John O'Neil discusses his book, "The Paradox of Success: When Winning at Work Means Losing at Life: A Book of Renewal for Leaders." The book is about trying to define how the person who has success is hurt by it, and the person who is able to continuously achieve success, is not hurt. O'Neil uses the Greek word "hubris" to describe an observation he came up with. The Greeks thought that if you stopped learning, you die. They felt the worst form of death was to die in the mind. O'Neil uses Icarus as an example of someone who stopped learning, which led to his demise. He writes about someone named Calvin as an example of someone who has failed from his success. O'Neil writes that Calvin let his success define him, and that the positive attributes that led to his success, inflated his ego. Because of this, manipulation was created in his private life. O'Neil explains that "building walls of shadows" is hiding things from your past after achieving success. He says the way to get rid of these shadows is one: get a mentor who will tell you the truth, and two: step back and do some soul searching. O'Neil also lists losing your temper, and leading by intimidation, as ways to cause yourself harm.
Success - Psychological aspects Success in business - Psychological aspects Executives - Conduct of life Leadership
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U-matic tape: Excerpt of show with Martinson interviewing Jared Diamond before commercial break and John O'Neil after the break. U-matic tape: Date on case front cover: 1/13/93. Date on video cassette: 1/13/93.
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