{"id":526,"date":"2016-02-19T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/how-fame-has-ruined-the-game-of-growth\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T07:19:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T12:19:08","slug":"how-fame-has-ruined-the-game-of-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/how-fame-has-ruined-the-game-of-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fame Has Ruined the Game of Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Depth of soul can never be measured by the eyes.”<\/p>\n

– Author Unknown<\/p>\n

Is the depth of soul important as you seek to grow a life and career?\u00a0 Does fame poison the journey? \u00a0Yes, on both fronts.<\/p>\n

Depth of soul is non-negotiable, unless you prefer to hang with the shallow crowd.\u00a0 Besides, who wakes up in the morning looking forward to a day of engaging with the shallow.\u00a0 Fame can be poisonous if not handled well, and keep in-mind that fame is relative.\u00a0 If you work in a 3 story building, fame is attainable amongst the group.<\/p>\n

In the media (new and old) age we live in we’ve been seduced into believing that fame is something to grasp.\u00a0 Even those who won’t admit it long for the attention.\u00a0 Maybe it’s the feeling of false validation that comes when people know “who you are.”\u00a0 Which, by the way, is such a contradictory idea.<\/p>\n

We forget that fame is a cost of doing business and not a barometer of how good we are in the game we play.\u00a0 Not to mention the trade that occurs in the pursuit.\u00a0 You can’t have it all.<\/p>\n

Here some ways fame has ruined the game of growth:<\/p>\n