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The Armor Problem: Why the Trait That Got You Here Stops Working at the Top

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Most high performers do not armor up because they are arrogant. They armor up because it worked.

Somewhere along the way — a hostile board, a founder breakup, a childhood that rewarded competence and punished need — they learned that showing the seam is expensive. So they built a surface: certain...

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