Navigating the "Success Tax"

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This is going to be a hard but important read—because we’re going to shine a light on something no one talks about.

When most people think about finally hitting their goals in business—particularly financially—they often imagine the freedom, the opportunities, everything that will suddenly be open and available to them: to have, to do, to experience. But there's another side to success that rarely gets discussed, the “Success Tax”: the social and personal penalties that come with elevated status and wealth.

As your wealth grows, the ability to anticipate and manage social impacts is essential.

This is an important read no matter where you are financially—well into your financial success, or still aspiring to it—because the success tax is coming…and if you haven’t experienced it yet, you will. It’s painful, hurtful, sometimes frustrating or enraging and it will often happen across many areas of life.

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While larger society will have no empathy for you when you have a few bucks or have done well financially, there are very real problems you’ll have to navigate.

Let's talk about the real challenges that come with elevated success—the ones no one prepares you for—and get real about what happens when you level up, the situations you’ll often face, and how to handle them better.