_Are you destined to sit in The Big Chair?_ _Image Credit: Braye S.__(@zeugmatisse)_ * * * > “If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility.” > > Patt Summitt 💺The Big Chair of Success isn’t for everyone. Some people require lifelong supervision and chaperoning. And, that’s OK, especially if that person’s measure of ‘success’ isn’t visionary, isn’t something calling for strategic risk and effort. To claim Your Big Chair, failure isn’t final. Instead, think of it as a recurring battle cry. It’s your reminder that victory might be delayed until no stone is left unturned. On with the struggles! Big Chair victories demand courage, humility, intelligence, perseverance, temperance, and tenacity. Excellence means constant and habitual improvisation, aiming for improvement in all things. Indeed, every ‘thing’ you do is an opportunity to best yourself. When the threat of failure starts to whistle its eerie tune, choosing to remain responsible pairs well with character-building. Stay calm and collected. Test yourself. Always. If you’re unwilling to fully commit to Success’s ceaselessly daunting cycles of ‘wins’ and ‘fails’: **_Don’t Sit In The Big Chair._** Of course, that would mean someone else gets to sit in Your Big Chair—and you know what that signals…🪑 * * * _👇 As the possibility of failure wafts in the air, what Big Chair moves have you been fearlessly planning and executing?_ ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Print (Opens in new window) Print * Like Loading... ### _Related_