The Peter Principle: we rise to the level of our own incompetence.

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

I seldom think ‘successful’

It’s not a word I’d use.

We never get to where we want

There’s always more to do.

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If you’re good at what you do

It leads to better jobs

But being good at something else

Won’t make you good at that.

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We rise till we’re incompetent

Can’t really do the job

Leaders overstretch themselves

And struggle at the top.

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Just look at the responses

You’ll struggle to find names.

So many say themselves or ‘mum’

But is ‘success’ the word?

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Or else they mention Elon Musk

Perhaps he proves my point?

A man whose done so very much

But overstretched himself.

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Have you looked at Twitter

Or what he now calls X?

He’s dragged it to the gutter

And you call that success?