How to Prevent Success Disease
By Jason Forrest, an EO Fort Worth member and CEO of Forrest Performance Group
“The toughest thing I ever had to do was get my team to overcome success disease.”
–Bill Walsh, football coach
Have you ever noticed that very few teams win the Super Bowl back to back? This is because of a mental deficiency (called success disease) that makes individuals and teams think that once they reach the top, they don’t need to improve any more. It’s an arrogance of the mind that says that the next win is based on a previous victory.