One thing I realized quite early in life is that status is a costume.
It looks shiny. It sounds important. But it wears thin, fast.
One day you’re in the A-class office and the next day the room has moved and you weren’t invited.
That’s the inner ring fallacy, ie. the belief that belonging to a certain group, title, or circle somehow means something.
It doesn’t. Not for long.
The real game is substance. Work that matters and loads of it. Problems solved, but not any problem (!). Value created. Real research. Etc.
Do that, and talk about it in public so you can get feedback and close that “feedback loop” faster.
Show your thinking and share your questions. Your questions should be better than your answers.
This is how you build trust, proof…and leverage.
Because status is granted. But substance is owned.
The room you want to be in? It’s the one you’re building.
Brick by brick. Idea by idea. Question by question.
Forget the velvet rope.
Make something worth lining up for.
