of innovation, creativity, and high performance across industries, it’s because they die under the cloak of equality.

We bridle the strong to make the weak feel safe, instead of emboldening the weak to become strong too.

@theceoffice

Excellence is developed under constraints, friction, and pressure. This is evident in nature.

If we want a better society, it requires the courage to pursue and uphold excellence.