Here’s a poser: Just how often do you hear of stories about sudden career implosions, especially of high-achievers on top of their game, with an incredible track record of academic and professional success, who commit a momentary ethical lapse to find their careers hurtling down a precipice?
(This story appears in the 03 August, 2012 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
The slippery scope of success can be compared to a person who has a winning hand at playing cards. After a series of successes he gets a funny idea of putting all the money he got by winning in one round and then he looses all he won. This phenomena may have something to do with over confidence by not realising that every day is not a Sunday.
on Jul 24, 2012