Fame & Achievements

Because you asked Mike, I suspect that fame resulting from great achievements eventually depletes one’s ability to create more of the type of outcomes that led to the fame in first place.

From what I have seen, the human ego, no matter how well trained, can’t but be distracted by the attention of other humans.

With 7.5 billion people and social media abounding the distraction of fame can be very sudden and very overwhelming.

Therefore if you have an overwhelming ambition to achieve great things in your chosen field my suggestion is to do it in the dark for as long as you can.

The alternative is to forgo achievements altogether and just point your ambition straight at fame.

There are plenty of successful examples in this era, from the Kardashians all the way through to the Eureka Prizes, and even the kid’s soccer teams where the Man of the Match Award is rotated around all the players.