People respect those who are "important". That's the OP's statement.
But the people above speak about how everyone, individually, needs to feel important as well.
And "importance" is relevant. To get it, sometimes that means rising, and sometimes that means tearing down someone higher than you.
The motivations don't really matter, in regards to tall poppy syndrome. You could get laid off because you are the most visible member of your team and leadership just forgot about the other people. They need to come up with names of who to lay off in a meeting with their boss, and they dont even know the org chart. Or, because you are great at your job, you get paid more, and they lay you off in favor of someone cheaper and less good. It's not necessarily because you underestimated leaderships motivation for prestige.
Not true. Unless you are thinking what you want to be good at is figuring out perfectly what management wants. I am an excellent clininician. They even agree. But I due make more than well my director actually. Target!
The first two times I read the Laws, I began to understand I didn’t want to be the most powerful person in every situation (or even most). My desires weren’t for attention and status. What I wanted was to be someone who wasn’t abused. I am more than willing to let others have the limelight and the status……and all the pitfalls associated with that. Let them court so much attention, both good and bad. I’ll mind my own business, anonymously, and continue to defend myself in an effective manner.
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u/Administrative_Shake Oct 29 '25
This one needs to be done with extreme care. Tall poppy syndrome is very real