BUILDING YOUR GUARDRAILS
The guardrails you create must be closely aligned with the values you set in Chapter 3. You need to have people in your life who will tell you when you are out of bounds. I have a good friend who was a successful and well-known college basketball coach until he got embroiled in some politics and lost his job. We were talking, not long after that, and he shared what I consider to be a very profound insight. He said, “Rich, when I was winning championships, everyone laughed at my jokes. Now they only laugh when my jokes are actually funny.” You need someone in your inner circle who knows you and whom you trust to tell you if your jokes are funny or not.
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