After Success Comes the Reckoning I spent 43 years winning the world’s games only to realize I didn’t own the ground I was standing on. Press enter or click to view image in full size After decades of achievement, the real challenge begins: learning to separate your identity from your performance and reclaim ownership of your inner life. / Author created image using AI I spent over four decades as a professional “solver.” I had the international titles, the board seats, and a curriculum vitae that suggested I was in total control of my trajectory. I believed that because I could move the needle in a multi-million dollar strategy session, I had mastered the art of living. I thought my competence was my armor. I thought my ability to navigate complexity was a shield that would protect me from the inherent fragility of being human. Then the “room where it happens” went quiet.…