Only 10% of the companies on the 1955 Fortune 500 are still on the list today. Ten percent. 90% of those “successful” companies are dead, acquired, or irrelevant. Kodak. Sears. RadioShack. Gone.

That’s the danger of complacency. And it’s not just for big companies. It’s for you too.

Andy Grove said it best: “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure.” When you reach the top of the mountain, it’s easy to assume that the things that got you there are the same things that will keep you there. They aren’t. And then there’s Norman Lloyd, who acted professionally for 99 years and never let himself stop reinventing.

In this episode, I unpack the danger of complacency, the stacked S-curves model for continuous growth, and a 4-question “My Goals” exercise that pulls you out of the comfort that’s killing you.

🎧 Press play. There is no summit. Just the next plateau.

In this episode:

▶ Why only 10% of the 1955 Fortune 500 companies still exist
▶ The story of Norman Lloyd: 99 years acting, the longest career in entertainment history
▶ Andy Grove’s warning: success breeds complacency, complacency breeds failure
▶ Why the things that got you here won’t keep you here
▶ The stacked S-curves model: how to reinvent before complacency catches you
▶ The 4-question “My Goals” exercise to escape complacency
▶ Why regrets are born from complacency, not failure

If you’ve been coasting on past success, this one’s for you.

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