Over eight metres above the ground, and around a metre above his last piece of protection, he fell. The force of his fall dislodged the cam, and then the next piece of gear, and then the next, and then he hit the ground with a thud.
A group of my friends saw this climber fall and the ambulance take him away, but I don't know how he fared in hospital. At best, it would have been a long and painful recovery process.
In the workplace, people sometimes make similar mistakes to that climber, and at times the result is a collision with reality that can be nearly as painful. People seek roles that are far beyond their current levels of experience and skill, and sometimes they get them. The result can be failure and a difficult ‘managing out’ process.
Ambition, achievement striving, and risk-taking are highly valued by our society, but they can come with a dark side. High achievers typically believe in setting themselves ambitious goals and working hard to achieve them, but how do you know when you’re pushing things too far?
- The Limits of Ambition, by Carl Beuke, December 9, 2011, PsychologyToday.com.
2. On more than one occasion, I’ve opened up an email on my MacBook, typed out an answer and then, against my better judgment, typed out four familiar words: “Sent from my iPhone.”
That’s right: I’ve manually added the brief disclaimer that smartphone makers automatically append to emails sent from our BlackBerrys, iPhones, Galaxy handsets and HTC phones. I’ve even caught myself purposefully sending emails from my iPhone while sitting at my computer — purely to get out of writing a lengthy, detailed response.
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