John Falcons
speaker
1,965 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 19 Aug
John Falcons’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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People only see the fruit.
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They almost never see the labor that it took.
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The Aussies have a saying for this, tall poppy syndrome.
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If you've got a field full of poppies and one of them grows taller than the rest, people want to cut that poppy down, not because something was wrong with it, but because it stood out.
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And the same happens in business.
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People who were perfectly fine with you when you were struggling suddenly become uncomfortable when you're succeeding.
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Suddenly, you're the tall poppy.
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And a lot of business owners respond by making themselves smaller and trying to stay relatable.
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They think if they become too successful, they'll lose connection with the people that they care about.
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So they downplay their wins.
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and they try to hide their successes.
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Palmer Luckey, the inventor of the Oculus VR is worth a fortune.
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And even though he can afford just about anything, he still wears Hawaiian shirts every day.
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He does that because as a kid, he got all the hand-me-downs in his family.
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He wore a lot of Hawaiian shirts.
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And he does it now because it reminds him of who he was before he got successful.
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While that's a good example of staying grounded, if you're not careful, you can allow other people's judgment to control how you see yourself and to determine whether or not you deserve success.
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A lot of people think of success like a cake.
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If I get a bigger piece, that means that there's less left over for everybody else.
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But Rabbi Lappin says success isn't a zero-sum game.
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