𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐨

A few months ago, I was in conversation with a senior leader—let’s call him Rahul.

Rahul had achieved a lot.
Fast promotions. High-impact projects. Consistent external success.

But somewhere along the way, that achievement stopped feeling like fuel—
and started feeling like armor.

“If I’m not chasing the next milestone,” he said: “I don’t know who I am at work.”

He wasn’t chasing goals anymore. He was shielding something deeper:
Self-doubt. Uncertainty. The fear of slowing down and not liking what he’d find.

So we did something that achievers rarely do—we paused.

We looked beyond performance metrics.
We asked: “Is your success still yours—or just a habit?”

What emerged wasn’t a void. It was clarity. Direction.

The beginnings of a more intentional chapter.

Because here’s the truth:

High performers don’t burn out from doing too little.
They burn out from never putting the armor down.

Achievement is powerful.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺—𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.