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Nokia, they'll never fail.

That's what the expert said in 2007, when Nokia dominated 49.4% of all mobile phones worldwide.

Half. Think about that dominant position that they had. They owned half the global mobile phone market.

That's over 435 million phones, 70 billion in annual revenue, all before the iPhone and Android had even left the womb.

The most successful phone company in history, the undisputed king of mobile, the company that couldn't fail, and then poof,

gonzo. Becoming a case study in success makes you stupid. Here's what's terrifying. The more

successful people become, the more blind spots they develop,

and the less adaptable they become. You're thinking, wait, what? Am I hearing that right? Yeah,

I said it. Success is actually making you less capable, less aware, and potentially dangerous.

And if that makes you uncomfortable, good, because what I'm about to share will shake

everything that you believe about success. Look, I too got rattled when I first discovered this.

I was interviewing the former CEO of a Fortune 10 company, somebody who had built and then

lost and then rebuilt a billion dollar empire. Somebody who learned this the hard way. Nobody said, success is a dangerous

teacher. Dangerous? What? That word tripped me up. I choked a little bit on my gulp of water.

He saw that I needed more, so he continued. He said, see, most successful people think their

past wins prove their ability. Their track record guarantees their future.

Their success validates their methods, but that's exactly what kills them. The truth is,

he said, success makes you blind, dangerously blind, he added. There's that word again, dangerous.

He continued, while everyone's celebrating their wins,

the truly great achievers are doing something entirely different. But wait, it gets even more

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