It Could Go Down in HIstory as The Bill Belichick Syndrome ...

"..as is often the case with iconic runs across sports, Belichick’s reign ended on a low note."  New York Post, January 11, 2024



Therefore, as the messaging from the Tarot cards hammers: Be alert to the realities of the Wheel of Fortune. That is, everything changes. Apply that to careers and seismic flashpoints of insight should occur.

The first one is this: Consider leaving at the peak. Size up if in your line of work it is possible to sustain extreme success. If not, prepare for how and when to hang it up.  

That mindset could be called The Johnny Carson Exit Rule. Wisely he left "it" (the excitement, power, influence, fame and fortune as well as the headaches) when he was the king of late-night talk. 

Some, however, find the Wheel of Fortune forever on their side. The momentum can continue.

They, for example, can stay in until death takes them. Those include investment guru Charlie Munger, actress Betty White and expert on foreign affairs Henry Kissinger. 

Also, some boomers remember the old anecdote: Shirely Temple did worry where she would be in her career once she wasn't cute. Well she did transition to a career path of public service.  With that she escaped the usual brutal emotional downward trajectory of child stars. 

 

CHANGES THAT OPEN UP A CAREER PATH TO SUSTAINED EXTREME SUCCESS

In addition, in live time, long-time chairperson of Paul, Weiss Brad Karp is creating the strategies and culture an elite law firm needs in these volatile times. Both establishment media and professional anonymous networks, usually critical venues, have gone gush on Paul, Weiss.

Incidentally, Karp is 63 years old. Watchers pick up that his own leadership style is evolving. In itself that can open his career path to sustained extreme success. Such a force field includes other kinds of leadership opportunities.

At another major law firm – Jones Day – Stephen Brogan crushed every measure of success until he retired at age 70.

That is one direction in the Wheel of Fortune.

More often, though, is the fate of those who stay in one space too long - or circle back to it assuming things have stayed the same.

Yes, classic is the situation amazing QB Tom Brady is in

In corporate life, one-time role model for CEOs Bob Iger ignored The Johnny Carson Exit. Post retiring on a high, he engineered a boomerang back to the CEO job. Very quickly things unraveled. Iger may never get back the brand equity he lost.

Meanwhile, the media centers chronicle his big and little missteps. Iger's earlier best-selling book "Ride of a Lifetime" lingers in the collective memory bank as almost a Greek Chorus warning against pride or being too full of oneself. 

Inside the Beltway, that is the power structure in DC, are too many whose peak has long passed. 

In our Tarot reading sessions clients meditate on where they really are in their careers and if the success is sustainable, how and in what timeframe. Wisdom comes, usually gently. In that way, they dodge The Bill Belichick pain and shame. And they are able to conjure up the courage to put together a new sense of purpose.

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